Design Engineer (UI, Frontend)

Octoenergy; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Octopus Electroverse is seeking a talented Front-end Developer to shape high‑quality web experiences for Octopus Fleet and Electroverse. You’ll translate Figma concepts into production-ready UI, contributing to a shared component library and design system across B2B and B2C touchpoints.

You’ll work between design and engineering, refining interactions, accessibility, and visual polish while collaborating with product managers and designers in a hybrid setup.

Qualifications

• 2+ years in front-end development, design engineering, or creative tech.
• Proven production React fluency and clean code contributions to shared repos.
• Experience building and evolving design systems and component libraries.
• Portfolio demonstrating visual craft, motion, and interactive web projects or design-system work.

Responsibilities

• Concept, prototype, and build web experiences across marketing pages, landing pages, and core app UI for Octopus Fleet and Electroverse.
• Help evolve the shared component library into a true design system by building robust components and bridging UI across products.
• Refine micro-interactions, motion, and visual polish within web apps under tight timelines.
• Translate rough inputs from Figma sketches or prototypes into clean, accessible code.
• Collaborate closely with designers, product managers, and engineers as the bridge between design intent and shipped code.

Skills

Front-end development

React

Next.js

UI/UX design

Accessibility (WCAG)

AI-assisted development

Tools

Storybook

Playwright

Jest

Job description

About Octopus Electroverse

We’re making electric vehicle public charging simple, by building the giant, virtual charging platform of the future. In just five years, Octopus Electroverse has become Europe’s largest eMobility charging network, with over 1.4 million connected electric vehicle chargers globally across 79 countries. Our customer ecosystem spans web, iOS, Android, CarPlay & Android Auto.

But this is just the start: we’re busy expanding internationally, growing our Charge Point Operator and OEM partners, and scaling our Octopus Fleet B2B proposition - all in the name of making public EV charging super simple for our customers. Electroverse is a cross‑functional team of product, engineering, commercial, operations and marketing, all sharing a passion for shifting the industry towards EVs.

About the Job

You’ll join the Front‑end team as a hybrid practitioner working at the intersection of visual craft, UI polish, and front‑end code.

Your primary focus will be on Octopus Fleet our B2B platform powering business electrification. Building high‑impact marketing experiences, web apps, and application UI. Because Fleet shares a component library with our consumer‑facing Electroverse B2C platform, you’ll also contribute to consumer touch‑points to drive design consistency across both ecosystems. Sitting directly between design and engineering, you’ll take early Figma concepts, quick prototypes, or loose wireframes and turn them into polished, accessible, production‑ready software.

• Concept, prototype, and build web experiences across public‑facing marketing pages, landing pages, and core app UI for Octopus Fleet and Electroverse.
• Help evolve our shared component library into a true design system by building robust components, setting missing conventions, and bridging the UI gap across products.
• Refine micro‑interactions, motion, and visual polish within our web apps to ensure craft isn't traded away when timelines tighten.
• Take unfinished inputs, from rough Figma sketches to early prototypes and translate them into clean, accessible code.
• Work directly alongside designers, product managers, and engineers as the bridge between design intent and shipped code.

• Experience: 2+ years in front‑end development, design engineering, or creative tech. Whether you started in design or engineering, you care about the output: shipped, accessible, on‑brand code.
• AI‑Native Workflow: Comfort routinely using AI‑assisted development tools (Cursor, Claude, Copilot, or equivalent) to move fast in exploration and delivery.
• Production React Fluency: Strong fundamentals in React and Next.js, with experience contributing clean code to shared repositories.
• Design System Experience: Excitement to do the foundational work required to elevate an active component library into a mature design system.
• Portfolio: A portfolio demonstrating visual craft, motion/animation, interactive web projects, or design system work.
• UI Design Fundamentals: Solid grounding in composition, spatial layout, visual hierarchy, typography, and easing curves.
• Accessibility Standards: Working knowledge of accessibility practices up to WCAG 2.1 AA standards.

Nice to have

• Experience with Storybook (or equivalent component documentation tools) for design system architecture.
• Familiarity with automated testing frameworks (we use Playwright and Jest) or a willingness to learn.
• Exposure to web observability, monitoring tools, or A/B testing setups.
• Experience running automated accessibility tests (e.g., axe‑core).

Why else you’ll love it here

• Wondering what the salary for this role is? Just ask us! On a call with one of our recruiters it's something we always cover as we genuinely want to match your experience with the correct salary. The reason why we don't advertise is because we honestly have a degree of flexibility and would never want salary to be a reason why someone doesn't apply to Octopus - what's more important to us is finding the right octofit!
• Octopus Energy Group is a unique culture. An organisation where people learn, decide, and build quicker. Where people work with autonomy, alongside a wide range of amazing co‑owners, on projects that break new ground. We want your hard work to be rewarded with perks you actually care about! We were named the UK's top company to work for in 2025, and we ranked in the top ten in the Sunday Times Best Places to Work 2026. Our Group CEO, Greg has recorded a podcast about our culture and how we empower our people. We’ve also been placed in the top 10 companies for senior leadership.
• Visit our UK perks hub - Octopus Employee Benefits

Are you ready for a career with us? We want to ensure you have all the tools and environment you need to unleash your potential.Need any specific accommodations?Whether you require specific accommodations or have a unique preference, let us know, and we'll do what we can to customise your interview process for comfort and maximum magic!

Studies have shown that some groups of people, like women, are less likely to apply to a role unless they meet 100% of the job requirements. Whoever you are, if you like one of our jobs, we encourage you to apply as you might just be the candidate we hire. Across Octopus, we're looking for genuinely decent people who are honest and empathetic. Our people are our strongest asset and the unique skills and perspectives people bring to the team are the driving force of our success. As an equal opportunity employer, we do not discriminate on the basis of any protected attribute. Our commitment is to provide equal opportunities, an inclusive work environment, and fairness for everyone.