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# Senior Front End Engineer

- **Company:** hedgehog lab
- **Location:** Manchester, UK (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Performance Tuning, ReactJS, Vue.js, AngularJS, Front End Software Development
- **Published:** September 10, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.collegerecruiter.com/job/2840588031-senior-front-end-engineer

## About the Role

* Strong front-end engineering experience and confidence with at least one modern framework (React, Vue, Angular, etc.).
 * Adaptability: happy to work with whichever framework fits the work, and not "framework-locked".
 * Experience consuming APIs and building robust UI states (loading, error, empty, offline-friendly patterns).
 * A delivery mindset: you can make decisions, move forward, and communicate trade-offs clearly., * Experience working on short, high-impact prototypes or POCs.
 * Experience with map-heavy or highly interactive UIs.
 * Familiarity with offline caching patterns and performance optimisation.

## Description

We're growing our Engineering team to strengthen our ability to deliver world-class digital products for our clients. As a Senior Front End Engineer, you'll play a key role in a fast-moving proof-of-concept engagement. The goal is to build something that looks great, works well, and helps make confident technology choices., * Collaborate closely with Product and UX to shape journeys, interactions, and responsiveness.

 * Integrate with back-end APIs sensibly and reliably.
 * Make pragmatic choices and trade-offs to keep delivery moving while maintaining quality.
 * Help evaluate and recommend front-end approaches grounded in real-world implementation, not theory.


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