Contract Role: Senior Ember.js Engineer Outside IR35 Fully Remote

ZipRecruiter; Ashton-under-Lyne; Remote; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading finance technology company is seeking a Senior Ember.js Engineer to lead a vital upgrade of legacy applications as part of an FX payments back-office platform. The role requires deep experience in upgrading Ember.js applications and a solid grasp of Node.js environments. The position is remote, with a contract lasting 2-3 months and starts on July 21, 2025.

Qualifications

• 5 years of Ember.js experience required.
• Deep experience upgrading and maintaining Ember.js applications.
• Solid understanding of Node.js version migrations.

Responsibilities

• Upgrade Ember.js from ~v3.20.5 to Ember 6.x.
• Upgrade Node.js to v20+ across all packages.
• Run and maintain comprehensive test coverage.

Skills

Ember.js

Node.js

TypeScript

JavaScript

QUnit

Lerna

Yarn Workspaces

Job description

Job Description

• Location: Remote (UK)
• Duration: 2-3 months
• Start: 21st July 2025
• Engagement: Outside IR35
• 5 Years ember experience required (Minimum requirement)

The Opportunity

A well-established financial services product business is looking for a Senior Ember.js Engineer to lead a critical upgrade project across its legacy Ember applications. These applications are part of a wider FX payments back-office platform, with components that have not been updated in several versions and are now reliant on unsupported versions of Ember.js and Node.js.

This is a focused engineering engagement. You’ll work within a mono-repo ecosystem, modernising the codebase, resolving dependencies, and ensuring successful delivery of a clean, stable, and production-ready upgrade.

What is Required.

• Working closely with internal engineering leadership and DevOps support, you will:
• Upgrade Ember.js from ~v3.20.5 to Ember 6.x (Octane).
• Upgrade Node.js to v20+ across all associated packages.
• Migrate and validate shared packages within a monorepo (Lerna/Yarn Workspaces).
• Run and maintain comprehensive test coverage (unit, integration, and UAT).
• Identify and deprecate outdated libraries and plugins.
• Optionally consolidate “common” and “domain-common” packages into a single repo (without impacting delivery timelines)

Tech Stack:

• Frontend: Ember.js (Octane), Glimmer, Handlebars
• Tooling: Lerna, Yarn Workspaces, ESLint, Prettier
• Testing: QUnit, qunit-dom, ember-qunit
• CI/CD: AWS Amplify
• Auth: Keycloak (OAuth2 integration)
• Languages: TypeScript, JavaScript
• Misc: Ember Engines, Babel, Sass, ember-auto-import, ember-fetc

Skill-Set

• Deep experience upgrading and maintaining Ember.js applications (ideally 3.x → 5.x/6.x).
• Solid grasp of Node.js environments and version migrations (especially v20+).
• Familiarity with monorepo structures, including Lerna and Yarn Workspaces.
• Experience working with Ember Engines and component libraries.
• Strong testing mindset – you’ve worked with QUnit or equivalent test runners in Ember.
• Good communicator – able to work autonomously and update stakeholders clearly.

Deliverables

• Technical Upgrade Plan
• Comprehensive Test Plan and Cases
• Clean builds and validated UAT release
• Post-upgrade performance and stability report