Senior / Lead Frontend Engineer
JOSHWHITE
Building high quality enterprise solutions with an emphasis on exceptional user experiences.
NICE TO MEET YOU
I'm a frontend-biased full-stack engineer with 15+ years of experience building and scaling complex, user-facing applications.
Currently I'm an Engineering Team Lead, where I get to blend hands-on coding with mentoring and helping my team grow.
I'm happiest working on great quality products, which have a positive impact on the world.
Frontend Expert
Deep expertise in React, TypeScript, and building complex, user-facing applications
Performance Focused
Specialized in building fast, responsive interfaces with optimised user experiences
Full Stack Literate
Strong backend literacy across APIs, cloud systems, and modern architectures
Tech Leader
Engineering Team Lead combining hands-on delivery with mentoring
SKILLS & TOOLS
Here are some percentages that AI made up for me
Frontend
Data & State
Architecture & Patterns
Quality & Delivery
People & Leadership
Sports & Pastimes
EXPERIENCE & EDUCATION
Talk Think Do
Custom enterprise software consultancy
- Led and mentored a team of multi discipline senior engineers, conducting 1:1s, performance reviews and career development
- Hired and onboarded new engineers through technical interviews and structured ramp-up plans
- Built containerised development tooling to improve onboarding and productivity
- Integrated Datadog and Sentry for frontend observability, improving performance and UX
- Integrated AI-assisted development workflows using Cursor and MCPs to boost team productivity
- Interactive Student ↔ Tutor video calls via WebRTC, WebSockets and live DOM replay
- Built, shipped and maintained 3 cloud-based EdTech SPAs using React, TypeScript and GraphQL
- Built, shipped and maintained 2 React Native apps, using Expo, GitHub Actions and TypeScript
- Worked closely with backend engineers to shape API contracts and error handling
- Designed and enforced frontend standards, testing strategy and WCAG-compliant accessibility
InfoMentor
Cloud-based education platform
- Led migrations to meet WCAG accessibility standards
- Defined and documented frontend coding standards adopted across the team
- Resolved complex UI performance issues through profiling and refactoring
- Built and maintained multilingual React applications alongside legacy Knockout systems
- Modernised legacy codebases while maintaining production stability
- Led sprint ceremonies and process improvements as Acting Scrum Master / Kanban Master
Goss Interactive
Web technologies company providing enterprise-level web services
- Advised on front end architecture for new and existing company products
- Applied front end knowledge to improve the UI of various websites
- Designed and built a bespoke interactive map using JavaScript