Lead Front-End Engineer

1 month ago


London, Greater London, United Kingdom Rest Less Full time
About us

Rest Less is a social impact start-up that helps and inspires a generation of over 50s to get more out of life. There are 20m individuals aged between 50 and 70 in the UK and this population is set to boom over the next decade.

Today's 50 year olds are fundamentally healthier and more active than ever before, yet are still unrepresented across so many dimensions. We're here to challenge outdated stereotypes of age in both the workplace and in wider society.

Since we launched Rest Less in late 2018, we have successfully built a trusted and respected brand. We have over 450k members, with a target to reach 1 million by the end of 2021.

As we build out our growth plans, an exciting opportunity has arisen within our team for a humble, passionate and ambitious Lead Front-End Engineer.

Top 5 reasons to join us
  1. This is your opportunity to shape the future of the front-end technologies
  2. We are a business with a social conscience and mission, you will be part of a movement and platform that is changing people's lives for the better
  3. We are flexible and are happy to discuss hybrid remote working possibilities.
  4. Your opinion matters, not just on technology, on everything.
  5. We value quality over quantity and our compensation packages reflect that with highly competitive salaries.

    About the role
    We want you to teach us everything there is to know about front-end As the leader of the front-end team you'll be mentoring, guiding and setting the vision for the three engineers in your team. You'll also be getting your hands dirty as an individual contributor and collaborating with the lead platform engineers and CTO to bring an holistic, pragmatic, and business focused approach to both mobile and web technology solutions.
    Responsibilities
  6. Advocating for the front-end architecture and vision, and setting a roadmap and execution plan to deliver that vision.
  7. Effectively balancing leadership and individual contributor responsibilities
  8. Managing, guiding and mentoring a small team of capable senior engineers
  9. Ensure we're building highly reusable codebase
  10. Ensuring the quality of the codebase, front-end performance and accessibility
  11. Work closely with the senior engineering team, product and marketing functions to ensure we're building awesome, business impacting, rich, scalable and secure product lines, products and features
  12. Maintaining and developing the DevOps practice mindset and culture

    Skills
  13. Expert knowledge of Javascript frameworks and libraries, HTML and CSS
  14. Experience of React Native and the mobile development ecosystem
  15. Strong automation and CI/CD experience
  16. Experience of deploying web applications in cloud environments such as Amazon Web Services - ELB, Cloudwatch, RDS
  17. Service-oriented architecture management and integrations
  18. Operating in a fast-paced agile environment
  19. A demonstrable eye for good user interface design and user experience
  20. Experience using metrics and key indicators as primary benchmarks to produce theories, measuring existing processes and proving improvements at both system and business levels

    Benefits
  21. 25 days holiday
  22. Standard workplace pension
  23. Learning platforms provided and time given to expand your knowledge base
  24. Team away days

    If this is you?

    Email your CV and cover letter to You can also reach out via email if you have any questions or want to discuss anything in confidence.

    Is this almost you?

    Not sure if you have all the experience we're looking for but are keen to grow and learn? We'd love to hear from you too:

    We are a proud equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status or disability status. If you require any reasonable adjustments made to the application process please let us know.

    Rest Less focuses on Finance, Health and Wellness, Active Lifestyle, and Community Development. Their company has offices in London. They have a small team that's between 11-50 employees.

    You can view their website at



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