Lead Frontend Engineer

Parkopedia; City of London; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading parking technology firm is seeking a talented Lead Frontend Engineer based in London. You will guide a team of engineers, driving frontend development while ensuring high-quality user experiences. Ideal candidates have over 5 years of frontend experience, showcasing skills in Vue.js and modern JavaScript frameworks. This hybrid role requires 3 days in the Stratford office, offering a collaborative and growth-oriented culture.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in frontend development, ideally in a product-based environment.
• Strong proficiency in modern JavaScript frameworks.
• Experience leading or mentoring engineering teams in a collaborative, agile environment.

Responsibilities

• Lead, mentor, and support a team of frontend engineers across multiple projects and products.
• Define and drive the frontend technical strategy and architecture.
• Champion best practices for code quality, accessibility, testing, and documentation.

Skills

Frontend development

Vue.js

Collaborative team leadership

Code quality and testing

Tools

Node.js

TypeScript

AWS

Docker

Laravel

GitHub Actions

Job description

We’ve signed up to an ambitious journey. Join us!

As Arrive, we guide customers and communities towards brighter futures and more livable cities, it isn’t a challenge just anyone could take on. Luckily, we have something to help us make it happen. Our people and our values. We Arrive Curious, Focused and Together. Just as our entire brand is inspired by the North Star, the shining light leading travelers to their destinations since time began, our values guide us. They help us be at our best. For our customers. For the cities and communities we serve. For ourselves. As a global team, we are transforming urban mobility. Let’s grow better, together. YourParkingSpace joined forces with Arrive, on our joint mission to make cities more livable, together. YourParkingSpace is the UK’s fastest‑growing parking technology provider, we’re changing the way people park. Our on‑demand marketplace connects drivers to thousands of spaces, while our comprehensive suite of B2B solutions transforms parking assets into connected mobility hubs.

The Role

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a talented and experienced Lead Frontend Engineer based in our London office (Stratford, E20) on a hybrid basis.

This role is key in shaping the frontend direction of our fast‑growing tech company, working on products used by millions of people daily in a flexible, inclusive, and growth‑oriented work culture.

You’ll be the technical lead for a team of talented frontend engineers, setting standards for excellence, shaping our technical direction, and ensuring we continue to deliver intuitive, reliable, and scalable web experiences – delivering some of the most truly exciting new products around.

You’ll collaborate closely with the Head of Engineering and other disciplines to drive our product vision forward, helping to define how frontend engineering contributes to the evolution of our platform.

What You’ll do

• Lead, mentor, and support a team of frontend engineers working across multiple projects and products.

• Define and drive the frontend technical strategy and architecture, ensuring scalability and performance.

• Collaborate with product managers, designers, and backend engineers to deliver seamless user experiences.

• Champion best practices for code quality, accessibility, testing, and documentation.

• You’ll be very hands on, particularly with Vue.js, setting examples in clean, maintainable development.

• Introduce innovative approaches to frontend development and tooling that improve delivery and developer experience.

Your background

• 5+ years of experience in frontend development, ideally in a product‑based environment.

• Strong proficiency in Vue.js, Nuxt, Node.js, TypeScript, and modern JavaScript frameworks.

• A solid understanding of web fundamentals, including performance, accessibility, and responsive design.

• Experience leading or mentoring engineering teams in a collaborative, agile environment.

• A strategic mindset with the ability to balance technical vision and practical delivery.

• Bonus points for exposure to AWS, Docker, Laravel and GitHub Actions.

• Excellent communication skills and a passion for creating high‑quality, user‑centric products.

This is a London/Hybrid role with 3 days per week in our offices in Stratford (E20), London.