Senior React Engineer
Summary
A senior front-end engineer builds and maintains large-scale React/TypeScript applications tightly integrated with the company's cloud-native platform on AWS, GCP, or Azure. Day to day involves reusable UI components, rendering performance, API/cloud integration, CI/CD pipelines, and automated testing alongside Product, UX, and Cloud Engineering teams.
Do you enjoy bringing complex product ideas to life through beautifully engineered front-end systems? Are you passionate about delivering high-performance applications that leverage cloud-native architectures end to end?
My client is seeking a Senior React Engineer to develop modern, scalable front-end applications tightly integrated with their cloud platform. You will work on highly interactive experiences where performance, reliability, and clean architecture are essential.
Key Responsibilities
- Build and maintain large-scale React applications using modern tooling.
- Create reusable UI components and optimise rendering performance.
- Integrate front-end applications with cloud-native backends and APIs.
- Contribute to architectural decision-making for distributed, cloud-first solutions.
- Implement CI/CD best practices and automated testing pipelines.
- Work closely with Product, UX, and Cloud Engineering teams.
Required Experience
- 5+ years of professional front-end development experience.
- Deep expertise in React, Hooks, TypeScript, and modern state management.
- Essential experience deploying and integrating applications on AWS, GCP, or Azure.
- Strong understanding of cloud-native patterns (serverless, microservices, managed services).
- Hands-on experience with CI/CD, Docker, and modern build systems.
Desirable
- Experience with performance profiling and frontend observability tools.
- Familiarity with GraphQL and real-time data (WebSockets, SSE).
If you have any further questions on the role, please feel free to reach out to Brendan McCrory directly.