Senior Frontend Developer
Posted 3 days ago by Lorien
£600 Per day
Inside
Hybrid
Leeds, UK
Summary: The Senior Frontend Developer role in Leeds involves building high-performance, customer-facing applications for kiosk systems within a Product Development team. The position emphasizes technical excellence, mentorship of junior engineers, and collaboration to drive best practices. This hands-on role requires expertise in modern frontend technologies and a commitment to continuous improvement. The contract is for six months with one day onsite per week.
Key Responsibilities:
- Develop and maintain React/TypeScript applications using modern frameworks
- Architect scalable, maintainable Front End systems with performance and accessibility in mind
- Drive improvements in code quality, testing, and tooling
- Champion responsive design and performance optimization
- Collaborate with DevOps on CI/CD enhancements
- Mentor junior developers and foster a culture of learning
- Contribute to component-driven architecture and design system evolution
- Participate in production support and incident response
Key Skills:
- Strong experience in JavaScript/TypeScript development
- Expert-level knowledge of React, TypeScript, and modern JS
- Experience with state management (Redux, Zustand, Context API)
- Deep understanding of performance optimization and accessibility
- Experience with AWS, Docker, and advanced testing strategies
- Proven ability to mentor and influence technical decisions
- Agile delivery and continuous improvement mindset
Salary (Rate): £600/day
City: Leeds
Country: UK
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: inside IR35
Seniority Level: Senior
Industry: IT
Senior Frontend Developer
Leeds - 1 day onsite per week
6 Month Contract
£600/day inside IR35
About the Role
Our client is seeking a Senior Frontend Engineer to join their Product Development team. In this hands-on role, you'll build high-performance, customer-facing applications for kiosk systems. You'll help shape Front End architecture, mentor junior engineers, and drive best practices across the team, focusing on technical excellence, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
Key Responsibilities
- Develop and maintain React/TypeScript applications using modern frameworks
- Architect scalable, maintainable Front End systems with performance and accessibility in mind
- Drive improvements in code quality, testing, and tooling
- Champion responsive design and performance optimization
- Collaborate with DevOps on CI/CD enhancements
- Mentor junior developers and foster a culture of learning
- Contribute to component-driven architecture and design system evolution
- Participate in production support and incident response
What You'll Bring
- Strong experience in JavaScript/TypeScript development
- Expert-level knowledge of React, TypeScript, and modern JS
- Experience with state management (Redux, Zustand, Context API)
- Deep understanding of performance optimization and accessibility
- Experience with AWS, Docker, and advanced testing strategies
- Proven ability to mentor and influence technical decisions
- Agile delivery and continuous improvement mindset
Bonus Points
- Experience with Node.js or Python
- Familiarity with Kubernetes or advanced AWS services
- Exposure to kiosk or POS hardware interfaces
- Accessibility (WCAG) compliance expertise
Personal Qualities
- Strategic thinker with a bias for action
- Passionate about teaching and learning
- Collaborative and solution-focused
- Ownership mindset and commitment to delivering customer value
Should this position be of interest please submit your CV and I will be in contact as required.
Guidant, Carbon60, Lorien & SRG - The Impellam Group Portfolio are acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.
