The Company
RightShip is the world’s biggest third party maritime due diligence organization, providing expertise in global safety, sustainability and social responsibility best practices.
We bring together years of industry expertise with the output from analytics and large data sets to provide our safety and environmental scoring systems, recommendations and consultancy services.
Using leading data and technology, we aim to set new benchmarks in environmental protection. We support global initiatives and action influencing practical and impactful change, enabling “win-win” for business and the environment.
To find out more visit RightShip.com.
What we offer
We offer a place where you know you are contributing to an organization who are constantly working to ensure ships are safe as possible so that crew and cargo are protected. We are passionate about maritime efficiency, safety and sustainability practices.
We offer generous rewards. Our base salary is competitive, we support employee wellbeing and provide our employees with a Healthy Living Allowance and our annual incentive scheme is awesome. We have some great talent who are happy to share their experience and skills to help you on your way and we are committed to professional development to make sure your career keeps growing while you’re working with us.
What makes RightShip a great place to work at:
RightShip is an equal opportunity employer, and we champion diversity. Our teams are composed of individuals from different geographies, cultures, religions, ethnicities, races, genders, sexual orientations, abilities, and generations. We believe that a diversity of experiences makes us stronger—as individuals, as communities and as an organization.
Don’t meet every single requirement of this role? Still apply! Research tells us that that women and underrepresented groups are less likely to apply unless they meet every single requirement. At RightShip we believe that the right hire is someone who makes an addition to our culture, rather than someone who fits in and conforms to our status quo. We want to add team members who not only value RightShip standards and workplace culture, but also bring an aspect of diversity that positively contributes to our work environment. If you are excited about this role, or about our company in general, we would love to hear from you!
RightShip is looking for an exceptional Lead Front-end Developer to join our team. In this role, you will be responsible not only for building high-quality, scalable front-end solutions, but also for providing technical leadership and guidance to a team of front-end developers. You will help the organization continue to build world-class, data-driven products that solve some of the most challenging problems in the maritime industry by setting front-end standards, driving best practices, and uplifting the capability of the team.
This role requires an individual who is passionate about web applications, structures, and user experience, with a strong eye for UI/UX and a natural ability to lead and mentor others. You will balance hands-on development with technical direction, collaboration, and coaching, shaping digital experiences that leave a lasting impact.
MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES
Technical Delivery (Hands-on)
• Write clean, efficient and maintainable front-end code.
• Design and develop new client-side features and capabilities.
• Lead updates, enhancements, and refactoring of UI and UX across products.
• Ensure front-end solutions are scalable, performant, secure, and maintainable.
• Test solutions across devices and form factors to ensure alignment with requirements.
• Remain up to date with evolving front-end technologies, frameworks, and best practices.
Technical Leadership & Ownership
• Provide technical leadership and direction for front-end development across teams.
• Define and uphold front-end architecture, standards, and best practices.
• Review code through pull requests and provide constructive, high-quality feedback.
• Drive consistency and quality across front-end implementations.
• Identify technical debt and lead initiatives to address it.
Team Leadership & Mentoring
• Lead, mentor, and support a team of front-end developers.
• Coach team members on technical skills, coding standards, and career development.
• Support onboarding of new front-end developers.
• Foster a culture of collaboration, continuous improvement, and quality.
Collaboration & Delivery
• Participate in requirements analysis with stakeholders, product, design, and engineering teams.
• Collaborate with QA, Developers, Data Engineers, and Architects to deliver end-to-end solutions.
• Contribute actively to story grooming, sprint planning, retrospectives, and daily scrums.
• Act as a trusted front-end advisor to stakeholders across the business.
REQUIREMENTS
Qualifications
• Minimum of 8 years in front-end development.
• At least 4 years in a front-end developer leading role.
• Diploma in web design and development, or equivalent qualifications.
• Advanced proficiency in HTML/CSS.
• Experience in the JavaScript/TypeScript.
• Experience with frameworks such as Angular / Aurelia / React.
• Knowledge of web standards.
• Knowledge on mobile-first Responsive Web Design.
• Knowledge of CSS pre-processors such as SCSS / SASS / LESS.
• Experience in Cross-Browser Compatibility.
• Knowledge of Version Control such as GitHub / Bitbucket / Azure DevOps.
• Familiarity with Component and E2E Testing such as Cypress / Playwright / Selenium.
Skills & Experience
• Proven experience leading or mentoring front-end developers.
• Experience conducting code reviews and setting development standards.
• Ability to influence technical decisions and guide architectural outcomes.
• Comfortable balancing hands-on development with leadership responsibilities.
• Ability to deliver results with minimal supervision and guide others to do the same.
• Adept at working with cross functional groups across multiple geographies.
• Outstanding analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills.
• Excellent communications and written skills in English
RightShip is an Equal Opportunity Employer and values diversity, enables access and promotes inclusion in our workplace. You must have the right to live and work in this location to apply for this job.
At RightShip we provide expertise in global safety, sustainability and social responsibility best practice to the maritime industry.
Our unrivalled combination of years of seafaring expertise, vast access to data, analytics and an intuitive digital platform means we offer pertinent, balanced insights to our customer across the maritime ecosystem, supporting them on a journey to zero harm.
By this we mean zero harm to ships, to the cargo those ships carry, to the seafarers diligently carrying out their duties on board, and of course, zero harm to the environment the vessels are trading in.
Actively incorporating Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) metrics spanning marine emissions and pollution, crew welfare and ship safety into the solutions we offer, are all essential elements of a zero harm vision.
We’re dedicated to supporting our customers to meet government and industry emission reduction targets, decarbonisation and air quality initiatives through our GHG rating, Carbon Accounting tool and Maritime Emissions Portal.
Our Safety Score, vettings and inspections services highlight the importance of good safety practices on board and support the industry in striving for excellence.
Finally, our Crew Welfare Self-Assessment demonstrates the ambition that weaves through everything we do - that each seafarer should return home safely from their voyage, thanks to well-managed working environments supporting the health and wellbeing of every crew member.
At RightShip, we’ve seen an increasing demand for transparency and verifiable data. Our insights, and the truth they provide are collated and measured by our experts. Vitally, this means that those results can also be managed, allowing the maritime industry certainty that it’s making progress towards a safe, sustainable and socially conscious future.
