Front End Engineer

November 6, 2026

Hybrid

Lead

London, United Kingdom

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Description

A Front End Engineer (Career Level: Consultant L9) is wanted in London for a customer technology product engineering practice. The role combines hands-on front-end engineering with team leadership and client consulting across large digital and agile transformation programmes. The work covers scalable front-end applications with modern frameworks, design systems and Generative AI, plus advising clients and mentoring engineers.

Responsibilities

Support growth within our customer technology product engineering practice
Advise clients on how to build product and platform engineering capabilities and teams
Build strong client relationships focused on customer, digital and platforms
Lead teams across large digital & agile transformation programmes
Collaborate with Product Managers, Designers, Data Scientists and Engineers to deliver compelling user-facing products and solutions
Propel the use of Generative AI within our work and products
Contribute technology and engineering thought leadership to our clients and teams
Maximise team performance through mentorship, skills learning and career development
Contribute to developing offerings, assets and capabilities, and take part in events

Requirements

4+ years' front-end web development experience using TypeScript/JavaScript (with Node.js-based tooling or similar)
2+ years' experience leading engineering teams or squads, including setting technical direction, guiding code quality and owning delivery outcomes
Experience working closely with other disciplines (Design, QA, Cloud, PM/PO/Delivery)
Strong experience with modern front-end frameworks and libraries (React or similar, ideally including meta-frameworks such as Next.js), including state management and component-driven development
Hands-on use of Generative AI in your engineering workflows (e.g. AI coding assistants and agentic tooling) and in the products you build, such as LLM-powered features
Experience building, maintaining and scaling design systems and component libraries, working closely with designers to keep them consistent
Experience integrating front-end applications with backend and cloud services through GraphQL and RESTful APIs
Extensive experience in agile environments for digital product creation
Front-end architecture patterns (e.g. component-driven design, micro-frontends, server-side rendering and static generation)
Performance and scalability, including optimising Core Web Vitals
Security best practices, secure coding and privacy awareness
Unit, integration and end-to-end automated testing (e.g. Jest, Playwright or Cypress)
CI/CD setup and maintenance
Debugging and complex problem-solving
Accessibility best practices
Client-facing or leadership consulting experience, including engaging stakeholders, shaping solutions and turning business goals into technical outcomes
Confident articulating technology and engineering trends to clients and teams
Track record of improving delivery speed and quality through modern engineering practices (e.g. trunk-based development, feature flags, automated quality gates and DORA metrics)
Cloud Platform experience (AWS/GCP/Azure/Vercel)
Experience with cross-platform mobile frameworks (e.g. React Native or Flutter)
Experience with experimentation and progressive delivery (e.g. A/B testing and feature-flagging platforms)
Presented your work at an event or conference
Experience developing short & long-term plans for a team's growth and transformation
Track record of engaging with senior leadership as a trusted advisor

Conditions

25 days of leave to spend each year plus 3 extra volunteering days per year
Family-friendly and flexible work policies
Attractive pension plan with financial wellbeing support and resources
Private healthcare insurance plan and Mental Wellbeing support
Employee Assistance Programme, Career Development and Counselling
A range of generous Parental Leave offerings
Competitive basic salary, annual performance bonus and opportunities to acquire equity
Flexibility and mobility are required, with time onsite with our clients and partners
Some in-person time for collaboration, learning and building rapport with clients, peers and leaders