Senior React Frontend Engineer - Remote, Scale & Impact

Halfords Group PLC; Remote; GBP 76,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading retailing group is seeking a Principal Front End Engineer specializing in React. This role involves shaping the frontend platform while mentoring teams and ensuring high-quality product delivery. You'll tackle challenges and share knowledge across the organization. This is a remote position with occasional travel. The ideal candidate has extensive React expertise and experience in modern frontend architecture, aiming for long-term impact in a scaling environment.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Annual discretionary bonus

Employee discounts

25 days annual leave plus bank holidays

Enhanced family leave

Wellbeing and inclusion support

Qualifications

• Proven expert in React with deep experience building complex applications.
• Strong background in component libraries and performance optimisation.
• Experience in mentoring and influencing engineers.

Responsibilities

• Act as the technical authority for our React frontend.
• Design and build scalable, maintainable frontend solutions.
• Lead development of complex features and resolve high-impact issues.
• Mentor frontend engineers through coaching and code reviews.

Skills

Expert in React

Modern frontend architecture

Mentoring engineers

Testing and accessibility

AI-assisted development

Job description

A leading retailing group is seeking a Principal Front End Engineer specializing in React. This role involves shaping the frontend platform while mentoring teams and ensuring high-quality product delivery. You'll tackle challenges and share knowledge across the organization. This is a remote position with occasional travel. The ideal candidate has extensive React expertise and experience in modern frontend architecture, aiming for long-term impact in a scaling environment.