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Senior Software Engineer - Full Stack Engineer (React)
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Full Stack Senior Software Engineer with a strong frontend focus
About the Role
Working across React, TypeScript, GraphQL and modern frontend architecture patterns, you'll help build customer journeys that enable clients to discover investments, compare savings products, search financial instruments, and complete account opening and transfer journeys across the Discover platform.
Responsibilities
- Design, develop, and maintain customer-facing applications across the Discover platform.
- Build responsive, accessible, and high-performing user experiences using React and TypeScript.
- Develop and enhance features across multiple frontend applications and shared component libraries.
- Consume and integrate GraphQL and REST APIs within modern frontend architectures.
- Contribute to the evolution of our micro-frontend and platform architecture.
- Collaborate closely with Product Managers, Designers, and Engineers to deliver customer value.
- Take ownership of features from design through to production deployment.
- Support CI/CD pipelines and frontend delivery processes.
- Drive engineering improvements, automation, and operational excellence.
- Participate in technical design discussions, code reviews, and architecture conversations.
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Requirements
Required Skills & Experience
Frontend Engineering
- React
- TypeScript
- Vite
- TanStack Query
- Zustand
- Tailwind CSS
- React Testing Library
- Playwright
- Modern component-based architecture patterns
- Building customer-facing web applications
GraphQL & APIs
- Consuming GraphQL APIs within frontend applications
- Building GraphQL-driven user experiences
- Working with GraphQL schemas and API contracts
- Integrating frontend applications with GraphQL and REST services
- Developing applications in API-first environments
Full Stack Development
- Understanding of backend architectures and API integration patterns
- Node.js exposure
- REST API integration
- Experience working across frontend and backend technologies
Engineering Practices
- Automated testing
- CI/CD pipelines
- GitHub or GitLab workflows
- Modern software delivery practices
- Code reviews and collaborative development
Desirable Skills
Modern Frontend Architecture
- Micro-frontend architectures
- Module Federation
- Performance optimisation techniques
- Frontend observability and monitoring
- Design systems and shared component libraries
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Search & Content Platforms
- Contentful or other Headless CMS platforms
- Typesense
- Elasticsearch
Additional Technologies
- LaunchDarkly or feature flagging platforms
- OAuth and authentication flows
- Analytics integration
- Grafana or similar observability platforms
- Accessibility-first development
Cloud Exposure
- AWS
- Lambda
- API Gateway
- Infrastructure as Code concepts
Nice to Have
- Financial Services experience
- Exposure to PHP-based platforms and services
- Experience working in large-scale digital product organisations
About You
You'll be comfortable taking ownership of features from design through to production, collaborating closely with design, product, and engineering teams, and proactively identifying opportunities to improve both the customer experience and the way we work.
You'll contribute to the evolution of Discover by delivering intuitive, reliable, and accessible user experiences, supporting engineering excellence, and helping shape the future of one of our key customer-facing platforms.
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