Senior Software Engineer (Front End)

Matillion Ltd; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 59,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading data integration platform in Manchester is seeking a Front-end Developer to create responsive user interfaces using modern frameworks. You will work closely with product managers and designers while mentoring team members. The ideal candidate has solid JavaScript and TypeScript skills, along with experience in Agile development. The role offers a competitive salary range of £59,600 to £89,400 and a flexible working culture, fostering collaboration and work-life balance.

Benefits

Company Equity

30 days holiday + bank holidays

5 days paid volunteering leave

Health insurance

Life Insurance

Pension

Access to mental health support

Qualifications

• Strong experience with JavaScript/TypeScript and modern front-end frameworks.
• Solid understanding of UI architecture and front-end performance.
• Experience delivering features using Agile and CI/CD.

Responsibilities

• Develop responsive and performant user interfaces.
• Collaborate with team members to deliver end-to-end features.
• Mentor team members and contribute to hiring.
• Participate in on-call support to prevent issues.

Skills

JavaScript

TypeScript

React

Agile practices

CI/CD pipelines

Tools

AI-assisted developer tools

Job description

Responsibilities

• Develop responsive, accessible, and performant user interfaces using modern front-end frameworks and best practices.
• Use AI-assisted developer tools to accelerate development, while validating outputs for quality, maintainability, and security.
• Collaborate closely with product managers, designers, and back-end engineers to deliver end-to-end features.
• Participate in and lead front-end design and architecture discussions (e.g., component patterns, state management).
• Review code and champion front-end standards across quality, testing, performance, and security.
• Improve development workflows through automation, tooling, and reusable component systems.
• Mentor team members, share knowledge, and contribute to hiring and technical growth.
• Participate in on-call support and help proactively prevent customer-facing issues.

Essential

• Strong experience with JavaScript/TypeScript and modern front-end frameworks (e.g., React).
• Solid understanding of UI architecture, component design, state management, and front-end performance.
• Experience delivering features through the full SDLC using Agile practices and CI/CD pipelines.
• Familiarity with cloud-hosted applications and front-end observability and monitoring.
• Proficient in using AI-powered developer tools as a daily copilot, including reviewing and refining AI-generated code.
• Demonstrated ownership, collaboration, and a bias for action.

Personal Capabilities

• User-focused mindset with strong attention to detail and design quality.
• Curious, analytical problem-solver who can work independently and collaboratively.
• Growth-oriented and adaptable, with a strong interest in modern front-end and AI-assisted development.
• Thinks systemically about UI, data flow, and application behavior to ensure reliable, secure, and scalable experiences.

About Matillion

Matillion is the intelligent data integration platform. We're changing how the world works with data - and we need driven, curious people who think big and move fast. We built the Data Productivity Cloud to supercharge data productivity, and now we're shaping the future of data engineering with Maia – our AI‑powered virtual data engineers that help teams design, build, and manage data pipelines at unmatched speed. Join #TeamGreen, where the mission comes first, collaboration drives us forward, and everyone pulls in the same direction to make a dent in the universe bigger than ourselves. Matillion is built around small development teams responsible for specific themes and initiatives. Each team is a mix of engineers with various levels of skills and experience.

At Matillion, we are committed to providing competitive salaries in line with market standards. Our estimated compensation range for this position is £59,600 to £89,400, but the final salary will be based on your relevant skills, experience and qualifications demonstrated in the hiring process. At Matillion, we're here to do something hard – change the way the world works with data, and build a great company along the way. Big, bold goals aren't for the faint‑hearted, and we don’t shy away from them. But we don’t do it alone. No egos, no politics – just great people working together, guided by our six core values: Confidence without arrogance, Working with integrity, Customer obsessed, Innovate and demand quality, Bias for action, We care. We operate a flexible working culture that promotes work‑life balance, with benefits including: Company Equity, 30 days holiday + bank holidays, 5 days paid volunteering leave, Health insurance, Life Insurance, Pension, Access to mental health support.

More about Matillion

Thousands of enterprises including Cisco, London Stock Exchange Group, EDF and Slack trust Matillion for a wide range of use cases from insights and operational analytics, to data science, machine learning and AI. We are a truly global workforce, dual headquartered in Manchester, UK and Denver, Colorado, with expanding offices in Hyderabad, India, along with valuable remote colleagues around the world.