Frontend Engineer

Due to growth, we're now recruiting for a Frontend Engineer to join our Investcentre team and help enhance our award-winning platform.

You will be joining a team which has a philosophy of continuous improvement, and a strong focus on engineering excellence. 

What does the job involve?

• Agile methodologies and a passion for continuous improvement and working in a high-performance engineering team.
• Work with the team to design and deliver high quality products.
• At AJ Bell we pair, and you, in most cases will pair with other members of the team.

What we're looking for:

• Expertise in building modular and reusable components for Single Page Applications with one or more of the following frameworks: Angular, React, Vue, etc. 
• Good knowledge of JavaScript (ES5/6 and up) 
• Experience with at least one version control tool: GitHub, BitBucket, GitLab, etc. 
• Experience with at least one UI framework: Bootstrap, Tailwind, Material, etc, 
• Experience of common Frontend styling paradigms: BEM, CSS modules, CSS in JS, etc. 
• Knowledge of general Frontend tooling (particularly Node.js and npm) 
• Knowledge of writing unit tests 
• Knowledge and interest in asynchronous and event-based Frontend tooling: RxJS, Ngrx, Redux, etc. 
• Knowledge and interest in writing end-to-end journey tests using tech such as Cypress, Nightwatch, Webdriverio, Protractor, etc. 
• Knowledge and interest in Web APIs 
• Practical experience of solving inconsistency across multiple platforms (IE11, Safari, Firefox, Chrome on Windows or Mac) 
• Familiar with CI/CD practices 
• Understands principles behind highly performing web pages.

Soft skills:

• Agile / Scrum / Kanban 
• Strong communication skills, written and verbal 
• Very motivated with high levels of drive and enthusiasm
• E-commerce and/or financial services experience 
• Agile methodologies and a passion for continuous improvement and working in a high-performance engineering team 

About us:

AJ Bell is one of the fastest-growing investment platform businesses in the UK offering an award-winning range of solutions that caters for everyone, from professional financial advisers, to DIY investors with little to no experience. We have over 503,000 customers using our award-winning platform propositions to manage assets totalling more than £80.3 billion. Our customers trust us with their investments, and by continuously striving to make investing easier, we aim to help even more people take control of their financial futures.

Having listed on the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange in December 2018, AJ Bell is now a FTSE 250 company.

Headquartered in Manchester with offices in central London and Bristol, we now have over 1400 employees and have been named one of the UK's 'Best 100 Companies to Work For’ for six consecutive years.

Our perks and benefits:

Stating salary of £45,000 - 55,000 DOE

Starting holiday entitlement of 25 days, increasing up to 31 days with length of service

Holiday buy and sell scheme

A choice of pension schemes with matched contributions up to 6%

Discretionary bonus scheme

Annual free share awards scheme

Buy As You Earn (BAYE) Scheme

Health Cash Plan – provided by Medicash

Discounted private healthcare scheme and dental plan

Free gym membership

Employee Assistance Programme

Bike loan scheme

Sick pay+ pledge

Enhanced maternity, paternity, and shared parental leave

Loans for travel season tickets

Death in service scheme

Dedicated time for proof-of-concepts and assessing new tech

Support to attend conferences, events, and meet-ups

Paid time off for volunteer work

Charitable giving opportunities through salary sacrifice

Calendar of social events, including monthly payday drinks, annual Christmas party, summer party and much more

Personal development programmes built around you and your career goals, including access to personal skills workshops

Ongoing technical training

Professional qualification support

Talent management programmes

Peer recognition scheme, with rewards including restaurant and shopping vouchers or time off

Monthly leadership breakfasts and lunches

Casual dress code

Access to a range of benefits from our sponsorship deals

Hybrid working:

At AJ Bell, our people are the heart of our culture. We believe in building strong connections by working together. That's why we offer a hybrid working model, where you’ll spend a minimum of 50% of your working time per month in the office. For new team members, an initial period will be full-time in the office to help you immerse yourself in our business and build valuable relationships with your colleagues.

AJ Bell is committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants and all employees are empowered to bring their whole self to work.

We do not discriminate on the basis of race, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, pregnancy, religion, physical and mental disability, marital status and any other characteristics protected by the Equality Act 2010. All decisions to hire are based on qualifications, merit and business need.

If you like the sound of the above, or just want to know more about the company and the role, we'd love to speak to you.