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Vypr

Lead Software Engineer - Front End

Hybrid

Manchester, United Kingdom

£ 75,000 / year

Full Time

22-04-2025

Job Specifications

Job Title
Lead-Software-Engineer (Frontend)
Reports to
Head of Engineering
Location/work pattern
UK based role – 1 day every other week in Manchester office
Salary
£70000 - £75000



What we do


Vypr is a Manchester HQ’d Private Equity/Venture Capital backed SaaS business. Our market-leading product intelligence platform provides reliable consumer data to help manufacturers and retailers understand what their customers want to see on shelves. This helps reduce the time and cost spent developing new products, which makes for better products, faster.

We’re a scale-up business with huge growth ambitions. We’ve proved product market fit with our existing offering and now we’re ready to scale at pace. We’re using scalable new technology to reimagine our product intelligence platform with limitless future potential, from personalisation to AI enhanced insight.

Our cross-functional, agile product team collaborates to design, build, and deliver Vypr’s brand-new AI-driven platform. Comprising software engineers, mobile engineers, automation engineers, product managers, designers, and a delivery manager, the team is guided by modern tech principles—such as a serverless-first approach, event-driven architecture, and CI/CD—to build scalable, secure, and highly available solutions that drive innovation and growth.


Things that you will do


Lead the frontend development of Vypr Predict, ensuring a scalable, performant, and intuitive user experience.
Write, review, and maintain high-quality code in Next.js, and TypeScript, ensuring best practices are followed.
Drive the implementation and maintenance of frontend testing frameworks and best practices to ensure code quality and reliability.
Collaborate with cross-functional teams (product managers, designers, engineers and QA) to scope, break down, and deliver complex technical tasks.
Drive best practices in software engineering, including DevSecOps, CI/CD, and automated testing strategies.
Mentor and support engineers, fostering a high-performance culture and helping team members grow technically.
Ensure usability by following web standards and responsive design principles.
Identify and address technical debt, balancing feature development with long-term system improvements.
Research and evaluate new technologies, recommending innovations that enhance performance, security, and developer productivity.
Contribute to the technical strategy, aligning Frontend development with business objectives and future growth.


What you will be responsible for


Driving best practices in frontend development, including code quality, accessibility, and UI/UX consistency.
Collaborating with the Lead Backend Engineer to align frontend development with the overall platform strategy.
Leading and mentoring engineers, fostering a high-performance culture aligned with Vypr’s values.
Driving best practices in frontend development, including code quality, performance, and UI/UX consistency.

What you are good at


You have deep experience with Next.js, TypeScript, and modern frontend frameworks, building scalable web applications.
You have experience building web applications on AWS and are familiar with its services
You excel at frontend performance optimisation, ensuring fast load times and smooth interactions.
You mentor engineers, drive best practices, and make informed technical decisions that improve system stability and developer efficiency.
You proactively identify technical challenges, optimise performance, and balance trade-offs between innovation and maintainability.
You work effectively with cross-functional teams, including product managers and designers, to deliver high-quality solutions.
You can clearly explain complex technical concepts to both engineering and non-technical stakeholders, ensuring alignment on priorities.
You stay up to date with industry trends, evaluate new technologies, and drive improvements in development processes.


What’s important to you


At Vypr, we value being Agile by embracing flexibility, making quick informed decisions, and driving continuous improvement. We believe in being Candid, fostering a transparent, trusting environment where ideas are challenged with care, and celebrating team successes. We are Driven by Results, promoting inclusivity, accountability, and ambition, ensuring goals are met and contributions are valued. Lastly, we value Caring, showing empathy, supporting charitable initiatives, and creating a safe, friendly work environment for all team members.


What we offer


Hybrid working
Company paid medical cashplan
Enhanced annual leave
Work from anywhere up to 4 weeks a year
Access to a global benefits and reward platform
Access to well-being support, including an Employee Assistance Programmes
Life Assurance
Day off on your birthday
Volunteering day
Enhanced parental leave


What next?


Our Talent Selection process focusses on creating a mutual, fair and transparent dialogue that helps you and us to establish whether the role could be a rewarding career fit. We will create space to discuss your ambitions and our growth plans as well as context of the role, give you the opportunity to engage with your potential Line Manager and Team Members, showcase your skills in a live task and to visit our Manchester HQ.

About the Company

Vypr is the world’s leading Product Intelligence Platform, enabling companies to understand their target consumers with fast, cost-effective insight, helping them make better decisions for winning products. More than an ordinary research panel, Vypr is built on Behavioural Science and Agile principles, transforming decision-making into a science with data-driven product optimisation. Every week, we test and validate thousands of ideas, products, and concepts worldwide, providing powerful tools and techniques grounded in dat... Know more

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