Senior Digital Engineer

Hastings Direct; Bexhill-on-Sea; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Car Allowance

Flexible working

Annual performance bonus

Healthcare cash plan

Life assurance cover

Pension contribution match

Job summary

Hastings Direct is looking for a Senior Digital Engineer to work across the software development lifecycle in agile teams. The role includes providing technical leadership, designing and building software systems, and mentoring junior members. Ideal candidates will have strong expertise in JavaScript and ReactJS, with a focus on UI/UX development.

Benefits include a competitive salary, car allowance, flexible working, and annual performance bonuses. Join Hastings Direct to make a significant impact in a supportive and innovative environment.

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience in IT roles supporting enterprise-level web applications.
• Strong focus on ReactJS and front-end development.
• Ability to mentor junior team members and help them grow.

Responsibilities

• Providing technical leadership and managing stakeholder expectations.
• Designing and modifying software systems according to best practices.
• Estimating engineering tasks for efficient delivery.
• Debugging and testing complex code.
• Mentoring junior team members and sharing expertise.

Skills

JavaScript

ReactJS

UI/UX development

HTML/HTML5

CSS/CSS3

RESTful APIs

Performance tuning

Mentoring

Tools

Node

NPM

Jest

React Testing Library

Job description

Senior Digital Engineer

You will be responsible for working across all aspects of the software development lifecycle and operating within agile teams from application support and change functions.

Responsibilities

• Providing technical leadership, making informed decisions on behalf of the team, and effectively managing stakeholder expectations.
• Designing, building, and modifying complex software systems in line with agreed standards and best practices.
• Estimating engineering tasks and offering guidance to peers to ensure efficient delivery.
• Debugging and testing complex code to maintain performance and reliability.
• Mentoring junior team members, offering support, sharing knowledge, and helping them grow in their roles.

Qualifications

• Hands on experience in an IT role supporting and developing enterprise-level, customer and employee-facing web applications.
• Expertise in JavaScript with a strong focus on ReactJS.
• UI/UX development experience, with a keen eye for design and usability.
• Extensive knowledge of front-end technologies including HTML/HTML5, XML, DHTML, CSS/CSS3, SASS, LESS, JavaScript, ReactJS, Redux, Flex, jQuery, JSON, Bootstrap.
• Strong proficiency in JavaScript fundamentals, including object models, DOM manipulation, event handling, data structures, algorithms, and JSX.
• Current experience with ReactJS workflows such as Flux, Redux, Create React App, and data structure libraries.
• Solid understanding of RESTful APIs and token-based authentication (e.g., JWT).
• Familiarity with popular frontend development tools such as Node, NPM, CI/CD pipelines, DevOps practices, and performance testing frameworks like Jest and React Testing Library.
• Experience with performance and memory tuning using relevant tools.

Benefits

• Competitive salary based on experience + Car Allowance.
• Flexible and hybrid working approach.
• Annual 4Cs performance bonus.
• Healthcare cash plan with pay‑back options.
• Life assurance cover and income protection at no extra cost, pension contribution match up to 10%, and discount and cashback programmes.

Equal Opportunity

Hastings Direct is an equal opportunities employer which means we treat people fairly. We welcome applications from all suitably skilled persons regardless of their gender, age, race, disability, ethnic background, religion/belief, sexual orientation, gender reassignment or marital/family status.