This is an exciting opportunity for a Senior React Frontend Engineer to lead UI development on our Investcentre platform.

What does the job involve?

• Agile methodologies and a passion for continuous improvement and building a high-performance engineering team
• Work with the team to design and deliver high quality products

Competence, Knowledge and Skills

• 4-5 years expertise in building modular and reusable components and libraries for frontend Single Page Applications with React
• Extensive knowledge of JavaScript (ES5 spec and up)
• Experience with structuring and writing unit tests
• Knowledge of general frontend tooling (particularly Nodejs and npm)
• Experience and interest in RxJS
• Awareness of common frontend styling paradigms (e.g.: CSS modules, CSS in JS)
• Experience with setting up and writing end to end tests using Cypress or Nightwatch
• An interest in scalable code using methodologies such as BEM and micro front-ends
• Awareness of AWS, CI/CD.
• Understand principles behind highly performing web pages
• Good knowledge of Web APIs

Soft skills:

• Agile / LEAN / Kanban
• Strong communication skills, written and verbal
• Very motivated with high levels of drive and enthusiasm
• E-commerce and/or financial services experience
• Keen to learn and develop new technical skills

About us:

AJ Bell is one of the UK’s largest and best-regarded investment platforms. Over 440,000 customers currently trust us with their investments, and by continuously striving to make investing easier, we aim to help even more people take control of their financial futures. From our offices in Manchester, London and Bristol, we offer an award-winning range of solutions that caters for everyone, from professional financial advisers, to DIY investors with little to no experience.

There are opportunities for growth and professional development for members wanting to progress within their career including induction training and our study support scheme which is part of our benefits package.

At AJ Bell you can expect a friendly working environment with a strong sense of teamwork, we have a great sense of pride in what we do, and this is reflected in our guiding principles.

What we offer:

• Competitive starting salary
• Generous holiday allowance increasing up to 30 days with service, plus bank holidays
• Holiday buy/sell scheme
• Hybrid working policy
• Casual dress code
• Discretionary bonus
• Contributory pension scheme
• Dedicated time for proof-of-concepts and assessing new tech
• Support to attend conferences, events, and meet-ups
• Buy as you earn share scheme
• Free share scheme
• Paid study support for qualifications
• Enhanced maternity/paternity scheme from day one
• Bike loan
• Season ticket loan portal
• Discounted PMI and Dental
• On-site gym and personal trainer led classes
• Paid volunteering opportunities
• Free social events and more