Software Engineer - Full-Stack (React)

Hargreaves Lansdown PLC; West of England; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discretionary annual bonus

25 days holiday + bank holidays

Flexible working options

Pension scheme up to 11%

Private medical insurance

Health care cash plans

Volunteer days

Job summary

Hargreaves Lansdown PLC is building a next-generation platform for one of the UK's leading financial services providers with over 2 million clients. We seek a Software Engineer to join the Dealing Journeys squad, delivering critical capabilities in the heart of the investment experience.

You will develop modern applications using TypeScript and React, collaborating with product managers and designers to ship features for millions of clients.

Qualifications

• Commercial experience developing modern applications using TypeScript and React.
• Solid understanding of frontend engineering principles and performance optimisation.
• Experience designing and consuming REST APIs and GraphQL services.
• Knowledge of cloud-native development and modern software delivery practices.
• Experience with automated testing and CI/CD pipelines.
• Awareness of accessibility best practices including WCAG compliance.

Responsibilities

• Develop, maintain and improve high-quality software across web, mobile and backend services following engineering standards.
• Collaborate with engineers, product managers and designers to deliver new features for clients.
• Build and enhance customer-facing experiences using React and React Native, and support APIs and services.
• Write clean, secure, maintainable code and participate in code reviews.
• Contribute to cloud-native and distributed systems for business-critical journeys.
• Develop automated tests and contribute to quality engineering practices.

Skills

TypeScript

React

Frontend engineering

REST APIs

GraphQL

AWS

CI/CD

Accessibility

Agile teams

Tools

React Native

PHP

Java

Microservices

AWS

Job description

Excited to grow your career? Our purpose is to make it easy for people to save and invest for a better future. We are looking for great people to join us, so please come and invest in YOUR future at Hargreaves Lansdown. We know that sometimes people can be put off applying for a job if they don't tick every box.

About the role

We are building a next-generation platform for one of the UK's leading financial services providers — trusted by over 2 million clients and managing approximately £150 billion in assets. This is a unique opportunity to help shape technology that transforms how people invest and achieve financial freedom. We are looking for a Software Engineer to join our Dealing Journeys squad, delivering critical capabilities at the heart of the investment experience. You will join our Trading Tribe — a domain responsible for end-to-end investment journeys, from pre-trade decision-making and order placement through to trade execution, delivering fast, reliable and seamless investing experiences at scale. In this role, you will build and enhance modern applications using TypeScript, contributing to products and platforms used by millions of clients. Working closely with engineers, product managers and designers, you will deliver high-quality solutions while continuously developing your technical skills and engineering expertise. By joining us, you will help deliver innovative, scalable solutions that make investing simpler, faster and more accessible for millions of investors across the UK.

What you'll do

• Develop, maintain and improve high-quality software across web, mobile and backend services, following engineering, security and regulatory standards
• Collaborate with engineers, product managers and designers to deliver valuable new features and enhancements for our clients
• Build and enhance customer-facing experiences using React and React Native, while contributing to the APIs and services that support them
• Write clean, secure and maintainable code, actively participating in code reviews and adopting engineering best practices
• Support and improve existing applications, helping ensure they remain reliable, performant and scalable
• Contribute to the development of cloud-native and distributed systems that support business-critical customer journeys
• Develop automated tests and contribute to quality engineering practices throughout the software development lifecycle
• Apply modern secure coding practices and help ensure solutions meet regulatory and compliance requirements
• Document solutions and technical decisions in line with team standards
• Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives across engineering practices, tooling and developer experience
• Build strong working relationships across the squad and wider engineering organisation
• Participate in technical discussions, knowledge-sharing activities and communities of practice
• Continuously develop your technical and interpersonal skills while contributing to a positive and collaborative team culture

What you bring

• Commercial experience developing modern applications using TypeScript and React
• Good understanding of frontend engineering principles, including component-based architectures, state management and performance optimisation
• Solid knowledge of HTML, CSS and JavaScript/TypeScript
• Experience designing and consuming REST APIs and/or GraphQL services
• Understanding of cloud-native development practices and modern software delivery approaches
• Experience working with AWS and cloud platforms
• Knowledge of software design patterns, testing approaches and engineering best practices
• Experience with automated testing and test frameworks
• Understanding of CI/CD principles and development workflows
• Awareness of accessibility best practices, including WCAG compliance and keyboard navigation support
• Strong focus on writing secure, maintainable and well-tested code
• Collaborative and communicative, with the ability to work effectively within cross-functional Agile teams
• A proactive mindset and passion for learning new technologies and approaches
• Comfortable contributing to technical discussions and continuously improving your engineering skills

Nice to have

• Experience building mobile applications with React Native in a production environment
• Experience working with PHP applications and services
• Experience developing applications using Java
• Experience contributing to backend services and APIs
• Familiarity with microservice architectures and distributed systems
• Experience working within highly regulated industries such as financial services

What Success Looks Like

You'll be comfortable taking ownership of features from design through to production, collaborating closely with design, product and engineering teams, and proactively identifying opportunities to improve both the customer experience and the way we work.

Why us?

Here at HL, we’re the UK's number 1 investment platform for private investors, based in Bristol. For more than 40 years we’ve helped investors save time, tax and money on their investments. To achieve our mission, we believe we have a workplace like no other, with constant learning, dynamic teams, and a great ethos. We're steered by core values that promote service, quality, innovation, and opportunity in everything we do.

We encourage applications from all individuals without regard to race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, disability or age.

This role may also be available on a flexible working or part time basis – please ask the Recruitment & Onboarding team for more information.

Please note, we are unable to provide employment sponsorship to candidates.

What's on offer?

• Discretionary annual bonus* and annual pay review
• 25 days* holiday plus bank holidays and 1-day additional Christmas closure
• Option to purchase an additional 5 days holiday**
• Flexible working options available, including hybrid working
• Enhanced parental leave
• Pension scheme up to 11% employer contribution
• Income Protection and Life insurance (4 x salary core level of cover)
• Private medical insurance*
• Health care cash plans - including optical, dental, and outpatient care
• Health screening programme
• Help@hand - confidential support including mental health counselling and remote GP
• Wellhub - unlimited access to fitness providers and wellness coach sessions
• Variety of travel to work schemes with bike storage and shower facilities
• Inhouse barista and deli serving subsidised coffee and sandwiches
• Two paid volunteering days per year * dependant on role level

* dependant on role level

** only available to select during our annual benefits window, in November each year

About Hargreaves Lansdown

Hargreaves Lansdown is the UK's number one platform for private investors. Our purpose is to empower people to save and invest with confidence, and today, we are trusted with more than £120 billion by over 1.7 million clients. We are based in the heart of Bristol now with over 2,000 colleagues. We believe we have a workplace like no other, with constant learning, dynamic teams and a great ethos. We're steered by our core values that promote service, quality, innovation, and opportunity in everything we do. For more information about careers at HL and to see all our vacancies, please visit our careers website.