Front End Engineer

Blink - The Employee App; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading employee app for frontline workers is seeking a Front End Engineer to join their dynamic team in London. You will develop and enhance the user interface, collaborating closely with designers and product managers. The ideal candidate has strong skills in TypeScript, HTML, CSS, and React, and is passionate about creating exceptional user experiences. The role offers a supportive team environment, competitive salary, and various benefits including private health insurance.

Benefits

Competitive salary and equity allocations

Private health insurance

Learning & development focus

Pension scheme

Quirky office in London

Qualifications

• Strong knowledge of TypeScript, HTML, and CSS.
• Experience with React or similar frameworks.
• Solid understanding of web development best practices.
• Passion for building clean and maintainable code.
• Strong collaboration and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Design and build efficient, reusable, and responsive UI components.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver cohesive product features.
• Write clean, maintainable, and testable code.
• Provide input on frontend architecture and processes.

Skills

TypeScript

HTML

CSS

React

Redux Toolkit

Responsive Design

Accessibility

Performance Optimisation

Tools

Cypress

Playwright

Node.js

GitHub Actions

Next.js

Webpack

Job description

Location: London (Old Street office, 3 days/week)
Reports to: Engineering Manager

Company Overview:

Blink is an employee app for frontline workers, with industry-leading engagement and a DAU of 99%. We’re scaling our platform through innovation, precision, and automation. As part of our world-class engineering team, you’ll play a pivotal role in building intuitive, impactful user interfaces that support frontline workers globally.

Role Overview:

As a Front End Engineer at Blink, you will work within a cross-functional squad to develop and enhance the user interface of our platform. Your work will focus on creating fast, responsive, and accessible web applications, while collaborating with designers and product managers to ensure a seamless user experience. You’ll also help shape the future of our frontend stack by introducing best practices and optimising our development processes.

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop Frontend Solutions: Design and build efficient, reusable, and responsive UI components using modern web technologies. You will work with TypeScript, HTML, CSS, and React (or similar frameworks) to deliver high-quality frontend features.
• Collaborate with Cross-Functional Teams: Work closely with designers, backend engineers, and product managers to deliver cohesive product features, focusing on the user experience.
• Code Quality and Testing: Write clean, maintainable, and testable code while ensuring performance optimisation. Participate in code reviews and use automated testing tools to guarantee the stability and performance of the UI.
• Contribute to Frontend Architecture: Provide input on frontend architecture and work to continuously improve the frontend codebase, processes, and tooling to enhance development efficiency and product scalability.

About You:

We’re looking for a talented frontend developer who is passionate about creating exceptional user experiences and thrives in a fast-paced, collaborative environment. In addition, you will have:

• Strong knowledge of TypeScript, HTML, and CSS.
• Experience with React (or similar frameworks), and tools such as Redux Toolkit, RTK/Tanstack Query, React Router, Webpack/Rspack, Cypress/Playwright, Next.js, Node.js, and GitHub Actions.
• A solid understanding of web development best practices, including responsive design, accessibility, and performance optimisation.
• A passion for building clean, maintainable, and testable code.
• A self-starter attitude, eager to learn and thrive in a high-functioning team.
• Strong collaboration and communication skills, with experience working cross-functionally with designers and backend engineers.
• A keen eye for detail and a commitment to delivering user-centric solutions.

Why Blink?

You will have the opportunity to be part of something impactful, large-scale, and meaningful. Most importantly, you’ll work for a company with a strong purpose, with an ambitious and supportive team embarking on a journey most start-ups can only dream of!

Benefits include:

• Competitive salary and equity allocations with significant upside potential.
• Private health insurance.
• A quirky, spacious, natural light-filled office in London.
• Learning & development focus, plus mentorship options. We’ll do everything we can to get you to the top of your game.
• The ability for you to grow, learn, and solve a variety of challenges, working in a supportive environment with smart people.
• Private healthcare, Ride2Work, pension scheme.

At Blink, we're committed to creating an inclusive and diverse culture where our people feel they truly belong. We value and respect individual differences, so all applications will receive fair and equal consideration without regard to ethnicity, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, nationality, disability or age.