Senior Frontend Developer

Xe.com; Bracknell; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a dynamic and innovative team at a leading currency services provider as a Senior Frontend Developer. In this role, you will be instrumental in developing and owning a new mobile and web application supported by a robust API backend. The company embraces Agile methodologies and values creativity, collaboration, and continuous improvement. You will have the opportunity to mentor junior developers, engage in technical design discussions, and contribute to exciting projects that impact millions of users. This is a fantastic chance to grow your skills in a supportive environment while being part of a forward-thinking organization that values diversity and inclusion.

Benefits

Competitive salary and bonus

Hybrid working

23 days holiday plus birthday day-off

Option to buy/sell additional 5 days

Group pension plan with 4% employer contribution

Employee Share Purchase Plan (ESPP)

Healthcare Insurance Scheme

Income Protection Scheme

Life Assurance Scheme

Critical Illness Cover

Qualifications

• 5+ years in responsive web app development with Agile and CI/CD.
• Strong in JavaScript frameworks and clean coding practices.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to full software lifecycle of web and mobile applications.
• Mentor junior developers and drive technical discussions.

Skills

Responsive Web Application Development

Agile Methodologies

NodeJS

JavaScript Frameworks (VueJs, React, Angular)

Clean Code Practices

TDD/Unit Testing

Data Structures and Algorithms

Communication Skills

Collaboration Skills

Problem-Solving

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related field

Master's Degree in Computer Science or related discipline

Tools

CI/CD Pipelines

AWS Services (SQS, DynamoDB, Aurora, Kinesis, Lambdas)

.Net Core

Microservice Architectures

Job description

Senior Frontend Developer

At Xe, we live currencies. We provide a comprehensive range of currency services and products, including our Currency Converter, Market Analysis, Currency Data API, and quick, easy, secure Money Transfers for individuals and businesses. We leverage technology to deliver these services through our website, mobile app, and by phone. Last year, we helped over 300 million people access information about the currencies that matter to them and over 225,000 people used us to send money overseas.

ABOUT THIS ROLE

Xe has made great progress along an exciting transition to Agile ways of working. Our teams have embraced the Scrum framework. We are driving software craftsmanship through chapters and guilds. Most of our repos are now aligned to faster container-based deployments with CI/CD pipelines. We are looking for passionate developers who would like to join us on this journey.

In this role, you will work in an agile fashion to deliver and own a new mobile and web application built upon a robust and highly available shared, headless API back-end.

AMBITION: We dream big, try things out and always ask "why not?" and "what if?" We're ambitious in our thinking and our delivery.

RESPONSIBILITY: We get involved, bring our perspective and are always open to new ideas. We take personal responsibility.

COMMUNITY: We value a sense of belonging, trusting each other and encouraging authenticity. We contribute to our community.

ROLES & RESPONSIBILITIES

• Contribute to the full software development lifecycle of the Xe Consumer App, Web application, and supporting services.
• Mentor and support junior developers in your team, including through pair-programming and code reviews. Actively participate in coding chapters and workshops.
• Use your relevant experience and knowledge to drive technical design discussions and decisions.
• Continually learn new skills and technology.
• Work to a fortnightly cadence, with a focus on value delivery and continuous improvement.
• Grab opportunities to inject your experience and knowledge into your team's decision-making process.
• Collaborate with Product Owners, UX designers, and architects to find the most appropriate solution or approach.
• Be part of a growing team which delights and excites millions of our customers resulting in increased revenue through App or Web of 20%.

POSITION REQUIREMENTS

• 5+ years of professional experience developing responsive web applications in an Agile environment using and supporting fully automated CI/CD pipelines.
• Experience of NodeJS runtime, and modern front-end JavaScript frameworks such as VueJs, React, or Angular - polyglot mindset.
• Eager to learn and share knowledge. Ability to adapt quickly and develop in-depth technical understanding of new applications and complex technologies.
• Must produce clean, effective, and maintainable code; Solid TDD/unit test practitioner.
• Strong data structure and algorithms skills.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills.
• Strong can-do attitude; Be a passionate team player who focuses on whatever is necessary to meet the Sprint goal, including occasionally supporting with QA work or collaborating with DevOps.

Desirable

• Experienced in .Net Core and distributed, scalable, resilient system development and associated best practices.
• Experience of building Microservice Architectures using .Net Core v3, REST or GraphQL.
• Experience working at a Fintech or web/mobile agency plus some exposure to Enterprise.
• Experience of deploying into AWS and using native services like SQS, DynamoDB, Aurora, Kinesis, Lambdas.
• Event Source Architectures, Eventual Consistency models.
• Awareness in developing web applications built with C#.
• Master's Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related discipline.
• Practical knowledge of SOLID principles and Gang of Four design patterns.

PERKS & BENEFITS

• Competitive salary and bonus.
• We support hybrid-working.
• 23 days holiday (increasing with service 1 day per annum, capped at 28 days) plus birthday day-off.
• Option to buy/sell additional 5 days.
• Group pension plan 4% employer contribution.
• Euronet Employee Share Purchase Plan (ESPP).
• Healthcare Insurance Scheme, Income Protection Scheme, Life Assurance Scheme.
• Critical Illness Cover.

We want Xe to be a great place to work and to ensure that our communities are represented across our workforce. A vital part of this is ensuring we are a truly inclusive organization that encourages diversity in all respects.

At Xe we are committed to making our recruitment practices barrier-free and as accessible as possible for everyone. This includes making adjustments or changes for disabled people, neurodiverse people, or people with long-term health conditions. If you would like us to do anything differently during the application, interview, or assessment process, including providing information in an alternative format, please contact us on [e-mail].

The position responsibilities outlined above are intended to define the general contents and requirements to perform this job. It is not to be taken as a complete statement of responsibilities or requirements. This job description does not restrict the Company's right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job as needed.

Expected to be in Bracknell office 3 days a week.

Seniority level

Mid-Senior level

Employment type

Full-time

Job function

Information Technology