Front End Engineer (mid)

Comcarde Ltd; City of Edinburgh; Remote; GBP 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading fintech company in Edinburgh is seeking a talented JavaScript Engineer to join their dynamic front-end team. This role offers opportunities for full-stack development, remote working, and career progression. Ideal candidates have experience with JavaScript frameworks and a passion for learning in a supportive environment.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Flexible and remote working

Family healthcare

Life insurance

Employee assistance programme

Career progression opportunities

Regular team events & socials

Qualifications

• Professional experience in front-end development with JavaScript/TypeScript, HTML5 & CSS.
• Strong experience in at least one modern framework, ideally React.
• Experience using testing frameworks such as Jest, Mocha & Cypress.

Responsibilities

• Design, build and maintain accessible user interfaces for various platforms.
• Write clear, maintainable TypeScript, HTML, and CSS.
• Optimize performance metrics and improve applications.

Skills

JavaScript

TypeScript

HTML5

CSS

React

Node.js

Jest

Agile methodologies

Tools

JIRA

Job description

About The Role

We're seeking a talented JavaScript Engineer to join our dynamic front-end team. While our team primarily focuses on front-end products, we also maintain a Node.js back-end service, offering you valuable full-stack development experience. All BR-DGE Builders receive the following benefits: Flexible and remote working, Remote working allowance, 33 days holiday including public holidays, Your birthday as a day off, Family healthcare, Life insurance, Employee assistance programme, A culture that champions rapid career progression, Investment in your learning and development, Regular team events & socials. This role is ideal for someone in the early stages of their engineering career who wants to develop professionally in a supportive, fast-paced fintech environment.

The ideal candidate has experience in front-end development with JavaScript frameworks and brings enthusiasm for learning and growth. This position is perfect for someone early in their engineering career who wants to develop professionally in a supportive, fast-paced fintech environment.

What You;ll Be Doing

• Design, build and maintain accessible, performant user interfaces for the BR-DGE Portal, Hosted Payment Page and the WebSDK modules
• Write clear, maintainable TypeScript, HTML, and CSS, with strong unit and end-to-end test coverage
• Work with Node.js services, shape and consume APIs, review contracts, and debug edge cases
• Optimise Core Web Vitals, bundle size, and runtime performance, measuring and sharing improvements
• Contribute to architectural decisions and help evolve our design system and component libraries
• Contribute to our design system and component libraries, keep them consistent and well documented
• Review pull requests with context and kindness, mentor junior engineers, and uphold team standards
• Investigate production issues, use metrics to find root causes, and make improvements to prevent repeats
• Collaborate with product owners and stakeholders to break down work, estimate accurately, and deliver outcomes
• Help evolve our CI and release process for faster, more reliable deployments

What You;ll Bring

• Professional experience in front-end development with JavaScript/TypeScript, HTML5 & CSS
• Strong experience in at least one modern framework, ideally React. Experience with Next.js or similar is useful
• Experience using testing frameworks such as Jest, Mocha & Cypress and writing comprehensive tests
• Practical knowledge of responsive layout, accessibility and cross browser behaviour
• Experience with version control workflows including feature branching and code reviews
• Familiarity with Node.js back-end development and RESTful APIs
• Comfortable owning a feature from ticket to release, including tracking success with metrics
• Clear communication, written and spoken, and the ability to explain trade offs to non engineers
• Experience working in an agile team, with iterative delivery and continuous improvement
• A growth mindset of self-motivation and ability to manage priorities effectively

Nice to have

• Experience working in product development, with an understanding of how engineering decisions shape business outcomes
• An eye for UI and UX patterns that enhance usability and accessibility at scale
• Knowledge of performance optimisation techniques for web applications
• Experience with design systems and Storybook workflows for consistent interface delivery
• Understanding of CI and pipelines and DevOps principles
• Understanding of payment journeys or experience in the fintech sector
• Experience using JIRA and other Atlassian tools

What We Offer

• Competitive salary (expectations and range can be discussed during the initial interview)
• Remote working allowance
• 33 days holiday including public holidays
• Birthday off
• Flexible and remote working
• Family healthcare
• Life insurance
• Employee assistance programme
• A culture that champions rapid career progression
• Investment in your learning and development
• Regular team events & socials

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