Description
Ford Credit is building the financial infrastructure behind Ford's electric future in Europe. We need a brilliant frontend engineer to help lead the charge. As the technical lead for a team building customer-facing products used by millions of people across Europe, you'll write great code, make smart architectural calls, and raise the bar for everyone around you.
This is a hands-on technical leadership role, not a people management one. You won't be managing headcount; you'll be mentoring engineers, shaping how we build, and making sure we ship things we're proud of.
Responsibilities:
- Leading frontend architecture: Making the big calls on how we build, structure, and scale our applications
- Writing production code: This is an 80%+ hands-on role; you'll be deep in the codebase, not just reviewing it
- Owning code quality: Driving timely, constructive code reviews and tackling recurring issues before they become habits
- Setting technical direction: Thinking 6–12 months ahead, spotting risks early, and building a plan to address them
- Partnering with Product: Providing sharp estimates, shaping discovery, and making sure technical decisions are grounded in business value
- Mentoring the team: Supporting junior and mid-level engineers through pairing, feedback, and real investment in their growth
- Championing agile practices: Keeping the team aligned, collaborative, and continuously improving
Qualifications:
- 7+ years of frontend engineering experience, with deep expertise in React and TypeScript
- A track record of leading frontend architecture, component design, performance, micro-frontends
- Strong grasp of testing practices, Jest, React Testing Library, Cypress or similar
- Experience with CI/CD pipelines, GitHub Actions, and modern frontend tooling
- The ability to influence technical direction without formal authority, and communicate clearly with both engineers and stakeholders
- A genuine passion for mentoring and raising the level of those around you
Nice to have:
- Cloud experience, GCP preferred
- Familiarity with other technologies (Java / Spring Boot) to collaborate effectively across the stack
- Experience in regulated industries, fintech, banking, or similar
- Exposure to security and quality tooling, SonarQube, Checkmarx, FOSSA
Our Manchester office runs a 3-day in-office hybrid model (Ford's standard is 4 days, with Manchester currently at 3 due to space, something to be aware of as we grow). You'll be joining a team that cares deeply about craft, collaboration, and getting things right.