Senior Front End Engineer Engineering ·

Hedgehoglab; City of Edinburgh; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A digital product consultancy is looking for a Senior Front End Engineer to join their growing team. The successful candidate will have strong front-end engineering experience, mainly focusing on delivering high-quality digital products. Responsibilities include building and iterating on prototypes while collaborating with product and UX teams. The role offers flexible working arrangements and benefits such as 28 days of annual leave, mental health support, and a company-supplied Mac.

Benefits

28 days of annual leave plus bank holidays

5 Impact Days for L&D, volunteering, or innovation

Flexible working environment

Enhanced parental policy

Annual wellbeing budget + two days of wellbeing

Mental health support

Company-supplied Apple Mac

Qualifications

• Strong front-end engineering experience with modern frameworks.
• Adaptability to use various frameworks based on project requirements.
• Excellent understanding of front-end fundamentals.

Responsibilities

• Build and iterate on a proof-of-concept front-end.
• Collaborate with Product and UX teams to shape customer interactions.
• Integrate with back-end APIs effectively.

Skills

Front-end engineering experience

Modern framework adaptability

Responsive design understanding

API consumption

Job description

Type and Location

Permanent, full‑time. UK‑based (flexible home, office, or hybrid working). Office locations: Newcastle and Leeds. Hub locations: Edinburgh, Manchester, London.

Overview

We’re growing our Engineering team to strengthen our ability to deliver world‑class digital products for our clients.

As a Senior Front End Engineer, you’ll play a key role in a fast‑moving proof of concept engagement. The goal is to build something that looks great, works well, and helps make confident technology choices. The exact framework is not fixed, so we need someone who is strong on front‑end fundamentals and adaptable across tools.

You’ll partner closely with product and design to shape the experience, move quickly, and make sensible technical decisions without getting stuck in framework debates.

What you’ll do

• Build and iterate on a proof‑of‑concept front‑end at pace, focusing on outcomes and usability.
• Collaborate closely with Product and UX to shape journeys, interactions, and responsiveness.
• Integrate with back‑end APIs sensibly and reliably.
• Make pragmatic choices and tradeoffs to keep delivery moving while maintaining quality.
• Help evaluate and recommend front‑end approaches grounded in real‑world implementation, not theory.

Who is hedgehog lab

hedgehog lab is a digital product consultancy with 20 years of experience. Based in Northern England, we help global brands craft better digital experiences through technical excellence and human‑first collaboration.

hedgehog lab benefits

• 28 days of annual leave plus bank holidays
• 5 Impact Days per year to spend on L&D, volunteering or innovation
• Flexible working environment
• Enhanced parental policy
• Annual wellbeing budget + two days of wellbeing
• Mental health support
• Company‑supplied Apple Mac

What we’re looking for

• Strong front‑end engineering experience and confidence with at least one modern framework (React, Vue, Angular, etc.).
• Adaptability: you're happy to work with whichever framework fits the work, and you are not “framework‑locked”.
• Excellent understanding of front‑end fundamentals: responsive design, layout, browser rendering behaviour, performance basics.
• Experience consuming APIs and building robust UI states (loading, error, empty, offline‑friendly patterns).
• A delivery mindset: you can make decisions, move forward, and communicate tradeoffs clearly.

Nice to have

• Experience working on short, high‑impact prototypes or POCs.
• Experience with map‑heavy or highly interactive UIs.
• Familiarity with offline caching patterns and performance optimisation.

Ready to apply?

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