--- title: 'Lead Front End Engineer at StarCompliance' canonical: 'https://feeny.ai/job/lead-front-end-engineer-starcompliance-york-d9r5r9hhn96f' type: 'job' last_seen: '2026-11-08' --- # Lead Front End Engineer at StarCompliance - **Company:** StarCompliance - **Location:** York, United Kingdom - **Employment:** full-time - **Work type:** hybrid - **Posted:** 2026-07-29 - **Last confirmed live:** 2026-11-08 - **Apply:** https://jobs.lever.co/starcompliance/cb83ebeb-305d-4db7-bb52-e2a27b937697 ## Job description Join a company where your ideas matter, your ambitions are supported, and you can make a real impact. StarCompliance is a leading global provider of compliance technology, helping financial institutions and corporations navigate complex regulatory requirements and manage risk. Founded in 1999, we have grown into a global organisation supporting over one million users across 120 countries. Backed by Marlin Equity Partners, we are an ambitious, growing business driven by innovation, collaboration, and our people. At StarCompliance, you'll be part of a supportive, inclusive, and collaborative culture where your contributions are valued, your development is encouraged, and you'll have the opportunity to shape both your career and our future. Innovate. Empower. Shape the Future with AI. At StarCompliance, we’re not just embracing the future of AI – we’re helping shape it. We’re passionate about harnessing AI and emerging technologies to drive innovation, transform how we work, and deliver exceptional value to our clients. We empower our people to think bigger, challenge the norm, and embrace cutting-edge technology to work smarter, enhance creativity, and unlock new possibilities. You'll be part of a forward-thinking environment where fresh ideas are encouraged, innovation thrives, and technology empowers you to make a real impact. ## The Role StarCompliance is seeking a Lead Front-End Engineer to lead how user interfaces are engineered and delivered across engineering. The role sets the technical direction for our frontend applications and shared foundations, combining hands-on React and TypeScript, team leadership and AI-assisted development to deliver fast, accessible, reliable product experiences. The successful candidate will be a hands-on frontend engineering leader who owns our enterprise design system and frontend foundations, evolves them for engineers and AI agents, sets frontend architecture, quality and testing standards, and delivers features end to end, including the APIs, services and data changes they need. They will work with Software Engineering, Product, Architecture, Security, Platform Engineering and AI Enablement on reusable components, patterns, agent instructions and governance for faster, more consistent and increasingly autonomous delivery in a regulated environment. ## Key Responsibilities Frontend Architecture & Engineering - Own frontend architecture and technical direction for scalable, secure, maintainable applications. - Lead hands-on React and TypeScript development, contributing production code and setting the team standard. - Set frontend standards for code structure, state management, API integration and code review. - Own frontend performance and reliability, using telemetry and monitoring to find and fix issues. - Build fast, clear interfaces for complex, data-intensive compliance workflows. Full-Stack Delivery - Deliver features end to end, including the backend services, APIs and data changes they need. - Shape API contracts and service designs with backend, Architecture and Platform teams. - Ensure frontend–backend integrations are secure, well tested and architecturally aligned. Design System & Frontend Foundations - Own the strategy, architecture and evolution of our enterprise design system. - Evolve the design system into an AI-consumable platform for engineers, coding assistants and autonomous agents. - Define reusable components, design tokens, interaction patterns, layouts and accessibility standards. - Keep the design system and frontend foundations aligned with wider technical architecture. Quality, Testing & Delivery - Set automated testing strategy across unit, integration, end-to-end, visual regression and accessibility testing. - Embed frontend quality gates for code quality, test coverage and security in CI/CD pipelines. - Build accessibility into components, patterns and automated validation. - Balance delivery speed with usability, consistency, maintainability, security and user trust. Agentic Product Development - Define how AI agents turn product intent into interfaces using approved components and standards. - Maintain agent instructions, reference implementations, rules and machine-readable