Brookwood Recruitment Ltd
Front End Software Engineer | Contract | Manchester (Hybrid)
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🚀 Front End Software Engineer
📍 Manchester, UK (Hybrid - 1 to 2 days per week in the office)
🕒 6-Month Contract
💷 £77 per hour (Inside IR35)
We are seeking an experienced Front End Software Engineer to join a high-performing engineering team building and enhancing modern web applications. This is an exciting opportunity for a hands-on engineer who can quickly understand existing systems, contribute from day one, and deliver high-quality features in a fast-paced Agile environment.
What You'll Be Doing
- Develop, maintain, and improve modern frontend applications.
- Deliver features from technical design through implementation and release.
- Transform business requirements and designs into high-quality user interfaces.
- Collaborate closely with Product Managers, Designers, Backend Engineers, and QA teams.
- Write clean, maintainable, and well-tested code.
- Troubleshoot production issues and improve application performance and reliability.
- Participate in code reviews and contribute to engineering best practices.
- Support CI/CD processes and production deployments.
- Monitor application health using observability and performance monitoring tools.
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Essential Skills & Experience
- 3+ years of professional frontend development experience.
- Strong JavaScript and TypeScript expertise.
- Commercial experience with React and/or Vue.js.
- Solid understanding of HTML5, CSS3, and responsive web design.
- Experience building cross-browser and cross-platform web applications.
- Strong frontend architecture and modern development practices knowledge.
- Experience integrating with REST and/or GraphQL APIs.
- Experience with unit testing and maintaining high code quality.
- Strong Git and collaborative development workflow experience.
- Experience working with CI/CD pipelines.
- Experience supporting and debugging production applications.
- Familiarity with Docker, Kubernetes, and monitoring tools.
- Ability to work independently and become productive quickly within an established codebase.
Desirable Experience
- Node.js development experience.
- GraphQL expertise.
- AWS or GCP exposure.
- Frontend performance optimisation and Core Web Vitals.
- A/B testing and data-driven product development.
- Experience working on large-scale consumer-facing platforms.
- Mentoring engineers and contributing to architectural decisions.
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What We're Looking For
- Strong problem-solving and debugging skills.
- Excellent communication skills.
- Comfortable working in large, established codebases.
- Pragmatic approach to engineering and delivery.
- Able to estimate work accurately and communicate risks effectively.
- Proven ability to deliver quality software with minimal supervision.
- Experience using modern AI-assisted development tools such as Claude and Codex is advantageous.
Contract Details
- ✅ 6-Month Contract
- ✅ £77 per hour (Inside IR35)
- ✅ Hybrid Working - 1 to 2 Days per Week in Manchester Office
If you're a skilled Front End Engineer looking for your next contract opportunity and enjoy building high-quality products in a collaborative environment, we'd love to hear from you.
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