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Front End Tech Lead - Photon Interactive UK Limited
Software Engineer
Lead the design, development, and maintenance of high‑quality web UI components and email templates, enforcing standards, ensuring pixel‑perfect responsive layouts, and mentoring a front‑end team using HTML, CSS, JavaScript and modern frameworks.
About the role
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead the design, development, and maintenance of high-quality email templates and web UI components .
- Establish and enforce front-end development standards, best practices, and reusable frameworks .
- Ensure pixel-perfect, responsive, and cross-browser-compatible UIs and emails.
- Review code, conduct performance audits, and resolve complex UI and rendering issues across varied email clients (Outlook, Gmail, Apple Mail, etc.).
- Collaborate with stakeholders (marketing, design, product) to plan and prioritize front-end and email initiatives.
- Mentor and coach frontend developers, fostering a culture of code quality and continuous improvement.
- Oversee the integration of email templates with marketing platforms (e.g., Zeta, Braize, Mailchimp, Salesforce Marketing Cloud).
- Stay current on front-end trends, tools, and frameworks, especially in the email development ecosystem.
Required Skills & Qualifications:
- 6+ years of experience in frontend development , including at least 2 years in a lead or senior developer role.
- Deep expertise in HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript , and Bootstrap .
- Ability to mentor and coach other developers to achieve better quality and velocity
- Advanced knowledge of responsive email development , including inline CSS , table-based layouts.
- Deep understanding of email client limitations and how to work around them (e.g., inline CSS, table-based layouts, etc.).
- Demonstrated experience ensuring cross-browser and cross-platform compatibility.
- Familiarity with front-end tooling (e.g., Webpack, Gulp), version control (Git), and CI/CD processes.
- Strong debugging and performance optimization skills.
- Excellent communication, leadership, and team collaboration abilities.
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