Lead Developer Front-End

Salary: £43,000 - 83,000 per year

Requirements

• Proven and demonstrated experience leading a technical team through all phases of the software development lifecycle.
• Proven and demonstrated experience in building accessible interfaces that work for as many users as possible, regardless of their needs.
• Proven and demonstrated experience of modern JavaScript, including libraries and frameworks such as ReactJS, NextJs, Vite, Nuqs.
• Proven and demonstrated experience of using testing frameworks to validate software solutions.
• Proven and demonstrated experience building robust, cross-browser and cross-device user interfaces.
• Significant software development experience, balanced with strong leadership capability and expertise in modern software delivery practices.
• Experience in leadership, mentoring and line-management.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design and build of robust, secure, front end web applications.
• Line-manage engineering team colleagues.
• Write maintainable, well tested code using modern front end technologies such as React, NextJs, Vite and Nuqs.
• Work collaboratively as part of an Agile, multidisciplinary delivery team.
• Ensure services meet accessibility standards (WCAG 2.2 AA) and follow NICE and GDS best practice.
• Participate in code reviews, ensuring engineering standards are upheld.
• Play an active part in knowledge sharing and mentoring activities.
• Support live services and help identify and resolve technical issues.
• Work with the wider engineering team to prototype, evaluate and integrate emerging technologies such as generative AI into secure, reusable and production ready front end components.
• Contribute to technical decisions and support the professional development of other colleagues within the engineering team.

Technologies

• AI
• Support
• JavaScript
• NextJS
• React
• Web
• Network
• Frontend

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We are NICE, the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence, and our Digital, Information and Technology directorate is an 80-strong team of digital, information and technology professionals. We work in user-centric agile, multidisciplinary teams to develop and maintain NICEs digital and technology services, including our website which attracts more than 2 million users a month. This is a permanent Lead Front-End Developer role based in Manchester, with a salary of £57,528 to £64,750 per year plus a 12.5% recruitment and retention payment. We offer a generous NHS Pension, flexible working options including remote working, compressed hours and flexible start/finish times, exclusive discounts, 27 days annual leave plus bank holidays, inclusive staff networks, and tailored development opportunities.

last updated 36 week of 2026