Summary
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Lead the frontend engineering function for a high-volume payments and point-of-sale technology platform. You will own frontend architecture, work hands-on with React and TypeScript, mentor a small team, integrate APIs and real-time data, and balance rapid delivery with engineering quality.
Highlights
Permanent full-time hybrid lead role with a £80,000–£90,000 salary, ownership of frontend architecture, hands-on React and TypeScript work, team mentoring, and close collaboration with product and design.
Description
Lead Front-End Developer | React & TypeScript | POS & Payments Platform
Salary: £80,000 - £90,000Location: London, hybrid.
2-3 days on sitePermanent, full-time
Our client builds point-of-sale and payment technology for busy, high-volume venues, the systems that keep queues moving when thousands of people all want to pay at once.
It handles mobile and fixed tills, offline transactions, fast payouts, and real-time reporting, and they want a Lead Front-End Developer to own the frontend across the whole product.
You will set the front-end architecture across their portal and mobile ordering products, mentor a small team, and own the calls on tooling, standards, and release pipelines.
You will work in React and TypeScript, sit close to product and design, and integrate APIs, payment flows, and live data with the backend team.
It is a startup, so you will balance speed against quality every day.
Non-Negotiables
Senior or lead front-end experience, deep and hands-on in ReactTeam-lead or people-management experienceJavaScript and TypeScriptPOS systemsComponent-driven architecture and state management (Redux, Context API)Responsive, cross-browser, high-performance web apps built at scaleStrong technical decision-making under pressure
What You'll Work With
Portal and mobile ordering productsDesign system and shared component libraryPayment flows and real-time data integrationsAutomated testing, CI/CD, and performance monitoring
Nice to Haves
React Native for mobile appsNode.js, Express, MongoDB, or PostgreSQLBackground in payments, event tech, hospitality, or retail
Why Join
You own the front end outright: the architecture, the design system, the standards the team codes to.
The business is scaling, so what you ship now shapes the product for years, and you see it in the field the moment the gates open.
It suits someone who wants autonomy and accountability over process.
If you need heavy structure and long sign-off chains, this is not the seat.
Lead Front-End Developer | React & TypeScript | POS & Payments Platform
