Senior Front End Engineer
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Job Location:
Newcastle upon Tyne - UK
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
3 hours ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Type: Permanent full-time
Location: UK-based (flexible home office or hybrid working)
Office locations: Newcastle and Leeds
Hub locations: Edinburgh Manchester London
Were growing our Engineering team to strengthen our ability to deliver world-class digital products for our clients.
As a Senior Front End Engineer youll play a key role in a fast-moving proof of concept engagement. The goal is to build something that looks great works well and helps make confident technology choices. The exact framework is not fixed so we need someone who is strong on front-end fundamentals and adaptable across tools.
Youll partner closely with product and design to shape the experience move quickly and make sensible technical decisions without getting stuck in framework debates.
What youll do
Build and iterate on a proof-of-concept front-end at pace focusing on outcomes and usability.
Collaborate closely with Product and UX to shape journeys interactions and responsiveness.
Integrate with back-end APIs sensibly and reliably.
Make pragmatic choices and tradeoffs to keep delivery moving while maintaining quality.
Help evaluate and recommend front-end approaches grounded in real-world implementation not theory.
Who is hedgehog lab
hedgehog lab is a digital product consultancy with 20 years of experience. Based in Northern England we help global brands craft better digital experiences through technical excellence and human-first collaboration.
hedgehog lab benefits
28 days of annual leave plus bank holidays
5 Impact Days per year to spend on L&D volunteering or innovation
Flexible working environment
Enhanced parental policy
Annual wellbeing budget two days of wellbeing
Mental health support
Company-supplied Apple Mac
What were looking for
Strong front-end engineering experience and confidence with at least one modern framework (React Vue Angular etc.).
Adaptability: youre happy to work with whichever framework fits the work and you are not framework-locked.
Excellent understanding of front-end fundamentals: responsive design layout browser rendering behaviour performance basics.
Experience consuming APIs and building robust UI states (loading error empty offline-friendly patterns).
A delivery mindset: you can make decisions move forward and communicate tradeoffs clearly.
Nice to have
Experience working on short high-impact prototypes or POCs.
Experience with map-heavy or highly interactive UIs.
Familiarity with offline caching patterns and performance optimisation.
Ready to apply
Submit your application below. Please note that were unable to offer visa sponsorship for this role.
Key Skills
- Bootstrap
- CSS
- Front-End Development
- HTML5
- React
- Redux
- Node.js
- Angular
- Less
- JavaScript
- backbone.js
- Sass
