Principal Front-End Engineer (UI) - Remote

Overview

Join Oak Engage – Where Communication Meets Connection. At Oak Engage, we’re on an exciting growth journey - backed by a major investment from NorthEdge - to scale our impact and redefine the future of employee engagement. Trusted by some of the UK’s biggest brands, including Aldi, Five Guys, and ITV, we help organisations connect, engage, and empower their people through smarter, more personalised internal communication.

With our next stage of expansion underway, we’re building a team of bold, ambitious thinkers ready to make their mark at a high-growth, purpose-driven SaaS company. If you’re looking to shape the future of work and grow alongside a company that’s going places, now’s the time to join Oak.

In Short

• Define and evolve our front-end architecture and technical direction, ensuring it aligns with business and product goals
• Lead the development of high-quality, accessible and performant UI components using React, TypeScript, and other JavaScript frameworks
• Collaborate closely with designers, product managers, and backend engineers to shape seamless user experiences across our platform
• Lead by example and uphold standards for code quality, accessibility, testing, and performance across the front-end stack
• Mentor and support front-end engineers of varying experience levels, sharing knowledge, fostering growth and driving continuous improvement.
• Influence and contribute to company-wide engineering culture, processes, and technical strategy
• Drive continuous improvement across tooling, workflows, and development practices
• Contribute to front-end architectural planning and long-term technical strategy as the front end subject matter expert.

Requirements

• Strong experience with React and TypeScript
• Proven background in front-end development and architecture
• Experience with mentoring and leading teams
• Strong understanding of accessibility principles
• Excellent collaboration and communication skills

Benefits

• Opportunity to work in a high-growth company
• Chance to shape the future of employee engagement
• Collaborative and innovative work environment