Front-End Design Engineer — React & Design Systems

Octopus Energy Group; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 55,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Octopus Energy Group is seeking a Front-end Engineer to join the hybrid Octopus Electroverse team, working on Octopus Fleet and Electroverse marketing pages and core UI.

You will turn Figma concepts into polished, accessible code, evolve the design system, and collaborate with designers, product managers and engineers. Strong React/Next.js skills and a portfolio are required, plus experience with AI-assisted development tools.

Qualifications

• 2+ years in front-end development, design engineering, or creative tech.
• Comfort with AI-assisted development tools to move fast in exploration and delivery.
• Strong React and Next.js fundamentals with contributions to shared repositories.
• Desire to elevate a component library into a mature design system.
• Portfolio demonstrating visual craft and interactive web projects.
• Solid grounding in UI design fundamentals: composition, layout, typography.
• Working knowledge of accessibility up to WCAG 2.1 AA.

Responsibilities

• Concept, prototype, and build web experiences for Octopus Fleet and Electroverse marketing pages and core UI.
• Help evolve our shared component library into a true design system by building robust components, setting conventions, and bridging UI gaps.
• Refine micro-interactions, motion, and visual polish within our web apps.
• Translate rough Figma sketches into clean, accessible production-ready code.
• Collaborate with designers, product managers, and engineers as the bridge between design intent and shipped code.

Skills

Front-end development

AI-assisted development

React & Next.js

Design system

Portfolio

UI fundamentals

Accessibility (WCAG 2.1 AA)

Tools

Storybook

Playwright

Jest

axe-core

Job description

Octopus Energy Group is seeking a Front-end Engineer to join the hybrid Octopus Electroverse team, working on Octopus Fleet and Electroverse marketing pages and core UI.

You will turn Figma concepts into polished, accessible code, evolve the design system, and collaborate with designers, product managers and engineers. Strong React/Next.js skills and a portfolio are required, plus experience with AI-assisted development tools.