Head of Front End Development
Head of Front End Development
Hybrid Remote
London or Manchester
Remarkable Group is a leader in digital transformation, helping businesses create cutting-edge customer experiences through platforms like Sitecore, Optimizely, and Microsoft CRM. We specialize in using data-driven strategies and innovative technology to shape the future of customer engagement. With a focus on cloud, commerce, and scalable solutions, Remarkable Group partners with organizations to bring personalized digital experiences to life. If you're passionate about helping brands grow and thrive in a dynamic digital landscape, this is a place where you can make an impact.
Our Culture
Remarkable Group's company culture is centered around being "remarkable," with a strong emphasis on innovation, continuous learning, and a deep sense of purpose. Employees are encouraged to be adventurous, open-minded, and driven by passion and determination. The group places a significant focus on personal development and professional growth, offering opportunities for ongoing training and skills enhancement. We foster a collaborative environment where diversity, equity, and inclusivity are actively championed. The company promotes flexible working, sustainability, and social responsibility, ensuring that its operations leave a positive impact on both the environment and the communities it serves!
Purpose of Role
As the Head of Front End Development, you will play a pivotal role in shaping the future of our digital agency. You will lead a team of talented front-end developers, ensuring they deliver exceptional user experiences through cutting-edge head/headless development.
Key Accountabilities
- Oversee and mentor a team of front-end developers, fostering a collaborative and innovative work environment.
- Recruit, hire, and train top-tier front-end talent to strengthen the team's capabilities.
- Set clear goals and expectations, providing regular feedback and performance reviews.
- Lead front-end development efforts on complex projects, ensuring timely delivery and high-quality results.
- Collaborate with other ‘Heads of’ and other stakeholders to define and deliver on project requirements and scope.
- Estimate front-end development timelines and resource needs for projects and new business opportunities.
- Oversee Front End team project budgets and ensure efficient resource allocation
- Drive innovation and explore new technologies to enhance our front-end development capabilities.
- Stay abreast of emerging trends in headless development and identify opportunities to leverage them.
- Contribute to the development of innovative front-end solutions that meet client needs and exceed expectations.
Technical Competencies
- Able to provide technical guidance and support to the team, ensuring they adhere to coding standards and best practices.
- Ability to architect and design scalable, reusable, and maintainable front-end components and libraries.
- Successful track record of collaborating with back-end developers to ensure seamless integration between front-end and back-end systems.
- Experience of working with enterprise level CMS and DXP platforms – ideally Sitecore or Optimizely.
- Ability to use technical skills and develop high quality front end code – a willingness to be ‘hands-on’
- Fully up-to-date with the latest trends and best practices in frontend headless development, specifically best practices and development in ReactJS, NextJS, and TypeScript.
- Experience with server-side rendering (SSR) and static site generation (SSG).
- Experience with state management libraries (e.g., Redux).
- Familiarity with GraphQL and REST APIs.
- Proven expertise in ReactJS, NextJS, and TypeScript.
- Deep understanding of JavaScript, HTML, and CSS.
- Experience with testing frameworks and methodologies
Previous Experience and Skills
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field.
- 7+ years of experience in front-end development, with a strong focus on headless architectures.
- Strong problem-solving and analytical skills.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
- Ability to lead and motivate a team.
- Passion for new innovative technologies and AI to drive forward technical excellence
- You will have built (personally contributed) to enterprise grade web sites from scratch and delivered creative working digital solutions for web and mobile applications.
- Department
- Platform Engineering
- Locations
- Ashford, Manchester
- Remote status
- Hybrid Remote
A few remarkable benefits
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Flexible Working
Work from home, work from one of our 7 offices across the globe or anywhere else you like. We've been offering flexible working before it was fashionable and our philosophy hasn't changed. -
Personal & Professional Development
For us to be remarkable, we need you to be remarkable and that means continuous learning and development. We offer access to online learning 24/7, professional qualifications and we'll be pushing you to be your best self with soft skills development in presenting, networking and profile building.
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Work, Rest & Play
With competitive holiday packages, your birthday off and days to look after yourself and your loved ones, we understand that to be remarkable you also need to be able to switch off and take care of yourself and those around you.
What we do
Remarkable is as remarkable does. Our team are the backbone of the Remarkable Group digital consultancies and so everyday brings new challenges and new opportunities.
You might be supporting a pitch in US, on-boarding a new recruit in the UAE or mentoring a future digital superstar.
Whatever it is, it will be fun, rewarding and at the cutting edge of digital experience.
Head of Front End Development
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