Senior Front-End Developer

The Range; Plymouth; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

A retail company in Plymouth is seeking a dynamic Senior Front-End Developer to build customer-facing features on multiple e-commerce brands. You will work with technologies including HTML, SCSS, JavaScript, and React, while mentoring junior developers. The role involves optimizing website performance and accessibility as well as collaboration with cross-functional teams. This full-time position offers a competitive salary and a range of employee benefits, including a pension scheme and employee discounts.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Pension

Long service awards

Employee discount

Cycle to work scheme

Qualifications

• 5+ years of commercial front-end development experience.
• Comfortable working in large, enterprise codebases.
• Experience in B2C e-commerce, ideally omni-channel retail.

Responsibilities

• Develop and optimise features for CDS Superstores websites.
• Build responsive UI components using HTML, SCSS, JavaScript, TypeScript, React & PHP.
• Collaborate with UX, QA, product owners and cross-functional squads.

Skills

HTML

SCSS

JavaScript

TypeScript

React

PHP

Google Tag Manager

A/B testing

Tools

Node.js

npm

webpack

Cypress

Storybook

Job description

We are a Sunday Times Top Track 100 company and one of the UK’s fastest growing privately owned companies. The Range has grown enormously since its inception in 1989, and now has over 200 stores nationwide. People are at the heart of our retail concept, and we want to invest in our staff and make the future extraordinary.

Due to our expansion plans and ongoing success, we are seeking a dynamic Senior Front‑End Developer to be based at our Head Office in Plymouth or our London Great Portland Street Office.

About The Role

This role is hands‑on and focused on building large‑scale, customer‑facing features within multiple websites in our multichannel team. You will mentor other developers, support front‑end architecture, and contribute to performance, accessibility, and personalisation improvements across multiple e‑commerce brands.

Responsibilities

• Develop and optimise features for CDS Superstores websites
• Build responsive UI components using HTML, SCSS, JavaScript, TypeScript, React & PHP
• Contribute to kiosk‑based applications written in TypeScript
• Maintain large codebases with scalable front‑end patterns
• Improve performance, accessibility and Core Web Vitals
• Collaborate with UX, QA, product owners and cross‑functional squads
• Configure and debug Google Tag Manager
• Support A/B tests, CRO and personalisation initiatives (Dynamic Yield desirable)
• Provide light mentoring and guidance to one front‑end developer
• Input into architectural discussion and front‑end standards

Person Specification

• Communicates clearly and confidently with internal teams
• Is proactive in removing blockers and solving technical issues
• Has an interest in AI‑assisted development workflows
• Mentors and supports peers constructively
• Takes ownership of customer impact and quality

Technical Requirements

Core Requirements:

• 5+ years of commercial front‑end development experience
• HTML, SCSS, JavaScript, jQuery, TypeScript, React, PHP
• Node.js / npm / webpack / build tools
• Google Tag Manager + GA4 events
• Comfortable working in large, enterprise codebases
• Experience in B2C e‑commerce, ideally omni‑channel retail

Preferred Experience

• Dynamic Yield or other personalisation tools
• Payment integrations (e.g. Stripe/Worldpay)
• Cypress / Storybook
• SAP Commerce Cloud (Accelerator) front‑end experience

What We Offer

• Competitive salary
• Pension
• Long service awards
• Employee discount
• Cycle to work scheme

Position: Permanent, Full‑time

Hours: Monday - Friday, 08:45am - 17:30pm.

Location: Plymouth, Devon