Senior Frontend Engineer: Lead React/TypeScript & Mentorship

Ignition Advice; New South Wales; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Ignition Advice is seeking a senior Frontend Engineer to build the front end of our advice platform using React and TypeScript. You will work from product concept through to production in an agile scrum team, collaborating with Product and business stakeholders to deliver high-quality features.

You will mentor junior developers, promote test-driven development, accessibility, and performance, and contribute to frontend architecture.

Qualifications

• Strong experience building complex web applications in React and TypeScript.
• Experience contributing to front end architecture with design patterns.
• Test-first mindset with hands-on test automation (Jest/Cypress).
• Solid understanding of semantic HTML and accessibility.
• Experience tracing and fixing performance bottlenecks in complex UIs.
• Familiarity with front end build tools and CI/CD pipelines.
• Comfort in Agile Scrum environments using Jira, Confluence, and Git.
• Excellent communication with non-technical stakeholders.
• Desire to mentor junior developers and raise engineering standards.
• Tertiary qualification in Information Technology or related field.

Responsibilities

• Build new features in React and TypeScript from requirements to production.
• Collaborate with Product and stakeholders to clarify needs and acceptance criteria.
• Apply test-driven development and ship features with automated tests.
• Contribute to frontend architecture and design decisions as the team scales.
• Create accessible interfaces using semantic HTML that work on all devices.
• Identify and fix performance bottlenecks in complex screens.
• Pair with and mentor junior developers to improve coding practices.
• Help shape development standards and sprint rituals within the team.
• Participate actively in sprint planning, showcases, and retrospectives.

Skills

React

TypeScript

Functional components

Hooks

Test-driven development

Jest

Cypress

Semantic HTML

Accessibility

Performance optimization

Build tools

CI/CD pipelines

Jira

Confluence

Git

Agile Scrum

Mentoring

Clear communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Information Technology or related discipline

Tools

Jest

Cypress

AWS

Jira

Confluence

Git

Job description

Ignition Advice is seeking a senior Frontend Engineer to build the front end of our advice platform using React and TypeScript. You will work from product concept through to production in an agile scrum team, collaborating with Product and business stakeholders to deliver high-quality features.

You will mentor junior developers, promote test-driven development, accessibility, and performance, and contribute to frontend architecture.