ASOS

E-Commerce

StaffEngineeringLead

£115–175k ~AI est. London, England, United Kingdom FULL TIME
Market Sentiment
HIGH DEMAND

Neural analysis suggests this role is
optimal for mid candidates.

The Brief

“Staff Engineering Lead at ASOS. Skills: Front-end architecture, Mobile app development, Team leadership. Evolve architecture across customer-facing experiences. Balance delivery speed with quality”

What You'll Achieve.

Accelerate delivery; Deliver high-impact outcomes; Improve outcomes; Validate and iterate on solutions

Industry & Context.

E Commerce
Problems you'll solve

Decision-making; Trade-offs

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

Leading cross-functional engineering teams, Staff or Principal level experience, Front-end engineering background, Experience building mobile app experiences, Experience in collaborative product-led teams, Experience designing scalable front-end architectures, Delivering high-impact features, Proven people leadership experience, Experience leading across multiple teams, Understanding of experimentation, Experience improving engineering standards, Comfortable operating in fast-paced programmes, Comfortable regularly interfacing with stakeholders

Nice to Have

High-scale consumer products experience, IOS experience, Line management experience, Developing senior engineers, Influencing without direct authority, Using metrics to validate solutions, Turning guidelines into clear practices, Making pragmatic trade-offs, Communicate technical complexities effectively

What You'll Do.

Evolve architecture across customer-facing experiences

Balance delivery speed with quality

Lead delivery of complex features

Work hands-on to unblock teams

Set engineering standards

Turn customer problems into outcomes

Champion experimentation-first approach

Embed A testing and iteration

Line manage a cross-functional squad

Coach and develop engineers

Drive engineering excellence

Turn standards into practical guidance

Manage technical risk

Address dependencies and trade-offs

Shape ways of working across squads

Foster alignment and consistency

Encourage challenge and innovation

Lead a team with iOS focus

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Cross-functional squad; Product, Design, Engineering Leadership; Data/Analytics teams; Collaborative environment

Communication Scope

Technical complexities

Process & Methodology

Roadmap planning

Full Job Description

We’re ASOS, the online retailer for fashion lovers all around the world. We exist to give our customers the confidence to be whoever they want to be, and that goes for our people too. At ASOS, you’re free to be your true self without judgement, and channel your creativity into a platform used by millions. But how are we showing up? We’re proud members of Inclusive Companies, are Disability Confident Committed and have signed the Business in the Community Race at Work Charter and we placed 8th in the Inclusive Top 50 Companies Employer list. Everyone needs some help showing up as their best self. Let our Talent team know if you need any adjustments throughout the process in whatever way works best for you. As the Staff Engineering Lead within the Customer Experience team, you will provide senior, hands-on technical leadership for a front‑end heavy team, shaping how we build, scale and deliver customer-facing experiences across the ASOS apps and website. We’re looking for someone who can be immediately productive and help accelerate delivery across the app revamp workstream. You’ll set technical direction and standards, drive architecture and engineering excellence, and partner closely with Product, Design, Engineering Leadership and Data/Analytics to translate customer needs into high-quality outcomes. You’ll also play a key role in enabling fast, healthy decision-making—working in a highly collaborative environment that values prototypes over decks, and encourages constructive challenge to improve outcomes. The ASOS’ mobile app revamp programme is designed to create a more immersive, personalised shopping experience across key customer journeys, including the Homepage, PLPs, PDPs, Bag and Search. It focuses on making discovery easier, shopping more inspirational, and the experience more frictionless, with recent releases introducing a more cohesive homepage, a dedicated “For You” experience, and more immersive browsing improvements such as larger imagery and simplif

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