frontend context. - Embed design system and frontend knowledge into agentic workflows with AI Enablement and Engineering. - Govern agent-generated interfaces and code, including accessibility, visual regression and component conformance checks. Technical Leadership & Team Management - Line-manage a blended team of permanent and consultancy UI Engineers, covering performance, coaching, development, workload and hiring. - Lead the Design System Forum with Product, Engineering and Architecture to govern standards and priorities. - Act as frontend technical authority, aligning with Product, Architecture, Security and Platform on priorities and regulatory requirements. - Drive continuous improvement in delivery predictability, system quality and team effectiveness. - Carry out other duties as reasonably required at Associate Director level. ## Skills and Experience - Strong hands-on React and TypeScript background, guiding frontend architecture in complex, data-intensive environments. - Experience building and integrating backend services and APIs to deliver features end to end. - Experience creating or governing enterprise design systems, components, design tokens and interaction patterns. - Deep knowledge of frontend performance, automated testing, CI, accessibility and operational readiness. - Practical use of AI-assisted development tools and agentic delivery workflows. - Proven leadership of high-performing engineering teams and effective engagement with technical and non-technical stakeholders. Desirable Skills - SaaS, enterprise or regulated software experience, such as financial services or compliance. - Storybook, visual regression, automated accessibility testing and frontend quality tooling. - Cloud-based environments and secure engineering practices. - Managing permanent employees alongside consultancy partner resources. - Product analytics, usability testing and behavioural telemetry. StarCompliance Background Checks All positions require pre-employment screening due to employees potentially having access to highly sensitive and confidential information involving finance and compliance; candidates must be trustworthy and have a heightened sensitivity to protecting confidential financial, professional information.  To be eligible for employment with StarCompliance, candidates must undergo a rigorous background investigation with checks including, but not limited to, criminal record history, consumer credit, employment history, qualifications, and education checks. ## Equal Opportunity Employer Statement We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind based on race, sex, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, gender identity or expression, marital/civil union/domestic partnership status, veteran status or any other protected characteristic as outlined by country, state, or local laws. This policy applies to all employment practices within our organisation, including hiring, recruiting, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, leave of absence, compensation, benefits, training, and apprenticeship. StarCompliance makes hiring decisions based solely on qualifications, merit, and business needs at the time. For more information, please request a copy of our Equal Opportunities Policy. ## About StarCompliance ## Company Overview - **One-liner**: StarCompliance provides employee and firm compliance software that helps regulated companies monitor conflicts of interest, meet regulatory obligations, and reduce risk. - **Entity Type**: Private (Private Equity-backed by Luminate Capital Partners; last known round: Venture, December 2020) - **Headquarters**: Rockville, Maryland, United States (with presence in the United Kingdom and Hong Kong; workforce distributed across 6 countries including the US, UK, India, UAE, and Germany) - **Founded**: Not publicly available (earliest known milestone: 2017 Luminate Capital Partners investment) - **Founders**: Not publicly available ## Core Business - **Primary industry**: Financial Services / RegTech — employee compliance software for regulated institutions. - **Target customers**: B2B, Enterprise — the world’s most reputable companies, including broker-dealers, banks, and financial services firms, operating in 114 countries. - **Mission / purpose**: "Employee compliance software that protects the world’s most reputable companies against risk and costly conflicts of interest" — helping clients "comply with confidence" via a scalable, cloud-ready platform. ## Products & Services - **Employee Conflicts of Interest Suite**: A single platform covering personal trading activity, insider trading, private investments, gifts & entertainment spending, outside business activities, and political