Lead Engineer

This is an exciting opportunity for a Lead JavaScript Engineer to join a high-growth, product-led environment where you’ll create, own and scale a modern platform used by hundreds of thousands of customers. As a Lead JavaScript Engineer, you’ll play a pivotal role in shaping both the technical direction and the engineering culture, working closely with senior stakeholders while remaining deeply hands-on in the code. This role offers the chance to build something meaningful in a fast-paced, ambitious team environment.

What experience you’ll need to apply

• Deep expertise in JavaScript and TypeScript across the stack.
• Proven experience as a Lead, Staff, Principal Engineer.
• Experience leading, motivating and progressing engineers in a small team environment.
• Strong experience designing scalable, maintainable systems and architectures.
• In-depth experience with AI-assisted or AI-native development workflows.
• Track record of building and shipping complex products end-to-end.
• Experience working in fast-paced, product-led or scale-up environments.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to influence stakeholders.
• Experience with modern front-end tools such as Vue, Vite or similar frameworks.

What you’ll be doing

As Lead Engineer, you will own the architecture and technical direction of a core product, guiding it from a solid foundation through to a fully scaled, production-grade solution. You’ll design systems that are robust, maintainable and scalable. They will look for you to write and review high-quality code across the front end and supporting services.  You’ll work closely with product and leadership teams to shape priorities and ensure the right problems are being solved. In addition you will drive engineering standards, introduce best practices, and champion an AI-native way of working to improve speed and quality.

You’ll also mentor engineers, helping to build a high-performing team and strong collaborative culture.  They will look for you to take ownership of key technical decisions, balancing rapid delivery with long-term platform health. You’ll identify opportunities to improve performance, reliability and developer experience across the stack and play a critical role in scaling systems to support growing customer demand while continuously evolving the product.  Alongside this, you will contribute to shaping the roadmap, bringing a strong product mindset to ensure everything built delivers real customer and commercial value.

What you’ll get in return for your experience

There’s a highly competitive salary (£90K-c£130K) alongside 27 days holiday, private healthcare and more. This includes flexible remote working, the opportunity to work with cutting-edge technologies, and the chance to make a tangible impact on a product at scale. It’s an exciting time for them where they will look for you to play a key role in building new features for thousands of global customers.   There’s significant autonomy, career growth opportunities, and the ability to shape both the product and the engineering culture. You’ll be part of a collaborative, ambitious team that values innovation, ownership and continuous improvement.

What’s next?

Like the sound of this one?  Send in your CV now for consideration.