User Interface Engineer

Job Title: User Interface Engineer (Contract)

Duration: 6 Months
Location: Remote (UK-based) with quarterly on-site visits (Bristol)

Overview

We are supporting a leading organisation at the centre of the UK's energy infrastructure in their search for a User Interface Engineer on an initial 6-month contract.

You will join a web development function, working within a customer-focused Scrum team to deliver and enhance two Angular-based applications-one internal platform used by operational staff, and one customer-facing application.

This role focuses on building intuitive, high-performance interfaces for complex, data-driven systems, improving usability across both internal and external user journeys.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain user interfaces across two Angular applications (internal and customer-facing)
• Work within a Scrum / Agile delivery team, contributing to all Agile ceremonies
• Collaborate with UX designers, backend engineers, and product stakeholders
• Translate complex requirements into clean, intuitive UI solutions
• Build scalable, maintainable front-end components using modern Angular
• Ensure high standards of performance, accessibility, and cross-browser compatibility
• Develop and maintain unit, integration, and BDD-style tests
• Contribute to shared component libraries and UI standards
• Participate in code reviews and continuous improvement

Required Skills & Experience

• Strong commercial experience with Angular 18+
• Proficiency in TypeScript, HTML, and CSS
• Strong experience with component-based front-end architecture
• Proven experience working in a Scrum / Agile environment
• Experience with BDD (Behaviour Driven Development) practices, including writing and maintaining feature-level test scenarios
• Experience building modern web applications
• Experience integrating with APIs and handling dynamic data
• Experience with unit testing using Jest
• Experience with end-to-end / integration testing using Playwright
• Strong understanding of responsive design and UI/UX best practices
• Experience with version control (e.g. Git)

Desirable Skills

• Experience working on both internal and customer-facing applications
• Knowledge of accessibility standards (WCAG)
• Experience with data visualisation libraries
• Exposure to cloud or DevOps environments
• Background in large-scale or regulated industries

Contract Details

• Initial 6-month contract
• Remote-first role with on-site collaboration in Bristol once every 3 months
• Competitive day rate (dependent on experience)

We use generative AI tools to support our candidate screening process. This helps us ensure a fair, consistent, and efficient experience for all applicants. Rest assured, all final decisions are made by our hiring team, and your application will be reviewed with care and attention.

Pontoon is an employment consultancy. We put expertise, energy, and passion into improving everyone's chance of being part of the workplace. We respect and appreciate people of all ethnicities, generations, religious beliefs, sexual orientations, gender identities, and more. We do this by showcasing their talents, skills, and unique experience in an all-encompassing environment that helps them thrive.

Candidates will ideally show evidence of the above in their CV to be considered.

Please be advised if you haven't heard from us within 48 hours then unfortunately your application has not been successful on this occasion, we may however keep your details on file for any suitable future vacancies and contact you accordingly.

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