Lead Front End Engineer

Description

• 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.

Requirements

• 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

Benefits

• 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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