About

Senior frontend engineer & architect, based in Reading.

Hiten Patel

I am Hiten Patel: a senior frontend engineer and architect with 17 years on the complex end of frontend, mostly on large enterprise and regulated platforms. Lead frontend at 3|Share consultancy on the current AEM-based enterprise SaaS learning platform. Past direct employers include Sony PlayStation, Virgin Media, Immediate Media and Perform Group. Specialisms: complex feature delivery, schema-first code generation, design systems, and accessibility (WCAG 2.2 AA, EU Accessibility Act compliance).

Based
Reading, Berkshire, UK
Available
Permanent or contract (outside IR35, 3 to 12 months)
Day to day
TypeScript, Vue, Lit, React, Next.js
Contact
hello@hiten.dev · 07827 443 288

Where I have worked

2021 – present · 3|Share consultancy
Lead frontend / architect on the current enterprise SaaS learning platform (AEM Cloud, schema-first codegen, Lit 3). Previously senior frontend across three regulated healthcare platforms for a global pharmaceutical client over four years (Vue 2/3, Pinia, Vuetify, Lit, Solr, AWS).
2020 – 2021 · Immediate Media (London)
Senior frontend on BBC Good Food, History Extra and Made for Mums. React, Next.js 13, Node.
2016 – 2020 · Sony PlayStation (London)
Senior AEM frontend. Led the Lithium to AEM Communities migration, global redesign, and an AngularJS SPA for help & support. Won the internal Collabathon with a React + Node prototype.
2012 – 2016 · Virgin Media (Hook)
Senior to lead frontend. Led a team of up to 7 (3 offshore) through the Virgin Mobile renewal. Unified Care and Sales onto one AEM stack in Sightly/HTL.
2009 – 2012 · Perform Group (Feltham) · Brandwidth (Windsor)
Web developer on high-profile sports-media sites under tight deadlines; hand-coded W3C-valid builds for clients including Toyota and Holiday Inn.

Certifications

  • 2026Contentstack Developer Certification · Contentstack
  • 2025Sanity Certified Content Operator · Sanity
  • 2015Adobe Certified Sites Developer · Adobe

Education

HND Computer Science, De Montfort University (2003). VB.NET and Java distinctions (2005). A-Levels in Biology, Psychology and Law, plus 9 GCSEs.

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