Frontend Engineering Team Lead

About Netcraft

Netcraft is the global leader in cybercrime detection and disruption. We’re a trusted partner for three of the four largest companies in the world and many large governments. We've blocked over 225 million cyber-attacks to date, and we take down around 33% of the world's phishing attacks.

Our purpose and passion are focused on just one thing: protecting the world from cybercrime.

That passion shapes how we work, too. We’re proud of our talented team and the value each person brings, and we’ve built a workplace where people feel supported and inspired. From strong benefits and wellness programs to meaningful collaboration and team connection.

The role

We’re looking for a Frontend Engineering Team Lead to lead an established frontend team with responsibility for a key client-facing product within Netcraft’s portfolio. The project includes a modern JS-based web application and several supporting Golang APIs developed and managed by the team. You’ll be a technical leader with expertise across this stack, with the commercial acumen to understand how to manage delivery in an agile context. You will lead a high-impact group of engineers from the front, contributing code, demonstrating best practice, and managing an exciting delivery roadmap.

You’ll be:

• Working with product and design colleagues to assimilate feature delivery into a comprehensive and compelling roadmap against which your team can execute;

• Used to acting with autonomy, taking the initiative to solve problems and recognising the importance of adhering to demanding delivery timelines;

• Managing requirements from prominent stakeholders and customers;

• Prioritising, refining and sequencing the team’s workflow while retaining a significant proportion of your time for individual contribution;

• Deeply embedded in conceiving and executing engineering solutions, creating performant systems and services to delight our customers;

• Upholding high engineering standards with a demonstrable commitment to code quality, a test-driven approach and a modern continuous integration/continuous deployment delivery flow;

• Well-versed in how AI-first development techniques can materially boost productivity; and

• Responsible for maintaining and managing a performant team of talented and enthusiastic engineers.

What you’ll need to be successful

• • Strong and demonstrable leadership skills, with a constructive attitude to problem solving and the ability to context switch;

• • Distinguished engineering background across all aspects of the modern Javascript ecosystem, including Typescript, NextJS, Tailwind CSS, Vite, Tanstack Query and Playwright;

• • A demonstrable track record of taking projects to production;

• • Experience working with AWS in a Kubernetes-based deployment environment;

• • Interest in optimising the Software Development Life Cycle;

• • Excellent communication skills - the ability to distil technical ideas to stakeholders and motivate a team;

• • Experience leading, developing and mentoring engineers; and

• • Experience interviewing and hiring engineers and building effective teams through continual improvement.

Bonus points if you have

• • A history of successfully creating and delivering both greenfield and brownfield projects;

• • Strong Golang development skills, particularly in backend-for-frontend services; and

• • Experience working with or supporting front-end design systems, especially with component libraries like Storybook.

• The Reward Package

• • 33 days annual leave - includes public holidays which can be worked if you prefer

• • Generous enhanced family leave and pay

• • Enhanced Sick Pay from day 1, rising to 12 weeks full pay after 6 months

• • Salary sacrifice pension with matched employer contributions up to 5% + NI savings

• • Private health cover, including access to a private GP service

• • Life Assurance at 4 x salary

• • Equity tracking scheme (eligibility criteria apply) - allowing you share in Netcraft's long term success

• • Hybrid and flexible working options

• • Meals, snacks, and drinks provided in the office

• • Comprehensive health, safety, and wellness service available 24/7 for you and your family

• • Two paid Learning & Development days per year plus access to learning resources such as Udemy and Coursera to support your career

• • Two Volunteering Days per year, to allow you to contribute to your wider community or charity

• • Employee Referral Bonus scheme

• • Spot reward bonus scheme to reward truly outstanding contributions

• Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

• This is deeply important to us. Through our ally network, we support under-represented groups and maintain a working environment free from bias, harassment, or discrimination. We encourage candidates from all backgrounds to apply.

• We’re also happy to make adjustments to the hiring process to ensure every candidate can participate fully.

• Please note: Netcraft does not accept unsolicited approaches from external recruiters.