Frontend Engineer: Design Systems & Polished UI

Octoenergy; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Octopus Electroverse is seeking a talented Front-end Developer to shape high‑quality web experiences for Octopus Fleet and Electroverse. You’ll translate Figma concepts into production-ready UI, contributing to a shared component library and design system across B2B and B2C touchpoints.

You’ll work between design and engineering, refining interactions, accessibility, and visual polish while collaborating with product managers and designers in a hybrid setup.

Qualifications

• 2+ years in front-end development, design engineering, or creative tech.
• Proven production React fluency and clean code contributions to shared repos.
• Experience building and evolving design systems and component libraries.
• Portfolio demonstrating visual craft, motion, and interactive web projects or design-system work.

Responsibilities

• Concept, prototype, and build web experiences across marketing pages, landing pages, and core app UI for Octopus Fleet and Electroverse.
• Help evolve the shared component library into a true design system by building robust components and bridging UI across products.
• Refine micro-interactions, motion, and visual polish within web apps under tight timelines.
• Translate rough inputs from Figma sketches or prototypes into clean, accessible code.
• Collaborate closely with designers, product managers, and engineers as the bridge between design intent and shipped code.

Skills

Front-end development

React

Next.js

UI/UX design

Accessibility (WCAG)

AI-assisted development

Tools

Storybook

Playwright

Jest

Job description

Octopus Electroverse is seeking a talented Front-end Developer to shape high‑quality web experiences for Octopus Fleet and Electroverse. You’ll translate Figma concepts into production-ready UI, contributing to a shared component library and design system across B2B and B2C touchpoints.

You’ll work between design and engineering, refining interactions, accessibility, and visual polish while collaborating with product managers and designers in a hybrid setup.