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At AKQA, our Technology Discipline sets the standard for craft and technical excellence, delivering innovative, scalable, and high-quality digital products. This role will be focused on developing and optimising web applications with React & NextJS. You will contribute to the creation of digital experiences that enable our world-class clients to succeed. As a Lead Fullstack Developer, you’ll build robust, performant, and accessible web applications, partnering with multidisciplinary teams to design and implement strategic, technically sound solutions. You’ll work across the stack, advocate best practices in quality and security, mentor junior developers, and help evolve our engineering standards. At AKQA (part of WPP), you’ll work in an innovative and inclusive culture, surrounded by some of the brightest minds in their fields. You’ll have the opportunity to strengthen not just your development expertise, but also your knowledge of modern frameworks, accessibility, performance optimisation, DevOps practices, and Gen AI. We are committed to supporting your career growth and work/life balance through our hybrid in-studio/WFH model.
Job Responsibility
Developing and optimising web applications with React & NextJS
Building robust, performant, and accessible web applications
Partnering with multidisciplinary teams to design and implement strategic, technically sound solutions
Working across the stack
Advocating best practices in quality and security
Mentoring junior developers
Helping evolve engineering standards
Requirements
Strong foundation in HTML/CSS, JavaScript, TypeScript, React, Next.js, Headless CMS, Node.js, Git, Vercel, Storybook, Tailwind
Ability to write clean, scalable, and maintainable code
Proficiency in React/TypeScript with state management and component-driven architecture
Expertise in Tailwind or Sass for structured, reusable styling
Proficient with Git for version control and collaborative workflows
Experience in Agile/Scrum, including sprint planning and ceremonies
Cross-browser testing skills across Mac/PC and modern browsers
Experience with CMS platforms and Vercel deployment
Knowledge of accessibility (W3C standards), SEO, and performance optimisation
Ability to turn Figma designs into pixel-perfect frontend code
Node.js for backend development and API integrations
Unit testing with Jest and React Testing Library
Experience creating and managing UI libraries with Storybook
What we offer
Innovative and inclusive culture
Opportunity to strengthen development expertise
Opportunity to strengthen knowledge of modern frameworks, accessibility, performance optimisation, DevOps practices, and Gen AI
Career growth support
Work/life balance support through hybrid in-studio/WFH model