Senior Frontend Engineer

TL;DR

Senior Frontend Engineer: Leading UI development on an operational and regulatory team, focusing on building modular, reusable components and scalable frontend applications. Focus on architectural considerations, non-functional requirements, and solving cross-platform inconsistencies.

Location: Hybrid (Manchester, UK) – minimum 50% of working time per month in the office. New team members will have an initial full-time in-office period.

Company

hirify.global is a fast-growing, FTSE 250 investment platform business in the UK, offering award-winning solutions for DIY and professional investors.

What you will do

• Lead UI development on the Operational and Regulatory team.
• Guide and mentor the team in designing and delivering high-quality products.
• Consider architectural and non-functional requirements.
• Collaborate with others through pair programming.

Requirements

• Expertise in building modular, reusable components and libraries for frontend Single Page Applications with Angular/React/VueJs.
• Extensive knowledge of JavaScript (ES5 spec and up).
• Experience with structuring and writing unit tests, and setting up and writing end-to-end tests using Cypress.
• Knowledge of general frontend tooling (particularly Nodejs and npm).
• Experience and interest in RxJS, and awareness of common frontend styling paradigms (eg: CSS modules, CSS in JS).
• Practical experience of solving inconsistency across multiple platforms, e.g. IE6/7/8, FireFox and Safari on Windows or Mac.
• Awareness of AWS, CI/CD, and principles behind highly performing web pages, along with good knowledge of Web APIs.
• Strong communication skills, written and verbal.
• E-commerce and/or financial services experience.

Culture & Benefits

• Starting holiday entitlement of 26 days, increasing up to 31 days with length of service, with a holiday buy and sell scheme.
• A choice of pension schemes with matched contributions up to 7%, a discretionary bonus scheme, and annual free share awards.
• Health Cash Plan, discounted private healthcare, dental plan, and free gym membership with on-site classes.
• Dedicated time for proof-of-concepts and assessing new tech, with support to attend conferences, events, and meet-ups.
• Enhanced maternity, paternity, and shared parental leave, plus discounted nursery fees at Kids Planet on Exchange Quay.
• Hybrid working model requiring a minimum of 50% of working time per month in the office, with an initial full-time period for new team members.