Company: Zego
Salary: Not provided
Location: , United Kingdom
• At Zego, we know that traditional motor insurance holds good drivers back.
• It’s too complicated, too expensive, and it doesn't take into account how well you actually drive.
• Our mission at Zego is to offer the lowest priced insurance for good drivers.
• We’re looking for a Lead Frontend Engineer to lead the next generation of digital experiences at Zego.
• You’ll join a high-impact B2C product team and take ownership of building and scaling intuitive, performant, and inclusive user interfaces.
• You’ll act as a technical lead within your team.
• You’ll shape architecture, coach engineers, and help us move from a legacy monolith to a micro-frontends ecosystem powered by React, Next.js, and a BFF pattern.
• Drive frontend strategy in an environment where quality, usability and reliability matter.
• Lead development of scalable and accessible front-end products using React, Next.js,Javascript and TypeScript.
• Architect user journeys that power onboarding, quoting, and policy management for thousands of drivers.
• Drive consistency, speed, and reliability in our front-end by shaping our design, improving performance, and ensuring effective monitoring and debugging of issues.
• Partner with product and design to rapidly test ideas and ship iteratively.
• Mentor other engineers through code reviews, pair programming, and continuous feedback.
• Improve CI/CD workflows and automate test coverage for rapid, safe deployments.
• Take ownership of cross-team initiatives and lead conversations across frontend and backend boundaries.
• Embrace AI tools and workflows to accelerate development and improve quality.
• You have experience leading a team of multiple Front End Engineers working on a technically complex problem space.
• You’re passionate about crafting seamless digital experiences that are accessible and delightful.
• You bring commercial experience with React and Next.js or similar modern frameworks in production, ideally with GraphQL, gRPC and REST.
• You care about writing clean, tested, maintainable code and know when to optimise.
• You’ve taken products through the full lifecycle from discovery through to scale.
• You lead by example and bring others with you, through mentorship and collaboration.
• You’re tenacious and resourceful, able to find a way through difficult problems and make progress in ambiguous situations.
• You spot issues before they become blockers, and you take ownership- raising them early and helping the team find the right path forward.
• You have experience designing and implementing automated testing from scratch and you’re confident in shaping the testing strategy for a codebase.
• You take ownership of quality and help ensure we ship reliable, predictable front-end experiences.
• You will be someone who’s actively curious about how AI can enhance your work - keen to experiment, learn quickly, and apply tools that improve productivity, streamline tasks, or unlock new ways of thinking
• We reward our people well.
• Join us and you’ll get a market-competitive salary.
• Private medical insurance.
• Company share options.
• Generous holiday allowance.
• A whole lot of wellbeing benefits.
• Annual flexible hybrid working contribution for travel to the office or personal development.
• And that’s just for starters!
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