Mid Frontend Software Engineer

RAC; West of England; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension scheme with up to 6.5% matched

Life assurance up to 4x salary

24/7 confidential support

Orange Savings discounts

Colleague Share Scheme

25 days annual leave + bank holidays

Flexible schedules

Job summary

RAC is looking for a Mid-Level Frontend Software Engineer to join the Digital Product and Technology team in Bristol. You will design, build and evolve digital experiences used by millions of customers, working with JavaScript, React, Azure and Kubernetes to deliver scalable solutions.

You’ll contribute to technical design decisions, manage technical debt, and promote best practices while delivering new features and improving existing applications.

Qualifications

• In-depth knowledge of frameworks, tools and best practices used in building React/NextJS frontends.
• Ability to work with minimal supervision in a dynamic, deadline-driven environment.
• Proficient with patterns on engineering practice, event-driven design and service-to-service communication.
• Good understanding of agile software development methodologies and lifecycle.

Responsibilities

• Develop high-quality software and architecture.
• Troubleshoot operational and integration issues.
• Write clean, high-quality code and deliver value to customers.
• Keep up to date with emerging technologies and ensure tools are fit for purpose.
• Develop solutions using JavaScript and React with Azure and Kubernetes.
• Interface with the business to interpret complex requests.
• Provide accurate estimates and challenge existing estimates to deliver value.
• Own technical debt and prioritise accordingly.

Skills

Communication

Stakeholder management

Time management

Adaptability

Tools

React

NextJS

JavaScript

Azure

Kubernetes

Job description

About The Role

TheRACis on a journey to revolutionise the way we provide our differentiated range of driving services to our 15 million personal and business members. To help us get there, we're looking for passionate engineers and problem-solvers who want to build innovative digital products using cutting-edge technology.

We have a fantastic opportunity for a Mid-Level Frontend Software Engineer to join our Digital Product and Technology team in Bristol.

As part of a collaborative product team, you'll help design, build and evolve the digital experiences used by millions of customers. Working with JavaScript, React, Microsoft Azure and Kubernetes, you'll develop scalable, high-quality solutions that bring products to life and create real value for our customers.

You'll play an important role in delivering new features and products, enhancing existing applications and continuously improving our frontend codebases. From contributing to technical design decisions and solving complex engineering challenges to managing technical debt and promoting best practice, you'll have the opportunity to influence how we build software and deliver exceptional digital experiences.

This is an exciting opportunity for an engineer who enjoys taking ownership, contributing to technical design decisions and exploring new technologies. Whether you're improving customer journeys, creating intuitive user experiences or helping define future architecture, you'll have the freedom to make a visible impact and help shape the future of RAC's digital products.

This is a hybrid role, working 2 days a week from our Bradley Stoke office and 3 days a week from home offering flexibility while being part of a dynamic and supportive team.

We offer more than a job. We offer a career with purpose.

As aMid Frontend Software Engineerat RAC, you’ll get benefits that go the extra mile

Earnings That Motivate –enjoy a competitive salary plus automatic enrolment in our ‘Owning It Together’ Colleague Share Scheme - a unique opportunity to share in RAC’s future success and be rewarded for the exceptional work you deliver.

Tools to Drive Your Future –get started with a free RAC Ultimate Complete Breakdown Service from day one, plus access to a car salary sacrifice scheme (including electric vehicle options) after 12 months, delivering serious tax savings.

Time Off That Matters –enjoy 25 days annual leave, plus bank holidays. We also support work-life balance with paid family leave, flexible schedules, and practical resources to help navigate personal commitments.

Financial Security & Perks –pension scheme with up to 6.5% matched contributions alongside life assurance cover up to 4x salary (10x optional with flex benefits), designed to support you long-term.

Wellbeing That Works for You –our 24/7 confidential support service is available to you and household members aged 16+, offering reassurance whenever you need it.

Extras That Make a Difference -access Orange Savings, our exclusive discount portal with deals across top retailers, holidays, tools, tech and more. After passing probation, you’ll automatically join our Colleague Share Scheme, giving you a stake in our collective success.

What you’ll do

On a day-to-day basis you will be taking ownership in contributing to; and creating, technical designs, innovative solutions and practical recommendations to immediate teams and the rest of the technology function. As wellas;

• Develop high-quality software and architecture
• Perform troubleshooting of operational and integration issues
• Attention to detail when writing code and obsessing over delivering high quality solutions to customers
• Keep up to date on emerging technologies ensuring any new tools adopted in the RAC are fit for purpose and commercially appropriate
• Develop solutions usingJavaScript and React alongside proficiency with the Azure Cloud Environment and Kubernetes
• Able tointerface with the business and make sense of complicated or incomplete requests.
• Provideaccurateestimates for business initiatives at concept as well as challenging existing estimates to ensurewe’reroutinely delivering value
• Able to own technical debt across the technology stack and make practical assessments about the relevant priorities.

What you’ll need

• In depth knowledge of frameworks, tools and best practises used in building React/NextJS frontends.
• Ability to work with minimal supervision in a very dynamic and timeline sensitive work environment.
• Proficient with industry standard patterns on great engineering practice (including but not all), event driven design, service to service communication, redux pattern and component reusability.
• Good understanding of agile software development methodologies, values, and procedures.
• Thorough understanding of best practice in the software engineering lifecycle.
• Understanding of and a passion for automation
• Must have good stakeholder management, communication, organisation, and time management skills.
• An allergy to duplication and proactively seeks conversations to delete/consolidate duplicate technology
• Ability to deal with multiple projects and deadlines.

Why RAC?

For more than 128 years, we’ve been keeping drivers moving, and today we’re trusted by over 15 million members. We’re also trusted by our people, with a 4.5-starGlassdoorrating showing that RAC is a place where support, ambition, and opportunity go hand in hand.

We welcome people from every background, value every voice, and back your growth every step of the way. At the RAC, you can bring your full self to work and we’ll be with you every step of the way to help you grow and develop your career.

Ready to make a difference? Your next career move starts here.