Lead Software Engineer

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Lead Frontend Engineer – Climate Tech – London / Cambridge Take ownership of front-end engineering at a growing climate‑tech company shaping the future of energy planning. You’ll lead the move from a monolithic UI to a modern micro‑frontend architecture – while building a high‑quality engineering culture from the ground up. This role is hands‑on. You’ll work directly with the CTO, steer architectural decisions, and mentor a growing team. If you enjoy solving complex front‑end challenges, scaling modern React systems, and building high‑performance data and geospatial visualisations, this is an opportunity to lead with impact. What you’ll lead
The migration to a micro‑frontend architecture The creation of a reusable design system + component library High‑performance geospatial visualisation (DeckGL, WebGL) Front‑end standards: TypeScript excellence, testing, CI/CD, performance Mentoring front‑end engineers + shaping team culture
What you bring
Expert React + TypeScript (4+ years), 2+ years leading engineers Strong architecture background – ideally micro‑frontends Experience with complex data visualisation or geospatial tools (DeckGL/Mapbox) Knowledge of modern bundlers (Vite, Webpack, esbuild) Focus on performance, modularity, and scalable front‑end systems
Nice to have
Micro‑frontend patterns (Module Federation, single‑spa) D3/Plotly/Recharts, AWS, testing frameworks
If you want to lead architecture, own engineering quality, and help shape a platform used by half of the UK’s cities, let’s talk. Seniority level
Mid‑Senior level
Employment type
Full‑time
Job function
Information Technology
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Location:
Cambridge
Job Type:
FullTime

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