Engineering Manager, Frontend (Maternity Cover)

Requirements

• Agentic development as your primary workflow: daily, fluent use of Claude Code, OpenCode or an equivalent harness on production code, including multi-step tasks and parallel sessions.
• Evidence you have configured the harness, not only used it: agent instructions, subagents, MCP servers, tool permissions, CI checks for agent output.
• 6+ years building production frontend applications, with deep React and advanced TypeScript.
• Critical review of generated code — knowing when to accept, correct or reject, and why.
• Node.js and BFF patterns, REST API design, automated testing with Playwright and Jest.
• Technical leadership without needing a manager title behind you: mentoring, setting standards, owning a codebase area, leading a squad through decisions.
• Ownership of features from ticket to production, with a quality and reliability mindset.
• Clear written communication and autonomy in a remote-first, agile team; English at C1.

Nice to have

• Experience with Next.js and server-side rendering
• Familiarity with AWS or other cloud environments
• Experience in subscription, billing or payments domains

Responsibilities:

• Ship code yourself — stay hands-on in React and TypeScript, take real tickets, and drive them with agents rather than supervising from a distance.
• Own the agent harness for frontend — Claude Code