Front-End Engineer (React & React Native) – Hybrid

Foresters Financial; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 47,000 - 78,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days holiday plus bank holidays

Life assurance

Contributory pension scheme

Paid charitable workday

Employee Assistance Programme

Job summary

Foresters Financial is hiring a Front-End Developer for a 12-month fixed-term, full-time role based in Bromley, Kent. The role offers hybrid working with two days in the office, flexible start times, and a 40-hour week, with a competitive benefits package.

The candidate will design, build and maintain web applications using React and mobile apps with React Native, while collaborating with business stakeholders to craft robust front-end solutions.

Qualifications

• Proven experience developing with React JS and React Native.
• Strong experience with Redux Toolkit.
• Solid understanding of modern JavaScript, HTML and CSS.
• Experience building secure, customer-facing front-end applications.
• Ability to work with web services that integrate with external systems.
• Experience designing or working closely with APIs.
• .NET / C# experience is desirable but not essential.
• Confident communicator, able to work effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills.

Responsibilities

• Design, build and maintain web applications using React.
• Develop and support mobile applications using React Native.
• Integrate applications using RESTful APIs.
• Deploy applications and support releases into production.
• Build responsive, accessible and well-structured user interfaces using HTML, CSS and JavaScript.
• Contribute to front-end architecture and application design.
• Collaborate with the business, architects and other multi-skilled team members to gather requirements and shape solutions.
• Take ownership of projects from concept through to delivery.
• Estimate, prioritise and manage workloads effectively across the development lifecycle.
• Ensure solutions meet both technical standards and business needs.
• Stay up to date with emerging trends and best practices in web and mobile development.
• Support and coach other team members where appropriate.

Skills

React

React Native

Redux Toolkit

JavaScript

HTML

CSS

APIs

Front-end security

Tools

C#

ASP.NET

JavaScript

React

React Native

Redux

Job description

Foresters Financial is hiring a Front-End Developer for a 12-month fixed-term, full-time role based in Bromley, Kent. The role offers hybrid working with two days in the office, flexible start times, and a 40-hour week, with a competitive benefits package.

The candidate will design, build and maintain web applications using React and mobile apps with React Native, while collaborating with business stakeholders to craft robust front-end solutions.