Senior Frontend Developer/Team Lead

Senior Frontend Developer/Team Lead (React/TypeScript) - Hybrid 2 days, Southwest

SR2 is partnering with a creative technology studio that designs and builds exceptional digital experiences with real-world impact for clients, users, and the planet. They're looking for a Front End Practice Lead to guide a high-performing FE team, raise engineering standards, and help deliver modern web products at pace.

What you'll be doing

• Lead and grow a Front End engineering practice: coaching, mentoring, and setting technical direction
• Own quality and delivery for FE across multiple client projects (hands-on when needed)
• Drive cross-discipline collaboration (engineering, design, delivery, product)
• Define reusable technical components/approaches that scale across projects
• Run effective rituals: team meetings, actions, accountability, continuous improvement
• Support planning, estimation, and delivery of medium-large workstreams
• Contribute to pitches/RFPs and client workshops; build trusted stakeholder relationships
• Partner with senior tech leadership to shape the broader engineering roadmap
• Hire well: interview, assess, and help onboard new team members

What you'll bring

• Strong people leadership: you can motivate teams, develop careers, and give clear feedback
• Proven commercial delivery experience in fast-paced environments with fixed timescales
• Deep FE expertise: React, TypeScript, JavaScript (ES6+)
• Strong grasp of accessibility and inclusive engineering best practice
• Confident integrating with APIs/web services
• Solid approach to tooling, testing, performance optimisation, and code quality
• Practical Agile experience (iterative, incremental delivery)
• Version control excellence (Git) and modern collaboration workflows (eg, Jira)
• Working knowledge of browser/device security and performance considerations
• TDD/automated testing mindset (unit + acceptance testing)
• Interest in emerging web tech and standards
• Exposure to CMS-driven builds

Nice to have

• React Native or other JS-to-native frameworks
• Node.js, serverless (eg, Lambda), GraphQL
• Agency/studio background (creative + tech)

Package highlights

• Competitive salary (benchmarked annually), bonus potential
• Hybrid working
• Pension + private health cover
• Holiday allowance plus additional leave at milestones + Christmas closure days
• Annual development budget + dedicated learning time
• Wellbeing benefits (eg, subsidised training, yoga, volunteering days)
• EV scheme and onsite parking (where applicable)