Role: Tech Lead (Front End)

Team | Reporting To: Product Development  | Head of Engineering 

Location: London  / Hybrid  / Remote (UK)

Type: Full time / Permanent 

About us:

Formerly MyKindaFuture, Connectr is for businesses where people belong.

Connectr helps build a sense of belonging with all people, from candidates to employees, and creates a culture where everyone is included.

Through Connectr’s products and services, we put the ‘human’ back in HR and deliver a new way to form human connections, turn D&I strategy into reality, and provide an engagement and mentoring platform that people love to use.

We are an award-winning, mission-locked company. We believe every person should have equal power and opportunity to shape their future, regardless of their background. Connectr works with over 40 employer partners, and last year supported over 40,000 people to take their next career steps.

Connectr champions an inclusive, respectful, and creative culture for our own people. We show care and candour in everything we do. We embrace new ideas, take calculated risks, communicate openly and proudly deliver our shared mission. 

About the role:

As our Front End Tech Lead, we will rely on you to provide leadership and support for a team of talented engineers. We will expect you to have the expertise and experience to make sound technical decisions, and the communication skills and enthusiasm to develop and motivate a team. Working closely with other Tech Leads and Senior Developers, you will define and maintain standards, nurture innovation, and help our Product squads deliver value to our users in every release.

Key responsibilities:

• Provide expert technical guidance and set the direction for the Front End team
• Lead research and development of new technologies to create and enhance products
• Drive understanding and implementation of current best practice and coding standards
• Work with the Head of Engineering to recruit and manage the performance of team members
• Proactively collaborate with other members of the team to improve the delivery of our products
• Proactively promote and contribute to a knowledge sharing culture, mentoring others to develop their skills
• Work with others to establish business needs and requirements (including non-functional requirements)
• Be an active member in the digital community, representing the team and Connectr both internally and externally (e.g. meetups, speaking at/attending conferences on behalf of Connectr where appropriate) 

Skills/Experience:

• Technical leadership; mentoring, facilitating technical discussions and setting standards and direction
• Proven experience creating performant, scalable, secure and accessible web applications
• Testing mindset with experience of delivering strategies that improve code quality
• Experience of assessing new technologies and presenting evidence-based
  recommendations
• Driving team learning and development by example
• Expertise in modern JavaScript Front End technologies, preferably TypeScript, React.js, Apollo & GraphQL
• Expertise in foundational Front End technologies, CSS, semantic HTML 5, and
  responsive web design
• Great communication skills at all levels with a user-centred approach to decision making
• Enthusiastic advocate of Agile ways of working

Your benefits:

• Internal mentoring scheme and career development
• Volunteer days and ways to give back to our communities
• Flexible and remote working
• Reduced summer hours
• Enhanced maternity cover and paternity leave
• Wellbeing allowance, including an Airbnb wellbeing mini-break twice a year
• Competitive salary and annual review
• Company share options
• Christmas and summer team parties

Information Security:

Ensure compliance of your team to all rules, policies, and regulations at Connectr including HR policies, D&I best practice and information security and data privacy guidelines.

All positions at Connectr hold responsibility for being up to date and in adherence to information security training, guidance and policies provided by Connectr on information security, including GDPR.

Connectr’s commitment:

Connectr is committed to creating an inclusive environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We believe that diverse companies are more innovative and better positioned to succeed. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status.