Verisk Analytics is looking for a Lead Front-End Developer to provide technical leadership across our front-end estate. You will be responsible for setting standards, shaping architecture, mentoring engineers, and ensuring consistent, high-quality delivery across multiple products built with Angular, VueJS, and React. This role combines technical depth with leadership influence, working closely with Product, UX, Back-End, DevOps, and Architecture teams.
What You'll Do
- Define and maintain front-end architecture standards across all products.
- Lead design decisions around component architecture, state management, and performance optimisation.
- Ensure consistency in patterns, frameworks, and tooling across Angular, VueJS, and React applications.
- Drive modern front-end best practices including accessibility, responsiveness, and security.
- Promote high-quality code through peer reviews and coding standards.
- Champion automated testing (unit, integration, E2E) and CI/CD best practices.
- Work closely with DevOps to ensure optimal deployment pipelines.
- Support observability and monitoring strategies (e.g., logging, telemetry, performance tracking).
- Collaborate with back-end teams to define API contracts and integration standards.
- Ensure front-end solutions are optimised for AWS-hosted, cloud-native architectures.
- Contribute to decisions around authentication and authorisation (e.g., OKTA).
- Mentor and coach full-stack developers across squads.
- Support career development, technical growth, and knowledge sharing.
- Contribute to Communities of Practice and technical forums.
- Work within Scrum-based delivery teams.
- Contribute to refinement, estimation and Definition of Ready / Done standards.
- Support predictable delivery with strong say/do discipline and JIRA hygiene.
What We're Looking For
- Significant experience building and leading modern front-end applications.
- Strong hands-on expertise in Angular, VueJS and/or React.
- Deep understanding of JavaScript / TypeScript.
- Experience with state management patterns (Redux, Vuex, NgRx or similar).
- Experience consuming RESTful APIs and working within microservice architectures.
- Experience working in Agile/Scrum environments.
- Strong understanding of CI/CD pipelines and version control.
Nice to Have
- Experience working within AWS-hosted environments.
- Knowledge of authentication/authorisation patterns in distributed systems.
- Experience with performance monitoring tools and observability frameworks.
- Familiarity with OpenTelemetry or modern logging frameworks.
- Exposure to DevSecOps tooling (e.g., Snyk).
- Experience leading cross-squad technical initiatives.
Technical Stack
- Angular, VueJS, React
- JavaScript, TypeScript
- AWS, OKTA, OpenTelemetry, Snyk, JIRA
Team & Environment
Operates in cross-functional Agile squads.
Benefits & Compensation
- Medical coverage
- Life insurance
- Pension plans
- Paid time off
- Wellness initiatives
- Fitness programs
- Team-building activities
Work Mode
This role offers a hybrid work arrangement.
Verisk Analytics is an equal opportunity employer. We consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, citizenship, sex, gender identity and/or expression, sexual orientation, veteran's status, age or disability.




