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Senior Front-End Developer (Nuxt / Vue)
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Senior Front-End Developer (Nuxt / Vue)
Senior Front-End Developer
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We’re Shortlister Solutions, scaling fast. We build interview and assessment technology to help employers hire fairly and efficiently. Our platform supports high-stakes recruitment and admissions workflows, so usability, accessibility, performance, and reliability really matter.
About the Role
We’re looking for a Senior Front-End Developer with strong experience building modern web applications, ideally using Nuxt.js / Vue.js (or close equivalents), who wants to take ownership of the user-facing experience and grow towards a Technical Lead role over time.
This is a hands-on role with influence, well-suited to someone who enjoys shaping how front-end systems are designed, built, and evolved – not just implementing UI tasks.
If you’ve worked in agency, consultancy, or contracting environments, you’ll likely love our fast pace, varied problems, autonomy, and direct exposure to product and stakeholders.
Why This Role
This role is a strong step towards Technical Lead. You’ll:
- Own meaningful parts of the front-end architecture and influence technical direction
- Help shape delivery standards (code quality, performance, accessibility, testing, sensible automation)
- Lead technical discovery for new user-facing features and improvements
- Work closely with product and design to turn complex requirements into intuitive experiences
- Mentor others and raise the bar for front-end engineering quality
As the team scales, this role naturally expands into formal technical leadership.
The Role
You’ll join our product and engineering team, working on a modern front-end application built with Nuxt.js that sits on top of our Django-powered API. You’ll:
- Deliver new features, improve usability and performance
- Help evolve our front-end architecture and development practices
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Ambitious for AI and automation but use them pragmatically and selectively, where it adds real value. You’ll be trusted to make sound technical decisions, communicate trade-offs clearly, and take ownership of your work.
Responsibilities
Front-End Delivery & Ownership
- Design, build, and maintain user-facing features that support real customer outcomes
- Own and evolve our Nuxt/Vue.js front-end, focusing on performance, maintainability, and developer experience
- Build accessible, responsive, and intuitive interfaces that work across devices
- Collaborate closely with back-end engineers to design clean, well-documented APIs
- Maintain strong automated testing and contribute to a reliable CI/CD pipeline
Practical Automation and AI
Mitigate friction and improve quality by:
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Using modern tooling including AI for:
- Rapid prototyping and UI iteration
- Test generation and coverage improvements
- Refactoring and component clean-up
- Debugging support and PR review assistance
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Keeping front-end documentation accurate and helpful
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Establish repeatable, pragmatic ways of working to improve delivery speed without cutting corners
Leadership-Shaped Contribution
- Lead technical discovery for front-end initiatives (approach, risks, trade-offs, estimates)
- Propose and introduce patterns and best practices for component design, state management, and performance
- Review PRs with a coaching mindset; consistently uplift front-end quality
- Support and mentor junior developers as the team grows
- Become a trusted go-to person for front-end decisions and guidance
Product & Stakeholder Collaboration
- Work closely with product, design, and commercial stakeholders to shape requirements into great user experiences
- Communicate progress, constraints, and trade-offs clearly and early
- Challenge assumptions constructively to ensure we build the right thing the right way
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Requirements
Must Have:
- 3+ years’ experience building modern front-end applications
- Strong experience with Vue.js, ideally Nuxt.js, or equivalent frameworks (React with Next.js, SvelteKit, etc.)
- Solid understanding of modern JavaScript and (preferably) TypeScript
- Strong grasp of HTML, CSS, and responsive design principles
- Experience building accessible interfaces (WCAG awareness)
- Proven track record shipping reliable production front-end code
- Comfortable working with APIs and asynchronous data flows
- Clear communicator who enjoys working with non-technical stakeholders
Nice to Have:
- Experience with Nuxt SSR, SSG, or hybrid rendering
- Familiarity with front-end testing frameworks (e2e and component testing)
- Experience with design systems or component libraries
- Exposure to performance optimisation and monitoring
- Experience in agency, consultancy, or as a contractor
Success in 6–12 Months
- Take ownership of key areas of the front end, shipping improvements confidently
- Improve the overall experience, including performance, accessibility, and consistency
- Help evolve front-end patterns, tooling, and standards
- Use automation and AI pragmatically to improve speed and quality
- Be trusted by peers and stakeholders for your judgment and clarity
- Start leading technical discovery and mentoring others naturally
Benefits
- Salary: £60,000–£80,000 GBP per annum (based on skills and experience)
- 25 days holiday + bank holidays
- Fully remote / work from home
- Visible impact in a fast-moving product team
- Clear runway towards technical leadership as we scale
- Sale Bonus Plan: Eligible for a meaningful bonus linked to a future company sale
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