Front End Engineer

Blink - Employee Experience Platform; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Private health insurance

Learning & development focus

Growth and learning opportunities

Pension scheme

Job summary

A leading employee app provider in London is seeking a Front End Engineer to enhance their platform's user interface. You will work collaboratively within a cross-functional team to create fast and accessible web applications using TypeScript, HTML, and React. Ideal candidates will have a strong grasp of frontend technologies along with a passion for clean, maintainable code. The role offers competitive compensation and opportunities for professional growth in a dynamic environment.

Qualifications

• Strong knowledge of TypeScript, HTML, and CSS.
• Experience with React and related tools.
• Solid understanding of responsive design and accessibility.

Responsibilities

• Develop frontend solutions using TypeScript, HTML, CSS, and React.
• Collaborate with designers and backend engineers to deliver product features.
• Write clean, maintainable code and participate in code reviews.
• Contribute to frontend architecture and improve processes.

Skills

TypeScript

HTML

CSS

React

Responsive design

Performance optimisation

Clean code

Version Control (Git)

Collaboration

Communication skills

Tools

Redux Toolkit

Webpack

Cypress

Next.js

Job description

📍 Location & Reporting

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.

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.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop frontend solutions using TypeScript, HTML, CSS, and React (or similar frameworks) to build reusable, responsive UI components.
• Collaborate with designers, backend engineers, and product managers to deliver cohesive product features.
• Write clean, maintainable, and testable code, ensuring performance optimisation and participate in code reviews.
• Contribute to frontend architecture and continuously improve the codebase, processes, and tooling.

Requirements

• Strong knowledge of TypeScript, HTML, and CSS.
• Experience with React and related tooling (Redux Toolkit, RTK/Tanstack Query, React Router, Webpack/Rspack, Cypress/Playwright, Next.js, Node.js, GitHub Actions).
• Solid understanding of responsive design, accessibility, performance optimisation.
• Passion for clean, maintainable, testable code.
• Self‑starter attitude, eager to learn, thrives in high‑functioning team.
• Strong collaboration and communication skills.
• Keen eye for detail.

Benefits

• Competitive salary and equity allocations.
• Private health insurance.
• A quirky, spacious, natural light‑filled office in London.
• Learning & development focus, plus mentorship options.
• Growth and learning opportunities in supportive environment.
• 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.