Front End Engineer - 1 year | Leeds (2 x Per week)

Front End Engineer - 1 year | Leeds (2 Days per week)

We're recruiting for a Front End Engineer to join the Internal Developer Platform (IDP) Lab for a leading banking and financial services organisation, building Front End applications within the React framework as part of shaping and delivering an internal developer platform ecosystem. Live service support is a top priority in this environment, so the role combines hands-on development with ongoing incident resolution and long-term problem fixing.

Key Responsibilities:

• Own, lead, and drive an aspect or feature of the internal developer portal via the Jira Align framework
• Contribute to the lab and platform roadmap to develop integrated solutions
• Contribute to the design and build of the Internal Developer Platform ecosystem, building Front End applications in React (JavaScript or TypeScript)
• Be hands-on and contribute code regularly, leading by example
• Prototype and develop reusable components, write automated test scripts, perform code reviews, and create technical documentation
• Lead technical conversations with collaborators of varying technical backgrounds, including senior management and SMEs
• Collaborate across internal, external, and third-party teams
• Contribute to continuous improvement of shared code libraries and collaborate with other technology teams
• Provide leadership, education, and mentoring to junior colleagues, driving upskilling
• Maintain a high focus on live support, building supportability into the application as part of day-to-day work

What You Will Ideally Bring:

• Extensive experience writing Front End applications in React (JavaScript or TypeScript)
• JavaScript/TypeScript, React JS, Node JS
• Jest unit testing and automated functional testing (Playwright, Cypress, or similar)
• Experience building and deploying applications to cloud platforms (Azure and GCP)
• Git/GitHub experience
• Applied familiarity with industry tools: Node.js, Git/GitHub, Jest/React Testing Library
• Terraform/Infrastructure as Code and Kubernetes experience (desirable)

Contract Details:

• Duration: 12 months
• Rate: £400/day - Inside IR35
• Location: Leeds (Hybrid - 2 days on-site)
• Start Date: ASAP