Summary
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A senior leadership position responsible for building frontend engineering capabilities, guiding architecture decisions, mentoring leaders, and scaling development practices.
Highlights
Leadership role shaping frontend strategy, engineering standards, and team growth within a rapidly scaling technology environment.
Description
🚀 Head of Front-End Engineering | Scale-Up AI Fintech
📍 Hybrid – 1 day/week in London
💰 Up to £125,000 + equity
🌍 Series B, AI Fintech
We’re partnering with a fast-growing Series B fintech using cutting-edge AI.
Following rapid organic growth, they are scaling their engineering organisation and seeking an experienced Head of Front-End Engineering to establish structure, elevate standards, and develop their front-end capabilities without slowing down pace.
This Head of Front-End Engineering role sits above existing Team Leads, reporting directly into the VP of Engineering.
You’ll be instrumental in shaping how the function scales, bringing a blend of people leadership and team development to build a high-performing front-end engineering layer.
What you'll be doing as an Head of Front-End Engineering:
People Leadership: Develop a team of Team Leads (who each manage their own direct reports).Technical Direction: Set architectural vision, design standards, and best practices across a React and TypeScript stack.Delivery & Operations: Drive engineering excellence, quality, and cadence using operational metrics to spot bottlenecks early.AI Integration: Champion the adoption of modern AI development tools (like Claude, Cursor, and Bugbot) across the front-end workflow.
Requirements for Head of Front-End Engineering:
Technical Foundation: Experience with JavaScript, TypeScript, and React with the ability to hold your own in senior architectural discussions.Proven People Management: Demonstrated experience leading, coaching, and mentoring other engineering leads.Architectural Credibility: Ability to propose, articulate, and align senior engineering stakeholders on core technical decisions.Culture & Standards: Track record of elevating engineering quality, delivery practices, and team culture in growth environments.
This is a fantastic opportunity to shape how modern AI workflows and tools are integrated into engineering, and a chance to work side-by-side with the VP of Engineering to guide a scaling engineering org through its next phase of growth.
If this sounds like a great Head of Front-End Engineering opportunity to you, please apply below!
🚀 Head of Front-End Engineering | Scale-Up AI Fintech
