Senior React Software Engineer

Skipton Building Society; Skipton; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A major UK building society is seeking a Senior React.js Developer to join its cross-functional engineering team. This role involves building responsive and accessible user interfaces, utilizing React.js and TypeScript. The ideal candidate has 5+ years of relevant experience, strong front-end skills, and a passion for innovation. This position offers a hybrid working model, a vibrant office space, and various benefits including a bonus scheme and medical insurance.

Benefits

Annual discretionary bonus scheme

25 days annual leave

Matching employer pension contribution

Private medical insurance

Colleague mortgage scheme

Cycle to work benefits

Discounted gym memberships

3 paid volunteering days

Qualifications

• 5+ years' experience with ReactJS/NextJS in a production environment.
• Strong front-end skills with TypeScript (JavaScript knowledge also valued).
• Experience mentoring developers and fostering a culture of learning.

Responsibilities

• Building responsive, accessible, and elegant user interfaces.
• Producing accessible, responsive, rich front-end UI using TypeScript.
• Integrating with cloud services and back-end systems.

Skills

ReactJS

TypeScript

REST APIs

Git

JEST

Strong communication skills

Job description

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Hours: 35 hours per week, Hybrid working - 2 days per week in the office

Closing Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2025

We’re looking for a curious Senior React.js Developer to join our cross-functional engineering team at Skipton Building Society. This is a fantastic opportunity to contribute to impactful front-end projects that power customer-facing and internal platforms across one of the UK’s top building societies.

You’ll be hands-on in building responsive, accessible, and elegant user interfaces using React.js and TypeScript, collaborating with engineers, designers, and product owners throughout the full software development lifecycle.

About Skipton Building Society

At Skipton Building Society, we're a mutual organisation owned by our members and driven by putting people at the heart of everything we do. We believe success comes from great people and treating everyone as individuals. Our values: Trust, Ownership, and One Team guide how we work together and deliver exceptional service to our customers.

We love to experiment and play around with the tools, techniques, and technologies we have available to us to improve how we deliver solutions. As a Senior software engineer, you can expect to be involved in:

• Engineering software solutions – working with prototypes and proof of concepts.
• Producing accessible, responsive, rich front-end UI using TypeScript in the ReactJS and NextJS framework.
• Integrating with cloud services and back-end systems (i.e., APIs, IDAM).
• Providing technical mentorship and guidance to developers.
• Working in multidisciplinary engineering teams across the whole software development life cycle.

We look for people who are passionate about solving problems through innovation and engineering practices. You'll be required to apply your depth of knowledge and expertise to all aspects of the software development lifecycle, as well as partner with stakeholders to stay focused on common goals.

Our Ideal Candidate

Will have:

• 5+ years' experience with ReactJS/NextJS in a production environment.
• Strong front-end skills with TypeScript (JavaScript knowledge also valued).
• Familiarity with REST APIs.
• Solid understanding of version control such as Git.
• Experience with testing React applications using JEST or Vitest.
• Experience mentoring developers and fostering a culture of learning and growth.
• Team-oriented mindset with strong communication skills.

Would be great, but not essential, if you also had:

• Experience working with Storybook and Atomic Design principles.
• Exposure to Azure services (AWS or other cloud backgrounds also welcomed).
• Awareness of TDD/BDD practices.
• Familiarity with Agile methodologies like Scrum or SAFe.
• Familiarity with Playwright end-to-end testing.

Will be:

• Curious about technology and adaptable to new technologies.
• Agile-minded, optimistic, passionate, and pragmatic about delivering valuable software to customers.
• Someone who puts quality first and has a passion for good design and clean code.
• Willing to support colleagues, leveraging their experience & knowledge.

What’s In It For You?

Skipton values work/life balance and we are proud to support hybrid and flexible working, where possible. We have a newly refurbished head office which offers a vibrant and collaborative working space.

We have a range of other benefits available to you including:

• Annual discretionary bonus scheme
• 25 days standard annual leave + bank holidays + rising 1 day per year of service to a maximum of 30 days.
• Holiday trading scheme allowing the ability to buy and sell additional annual leave days.
• Matching employer pension contribution (up to 10% per annum).
• Colleague mortgage (conditions apply).
• Salary sacrifice scheme for hybrid & electric cars.
• A commitment to training and development.
• Private medical insurance for all our colleagues.
• 3 paid volunteering days per annum.
• Diverse and inclusive colleague networks including our Carers and Pride Alliance groups.
• We care about your health and wellbeing – supporting benefits like cycle to work and discounted gym memberships.