donations. - **STAR Mobile App**: Enables on-the-go personal trading pre-clearance requests and gifts & entertainment submissions, with mobile review/approval for compliance officers and supervisors. - **Compliance Control Room**: Centralizes firm deal-related activity, surfaces critical data, and accelerates deal clearance through easier conflict searches. - **Crypto Dealing Monitoring**: Pre-clearance and post-trade oversight across 35+ exchanges, 30+ blockchains, and 200+ tokens (expanded via the acquisition of AER Compliance). - **Firm Trade Surveillance**: Automatically compares firm trades against watch lists and restricted lists to detect potential trading risks. - **Broker-Dealer Registration**: Registration offering with automated, two-way FINRA integration. - **Individual Accountability & Training & Competency**: Products supporting clients subject to Senior Managers and Certification Regime (SMCR). - **MNPI Management**: Centralizes material non-public information oversight with wall crossings, insider lists, and restricted lists. - **StarAssist**: AI-powered explainability capability that makes compliance decisions more transparent. - **Prediction Markets Monitoring**: Industry-first solution launched in partnership with Kalshi. ## Market Standing - **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not disclosed - **Key Metric**: Annual revenue ~$35M (per LinkedIn company data); 1.35M clients supported (per company website) - **Funding History**: Private Equity Round (July 2017) led by Luminate Capital Partners; Venture Round (December 2020). - **Notable Investors/Partners**: Luminate Capital Partners; technology integrations with Snowflake, Thoughtspot, and PowerBI; partnership with Kalshi. - **Growth Signals**: 40% Y/Y growth and 99% customer retention rate (per careers page); LinkedIn followers grew +63.8% year-over-year to ~15,167; aggressive hiring in AI, data, and engineering roles; product expansion into crypto and prediction markets monitoring; strategic acquisition of AER Compliance and earlier acquisitions including SixLambda (6L) and Ethix360. ## Competitive Advantages - **One connected platform**: Uniquely combines employee compliance and firm compliance in a single, real-time solution spanning activities, risks, and decisions. - **Multi-jurisdictional integrity**: Built for global, cross-border regulatory needs across 114 countries. - **AI-first, transparent compliance**: StarAssist provides AI-powered explainability — a differentiator in a risk-averse industry. - **First-mover in emerging asset classes**: Crypto coverage across 35+ exchanges, 30+ blockchains, and 200+ tokens; first-to-market Prediction Markets Monitoring with Kalshi. - **On-demand configurability and modern integrations**: Cloud-ready architecture with native connectivity to Snowflake, Thoughtspot, and PowerBI. ## Strategic Focus - **Doubling down on AI**: Actively hiring a Head of Data and AI, Lead AI Engineer (Agentic Systems), and Senior AI Engineers — signaling a platform-wide push toward agentic and explainable AI. - **Expanding into new regulatory domains**: Prediction markets monitoring (via Kalshi), crypto dealing, and individual accountability/SMCR. - **Growing firm-wide compliance**: Moving beyond employee conflicts into firm trade surveillance and control room workflows. - **Post-acquisition integration**: Absorbing AER Compliance and earlier acquisitions (SixLambda, Ethix360) to broaden the suite. ## Why Work Here - **Culture**: Described as a "fun, fast-moving environment where creativity is rewarded and hard work is valued," with a collaborative culture and values of dignity, trust, and respect. - **Work model**: Flexible work arrangements and hybrid roles; current UK engineering roles are hybrid in Leeds (AWS Cloud Infrastructure Engineer) and York (Lead Design Engineer UX/UI and AI); some remote-friendly UK roles (Head of Data and AI). - **Benefits**: Competitive compensation, comprehensive benefits, family-friendly policies, paid time off including bank/public holidays. - **Learning & development**: Varied learning programs and global "Star Seminars" to keep skills sharp. - **Employee ratings**: 4.1/5 on LinkedIn (155 reviews) — Work-Life Balance 4.2, Culture 4.2, Career 4.0, Compensation 3.7. - **Momentum**: 40% Y/Y growth and 99% customer retention provide stability and career upside. ## Sources 1. [starcompliance.com — About Us](https://www.starcompliance.com/about-us/) 2. [starcompliance.com — Home](https://www.starcompliance.com/) 3. [jobs.lever.co — StarCompliance](https://jobs.lever.co/starcompliance) 4. [starcompliance.com — Careers](https://www.starcompliance.com/careers/) 5. 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