Front End Software Engineering Lead
Posted 3 days ago by Exalto Consulting
£525 Per day
Inside
Remote
Cardiff, Wales, UK
Summary: The Front End Software Engineering Lead role requires a highly capable individual with expertise in React and TypeScript, along with experience in Next.js and .NET Core. This hands-on leadership position involves leading the design and implementation of a new customer-facing portal while mentoring a team and collaborating with various stakeholders. The contract is initially for three months but has the potential to extend until March 2026. The role is primarily remote with occasional site visits to Cardiff.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead the design and implementation of a new customer-facing portal.
- Mentor and guide the Front End engineering team.
- Set technical direction and ensure code quality and accessibility.
- Collaborate with architects, developers, and client stakeholders.
- Establish an engineering culture rooted in best practices and continuous improvement.
Key Skills:
- Proven experience in a Team Lead or Tech Lead role.
- Strong Front End development expertise using React and TypeScript.
- Experience with Next.js (preferred) and/or .NET Core.
- Solid understanding of component-based architecture and Client Server integration.
- Test-driven mindset with experience in unit testing and integration testing.
- Proficient in Git and version control in collaborative teams.
Salary (Rate): £525 per day
City: Cardiff
Country: UK
Working Arrangements: remote
IR35 Status: inside IR35
Seniority Level: Mid-Level
Industry: IT
- React and TypeScript
- Next.js (preferred) and/or .NET Core
This is an urgent Front End Software Engineering Lead with strong React and TypeScript and and ideally experience with Next.js and .NET Core.
The contract is initially 3 months at least, however, the project has scope until March 2026.
Ideally the client prefer someone in Cardiff, you can be fully remote but local to Cardiff preferred for Ad Hoc sessions at the client s request.
We are looking to appoint a highly capable Front End Software Engineering Team Lead with deep Front End engineering expertise to lead the design and implementation of a new, strategic customer-facing portal.
The portal will integrate with an internal case management system and is being delivered as a bilingual digital service.
This is a hands-on leadership role where you will combine technical delivery with team mentorship, solution design, and collaboration with architects, developers and client stakeholders.
The role requires strong proficiency in React and ideally experience with Next.js and .NET Core. You will set technical direction, ensure code quality and accessibility, and help establish an engineering culture rooted in best practice and continuous improvement.
Essential Skills and Experience
Proven experience in a Team Lead or Tech Lead role, ideally within public sector or large-scale enterprise environments.
Strong Front End development expertise using React and TypeScript.
Experience building solutions using Next.js (preferred) and/or .NET Core.
Solid grasp of component-based architecture, Client Server integration and Front End performance optimisation.
Test-driven mindset with demonstrable experience in:
Unit testing (eg Jest, XUnit).
Integration and E2E testing (eg Cypress).
Proficient in Git and working with version control in collaborative teams.
Please apply immediately to be considered.