Senior Software Engineer – Full Stack Engineer, React

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United Kingdom.

📋 Description

• Create, develop, and sustain customer-facing applications throughout the Discover platform.

• Construct responsive, accessible, and high-performing user experiences utilizing React and TypeScript.

• Advance and refine features across various frontend applications and shared component libraries.

• Integrate and consume GraphQL and REST APIs within contemporary frontend architectures.

• Contribute to the progression of the micro-frontend and platform architecture.

• Work closely with Product Managers, Designers, and Engineers to provide customer value.

• Take ownership of features from design to production deployment.

• Assist in CI/CD pipelines and frontend delivery processes.

• Promote engineering enhancements, automation, and operational excellence.

• Engage in technical design discussions, code reviews, and architecture dialogues.

• Aid in constructing customer journeys for discovering investments, comparing savings products, searching financial instruments, and completing account opening and transfer processes.

⛳️ Requirements

• Strong sense of ownership.

• Enthusiasm for creating intuitive and engaging customer experiences.

• Excellent problem-solving abilities and meticulous attention to detail.

• Comfortable operating within modern frontend ecosystems and distributed systems.

• Strong communication and teamwork skills.

• A curious mindset and eagerness to learn across the full stack.

• Proactive in identifying improvements in usability, performance, and accessibility.

• Proficient in React, TypeScript, Vite, TanStack Query, Zustand, and Tailwind CSS.

• Familiarity with React Testing Library and Playwright.

• Knowledge of modern component-based architecture patterns.

• Experience in developing customer-facing web applications.

• Background in consuming GraphQL APIs within frontend applications.

• Experience in building GraphQL-driven user experiences.

• Familiarity with GraphQL schemas and API contracts.

• Experience integrating frontend applications with GraphQL and REST services.

• Experience developing applications in API-first environments.

• Understanding of backend architectures and API integration patterns.

• Exposure to Node.js.

• Experience with REST API integration.

• Experience working across both frontend and backend technologies.

• Familiarity with automated testing, CI/CD pipelines, GitHub or GitLab workflows, modern software delivery practices, code reviews, and collaborative development.

• Desirable: experience with micro-frontend architectures, Module Federation, performance optimization, frontend observability, design systems, shared component libraries, Contentful or other headless CMS platforms, Typesense, Elasticsearch, LaunchDarkly or feature flagging platforms, OAuth and authentication flows, analytics integration, Grafana or similar observability platforms, accessibility-first development, AWS Lambda, API Gateway, and Infrastructure as Code concepts.

• Nice to have: experience in financial services, familiarity with PHP-based platforms and services, and experience in large-scale digital product organizations.

• Candidates must not require employment sponsorship; Hargreaves Lansdown cannot provide employment sponsorship.

🏝️ Benefits

• Discretionary annual bonus.

• Annual pay review.

• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays.

• 1-day additional closure during Christmas.

• Option to purchase an extra 5 days of holiday.

• Flexible working arrangements, including hybrid options.

• Enhanced parental leave.

• Pension scheme with up to 11% employer contribution.

• Income Protection and Life insurance (4 times salary core level of cover).

• Private medical insurance.

• Health care cash plans, covering optical, dental, and outpatient care.

• Health screening program.

• Help@hand confidential support, including mental health counseling and remote GP access.

• Wellhub offering unlimited access to fitness providers and wellness coach sessions.

• A variety of travel-to-work schemes with bike storage and shower facilities.

• In-house barista and deli providing subsidized coffee and sandwiches.

• Two paid volunteering days each year.