Frontend Developer - React

JR United Kingdom; Leeds; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial services client seeks a Frontend Developer - React for an ongoing contract in Leeds. The role involves developing a new application to automate payment workflows and enhance application scalability. Suitable candidates should have expertise in complex frontend development and strong coding skills.

Qualifications

• Experience in developing complex web frontends with role-based access.
• Proficiency in frontend development tools and web testing tools.
• Experience in secure web application development.

Responsibilities

• Involved in end-to-end development of a new treasury application.
• Automate workflows for payment processing and centralize platforms.
• Work within the Corporate Treasury team to build new features.

Skills

Frontend development

Coding

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Tools

Node.js

Babel

Vite

Webpack

NPM

Nx

Cypress

Vitest

Puppeteer

Git

SVN

GitLab

Bitbucket

GitHub

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Frontend Developer - React, Leeds, West Yorkshire

Client: Insight Global

Location: Leeds, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom

Job Category: Other

EU work permit required: Yes

Job Views: 2

Posted: 06.06.2025

Expiry Date: 21.07.2025

Job Description:

Insight Global is looking for a React Developer to join one of the largest financial services clients globally for an ongoing contract that will last until the end of the year. The selected candidate will be part of the Corporate Treasury team and will be directly involved in building a new application used by operational teams within treasury. The purpose of this application is to automate manual workflows involved in processing payments and to create a centralized platform for all workflows, increasing efficiency and reliability. This project is in the initial development phase, and the candidate will be heavily involved in end-to-end development, requiring strong hands-on experience in coding and developing new features to support scalability.

Qualifications:

• Experience in developing and delivering complex, performant web frontends supporting multiple role-based access levels.
• Proficiency with frontend development and build tools such as Node.js, Babel, Vite, Webpack, NPM, and Nx.
• Experience with web/JS testing tools like Cypress, Vitest, and Puppeteer.
• Experience in building secure web applications and knowledge of secure coding standards.
• Familiarity with source control and CI/CD tools such as Git, SVN, GitLab, Bitbucket, GitHub.
• Strong technical, analytical, and communication skills.

Pluses:

• Implementing real-time UI updates using reactive protocols such as WebSockets, SSE.
• Experience with microservices, micro-frontends, Infrastructure as Code, Kubernetes, container-based deployment, dashboards, cloud application development, and automated regression testing.
• Experience in payment systems, financial services, or Fintech.