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I am a front-end engineer and team leader with 9+ years of experience building scalable, user-focused web applications. I focus on modern React and TypeScript, component architecture, accessibility, and design collaboration. I’m looking for a role that blends hands-on engineering with user-centered design, contributing to polished interfaces, robust systems, and better product experiences. I enjoy collaborating across disciplines to ship thoughtful, accessible UI and robust front-end systems, and I’m excited to bring leadership and hands-on development to a team that values design-driven engineering and high-quality user experiences.…I am a front-end engineer and team leader with 9+ years of experience building scalable, user-focused web applications. I focus on modern React and TypeScript, component architecture, accessibility, and design collaboration. I’m looking for a role that blends hands-on engineering with user-centered design, contributing to polished interfaces, robust systems, and better product experiences. I enjoy collaborating across disciplines to ship thoughtful, accessible UI and robust front-end systems, and I’m excited to bring leadership and hands-on development to a team that values design-driven engineering and high-quality user experiences.

Stephen Embleton

Front-End Developer, Web Developer, UI Designer, +2

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I am a front-end engineer and team leader with 9+ years of experience building scalable, user-focused web applications. I focus on modern React and TypeScript, component architecture, accessibility, and design collaboration. I’m looking for a role that blends hands-on engineering with user-centered design, contributing to polished interfaces, robust systems, and better product experiences. I enjoy collaborating across disciplines to ship thoughtful, accessible UI and robust front-end systems, and I’m excited to bring leadership and hands-on development to a team that values design-driven engineering and high-quality user experiences.…I am a front-end engineer and team leader with 9+ years of experience building scalable, user-focused web applications. I focus on modern React and TypeScript, component architecture, accessibility, and design collaboration. I’m looking for a role that blends hands-on engineering with user-centered design, contributing to polished interfaces, robust systems, and better product experiences. I enjoy collaborating across disciplines to ship thoughtful, accessible UI and robust front-end systems, and I’m excited to bring leadership and hands-on development to a team that values design-driven engineering and high-quality user experiences.

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I am a front-end engineer and team leader with 9+ years of experience building scalable, user-focused web applications. I focus on modern React and TypeScript, component architecture, accessibility, and design collaboration. I’m looking for a role that blends hands-on engineering with user-centered design, contributing to polished interfaces, robust systems, and better product experiences.

I enjoy collaborating across disciplines to ship thoughtful, accessible UI and robust front-end systems, and I’m excited to bring leadership and hands-on development to a team that values design-driven engineering and high-quality user experiences.

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Work Experience

Front-End Team Lead at Cynomi

July 1, 2025 - Present

Led the growth of the in-house front-end team, recruiting diverse talent aligned with company needs and individual strengths. Conducted regular check-ins to identify issues early and provide actionable guidance. Onboarded new hires and created development plans to ensure they were supported and aligned with company values from day one. Planned and delegated work based on contributors’ strengths, ensuring efficient delivery and skill development. Oversaw the front-end team on major platform initiatives, guiding development and ensuring continued improvement of key features.

Senior Front-End Engineer at Cynomi

November 1, 2021 - July 1, 2025

Contributed to building a robust front-end foundation in a fast-moving startup, defining best practices, selecting tooling/packages, and shaping UI direction to accelerate early product delivery. Established a scalable internal component library using MUI and Styled Components, improving design consistency, accessibility, and reducing development time for new features. Introduced a front-end testing strategy with Jest, React Testing Library, and MSW, increasing reliability and reducing regressions. Developed and iterated upon a reusable table system using TanStack Table’s headless utilities, enabling complex data-driven views to be built quickly across the platform. Led the transition from JavaScript to TypeScript, enhancing code quality, maintainability, and developer confidence. Migrated build tooling from CRA to Vite, significantly improving build times and local development performance. Implemented linting, style enforcement, and merge rules to create a coherent codebase and supp

Front-End Engineer at Partnerize

February 1, 2020 - November 1, 2021

Maintained and enhanced the Partnerize front-end platform using TypeScript, React, and Redux within a cross-discipline agile feature team. Built and extended components for the shared component library and contributed to overall UI consistency. Wrote unit/integration tests with Jest and React Testing Library, and executed end-to-end testing with Cypress. Created a reusable front-end utility library and actively shared knowledge through pairing, code reviews, and team collaboration. Performed an accessibility audit and presented a remediation plan to address non-compliant areas. Supported new developers with technical guidance and onboarding.

Front-End Developer at Surge

January 1, 2019 - February 1, 2020

Built custom front-end applications in a small startup team using React, Redux, and TypeScript, integrating REST APIs to present data through forms, tables, and visualisations. Developed data-entry flows with Redux Forms/Formik and converted UI designs into reusable, component-driven interfaces using TypeScript and Styled Components. Defined architectural patterns and coding standards for a React/TypeScript codebase, and created a custom Webpack/Babel build pipeline to support scalable development and higher throughput.

Front-End Developer at hedgehog lab

April 1, 2018 - January 1, 2019

Built custom client applications using React and Redux, including a Greenfield admin panel for managing restaurant inventory data and viewing sales analytics. Led front-end development of a Greenfield enterprise web app for managing school operations (pupils, staff, timetables). Introduced Storybook to support isolated component development and testing, and established React architectural and coding standards to streamline cross-locale collaboration.

Application Development Analyst at Accenture

October 1, 2017 - April 1, 2018

Delivered GOV-accessible prototypes and built a Middleman (Ruby)-based navigable model of the live service to support case-worker operations and service redesign.

Software Engineer at Bede Gaming

April 1, 2016 - October 1, 2017

Developed and maintained client websites, including reusable components for major casino brands using JavaScript, SASS, and Razor templates, supported by clear documentation and style-guide implementation. Built a custom interactive component that tracked previously played games via cookies, fetched relevant data and displayed them in a sidebar, improving customer retention. Wrote JavaScript unit tests with AVA and performed integration testing with Selenium to ensure reliability and performance.

Web Designer at JOY

October 1, 2013 - April 1, 2016

Built responsive, cross-client HTML emails that strengthened brand engagement and drove sales. Redesigned the core template and introduced modular, drop-in components to cut production time and scale output. Redesigned the website to modernise the user experience, introducing full responsiveness, modular layouts, and expanded space for product promotion. Led the design and production of digital assets for newsletters, lifecycle emails, ad campaigns and web content. Created a fully custom static website for a sister brand using HTML, CSS, and jQuery.