Front End Development Lead

Career Level:  8A Team Leader
Posting Date:  2 Sep 2024

 

The Front End Development Lead is instrumental in upholding best practices for high quality front end code in both our digital product and customer projects. Requiring an extensive knowledge of front end code (HTML/SCSS/JS), experience with WCAG accessibility guidelines, and excellent interpersonal skills to collaborate extensively with other areas of the business, the role requires someone to evangelise front end development and improve and streamline processes and workflows, along with line management and day-to-day managing of team members. You'll be leading the front end development team and building connections with team members - managing and mentoring them to write high quality, accessible and responsive code. Creating and adjusting processes to streamline workflows and improve outputs, owning the code side of our design system - suggesting improvments and improving componentisation etc.. 

 

Why work for us?

 

  • Life Assurance and Group Income Protection
  • Private medical cover with cash plan
  • Enhanced Company Pension
  • Hybrid-working model with 25 days annual leave + your birthday off
  • Employee wellbeing perks – including Peppy Health, Perkbox, etc...
  • Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption pay
  • Generous training budgets and reimbursement for professional memberships

 

Desirable experience/charactersitics :

 

  • 8+ years of experience in front end development.
  • Strong leadership skills and experience of managing and mentoring a team.
  • Extensive HTML/SCSS/JS (or jQuery) ability.
  • Knowledge and proficiency of responsive design across all screen sizes.
  • Experience of translating designs from UI design tools (Sketch/Figma/Adobe XD) into front end code.
  • Proficiency in best accessibility practices.
  • Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
  • Passion for code and eagerness to follow latest technological solutions and technologies.

 

Who are ClearCourse? 

 

ClearCourse is a disruptive tech company with one mission – to help our customers’ businesses become even better… 

 

As a business, we’re growing (1000+ employees in 6 years to be exact), currently providing more than 40 software and payments solutions to 20,000+ businesses. With ClearCourse Hubs, in London and Preston, and operations in various locations across the UK and overseas.

 

We look forward to receiving your application. 

 

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Why ClearCourse?

We're a rapidly growing collaborative of disruptive technology innovators, working together to build a brilliant software and payments business.

As a ClearCourse employee, you’ll get the support and structure that you need to enjoy your work and develop your career while doing what you love and making a difference in a fast-paced and innovative business that has recently been named one the UK's Best Workplaces For Wellbeing in 2023.

At ClearCourse we're committed to an inclusive culture and are keen to attract diverse individuals who thrive in a flexible working environment. If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and interview stages, please let us know.

Across our business, we’re investing in our people, expanding our expertise, and developing our vision. Want to get on board? We’d love to speak with you.