Job Description

Freelance Senior Frontend Engineer

Remote Contract (UK Candidates Only)

About Elsewhen:

Elsewhen, a London-based end to end consultancy, designs digital products and services for clients like Spotify, Google, Inmarsat, and WPP. Over the past decade, we have built a workplace prioritising impact, drive, openness, and friendliness. We value outcomes over hours and agility over rigid processes.

Work Environment:

Remote-first setup: Fully remote work with the option to use a WeWork membership for those who prefer occasional office access. Join our team:https://www.elsewhen.com.

We're looking for a Senior Frontend Engineer to join our engineering team to work on a cutting-edge AI project for one of our existing clients. This is a standalone product, where you will build the UI and work alongside a cross functional team made up of Backend Engineers, AI Engineers, Delivery Managers and Product Designers.





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Things you will be doing:

Translate visual designs into app components with extremely high fidelity. Deliver scalable, testable, maintainable, and high-quality code Share knowledge, evangelise standard methodologies, and collaborate and ability to develop and guide others You will configure the front end's continuous integration and code-quality tools. (GitHub Actions, GCP) Assume responsibility for the technical design and implementation of solutions to complex features. Collaborate with the backend team to design APIs (OpenAPI) to support front-end requirements. Partner with product and design teams to deliver a cohesive user experience Drive things forward and influence skills to promote ideas and plans Work in an environment that supports your individual growth by providing you with exciting work, the freedom to acquire new skills on hack days, reading groups, and a variety of internal training courses or external conferences
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Your Experience:

You have 5+ years of experience in a relevant role, preferably in an Agile development environment and building medium/large-scale web applications You have strong fundamentals in JavaScript, TypeScript, React, HTML, and CSS Familiar with the latest trends and toolings (State management, React Query, Vite, Styled Component etc.) Familiarity with MonoRepo ecosystem and MicroFrontend You care about user experience and have experience collaborating with multi-functional partners (e.g. product, design, user research) to build responsive, intuitive applications. Passionate about code quality, continuous delivery, and automated testing. Familiar with component-based ecosystems. (design systems, Storybook, Figma Proficient with modern testing frameworks (e.g., cypress/playwright) You have an in-depth understanding of front-end architecture and performance experience optimisation. Experienced with git-based source control, CI/CD pipelines(like Github Actions) and containers You have excellent communication skills and can demonstrate your ideas, especially to those not technologically proficient.

Other Key Details:

Outside IR35. Fully remote (UK based) 30 days work, covering 10 weeks and 5 sprints. * 19th May start date