Software Engineer

We are looking for a strong and seasoned React Developer who can independently implement complex UI screens and collaborate closely with UX designers to bring intuitive, high-performance web applications to life. This role requires deep expertise in React and modern front-end development practices, with a focus on quality and user experience.

Key Accountabilities

• Independently design and deliver complex, highquality React UI components and screens aligned to agreed functional and nonfunctional requirements.
• Partner closely with UX designers to translate design concepts into intuitive, accessible, and performant user interfaces.
• Ensure a consistently high standard of frontend code quality, maintainability, and test coverage through bestinclass React and modern JavaScript practices.
• Drive excellent user experience outcomes by optimising application performance, responsiveness, and usability across supported devices and browsers.
• Apply modern frontend development patterns, frameworks, and tooling, keeping solutions aligned with current industry standards.
• Collaborate effectively with backend engineers, product owners, and other stakeholders to deliver endtoend features and resolve integration issues.
• Identify and proactively address frontend technical risks, design inconsistencies, and performance bottlenecks.
• Contribute to frontend standards, reusable components, and shared libraries to improve team productivity and solution consistency.
• Support continuous improvement by reviewing code, sharing expertise, and mentoring other developers where appropriate.

Essential Education:

• Formal qualifications constituting university degrees, examination certificates that confirm a level of educational attainment or licenses.
• Membership of a technical or professional body that has confirmed an individual has reached a level of capability within a technical or professional field (usually but not necessarily obtained through examinations) or Formal certification that they can undertake specialist work or processes e.g. PMI.
• Bachelor / Master degree in computer science or equivalent experience

Essential Experience and Job Requirements:

Essential work, business, technical or operational experience which an applicant must possess, otherwise they will be unable to adequately perform the job. Consider what is truly essential as we do not want to screen out candidates who could do the job with non- traditional backgrounds. Therefore, the wording used should be specific and explicit. Information requirements can include:

• A definition of the knowledge, skills, abilities and attributes that the candidate needs to have and/or
• Competencies (action, behaviour or outcome that the candidate should be able to demonstrate)
• Experience

Ability to build intuitive and complex React user interfaces that support sophisticated AI agentic application workflows for exceptional user experience.

• 5+ years of experience in front-end development with a strong focus on React.
• Deep understanding of React.js, hooks, state management and component lifecycle.
• Experience working with design systems and component libraries
• Ability to work independently and manage time effectively in a fast-paced environment

Desirable criteria

Desirable criteria are those that may enable the candidate to perform better & qualifications or require a shorter familiarisation period. During the selection process evidence should be sought to gain an understanding of the extent to which candidates who satisfied the minimum criteria demonstrate the desired criteria for the role. This evidence will then allow differentiation between the candidates and form the basis for selection.

• Experience in Trading systems or ETRMs (Energy Trading & Risk Management).
• Operational experience of running business critical systems.a