Frontend Developer

Senior Frontend Developer | React.js / TypeScript / Ruby on Rails

Location: Bristol, hybrid with 2 mandatory days per week in the office

Contract: Initial 6 months, with scope for extension

We are looking for an experienced Senior Frontend Developer with strong React.js and TypeScript skills, alongside hands-on Ruby on Rails experience, to build responsive, scalable and user-friendly web applications.

You will collaborate with cross-functional teams throughout the software development lifecycle, delivering high-quality, maintainable code with a focus on reusable components, application performance and modern frontend development practices.

Key responsibilities

• Build reusable components and maintain a consistent user experience across applications.
• Improve application performance, scalability and maintainability.
• Contribute to Ruby on Rails development and frontend integration with backend services.
• Write and maintain unit tests using Jest.
• Collaborate with designers, engineers and wider stakeholders to translate requirements into working solutions.
• Participate in code reviews, troubleshooting and continuous improvements to development practices.

Required skills and experience

• Significant frontend development experience, ideally around 9 years.
• 1-3 years of Ruby on Rails experience.
• Experience with Next.js, ES6, HTML5, CSS3 and SCSS.
• Strong understanding of responsive design, reusable components and frontend performance optimisation.
• Experience with Jest, Webpack and npm.
• Familiarity with Git and Jira.
• A track record of delivering clean, maintainable code within cross-functional teams.
• Bootstrap and jQuery.
• Basic Node.js knowledge.
• MongoDB.
• WordPress and Gutenberg Blocks.

Applicants must be able to attend the Bristol office 2 days per week.