Software Enginner

Hargreaves Lansdown PLC; West of England; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discretionary bonus

25 days holiday

Hybrid working

Pension scheme

Private medical insurance

Life insurance

Job summary

Hargreaves Lansdown, the UK's leading investment platform, is seeking a Full Stack Engineer with a strong frontend focus. You will develop React/TypeScript applications, contribute to backend services and APIs, and work within a modern cloud-native environment to deliver scalable customer experiences.

You will collaborate with Product, Design and Platform teams, leverage AI-driven development approaches, and enjoy a flexible, hybrid working setup based in Bristol or remote where appropriate.

Qualifications

• Strong experience building frontend web applications with React and TypeScript.
• Ability to design clean, maintainable UI components and reusable patterns.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop and maintain frontend applications using React and TypeScript.
• Build responsive customer-facing user interfaces and reusable components.
• Work with APIs and integrate frontend with backend services and data flows.
• Contribute to frontend architecture and design patterns for cloud-native platforms.
• Collaborate with Product, Design, Platform and Engineering teams to deliver customer value.
• Take ownership of frontend features from development through to production.

Skills

React

TypeScript

Modern JavaScript

HTML / CSS

REST / GraphQL APIs

TanStack Query

Zustand

Tools

Node.js

Vite

Tailwind CSS

Grafana

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. If you're excited about working for us and have most of the skills or experience we're looking for.

About the role

Full Stack Engineer working across TypeScript, Node.js, React, GraphQL and AWS serverless technologies. You'll help build and evolve business services and customer-facing platforms, contributing across both backend services and frontend applications. You'll develop scalable APIs, cloud-native services and intuitive React-based experiences, while helping build reliable data flows that support evolving customer needs. AI and agentic approaches will also be leveraged throughout the development process to improve engineering efficiency, automation and the way we build and evolve our platforms. We're looking for a Full Stack Engineer with a strong frontend focus to help build, evolve and improve services and platforms that support our business and customers. You'll work primarily on frontend applications using React and TypeScript, while also contributing to backend services, APIs and platform capabilities when required. This is an opportunity to work with modern cloud-native technologies, GraphQL-based architectures, event-driven systems and customer-facing products that play an important role in managing and maintaining customer data. The platform is continuously evolving to improve how customer data is updated, managed and maintained across our systems. You'll help build intuitive, reliable and scalable user experiences that make it easier for customers and internal users to interact with and manage data. We're looking for engineers who enjoy building high-quality user experiences, solving technical problems and continuously improving their skills. This is a great opportunity for a Regular-level engineer to develop deeper frontend expertise while working as part of a full-stack engineering team. AI and agentic approaches will also be used throughout the development process to improve engineering efficiency, automation and the way we build and evolve the platform.

What You'll Be Doing

• Design, develop and maintain frontend applications using React and TypeScript.
• Build responsive, intuitive and maintainable customer-facing user interfaces.
• Develop reusable components and contribute to frontend architecture and design patterns.
• Work with APIs and integrate frontend applications with backend services.
• Build and consume GraphQL and REST APIs.
• Contribute to platform capabilities for updating, managing and maintaining customer data.
• Work across the full stack where required, gaining exposure to backend services and AWS technologies.
• Contribute to application performance, reliability, accessibility and observability.
• Take ownership of frontend features from development through to production.
• Participate in code reviews, technical discussions and design sessions.
• Collaborate closely with Product, Design, Platform and Engineering teams to deliver customer value.
• Contribute to engineering improvements, automation and modern development practices.
• Leverage AI and agentic development approaches to improve software delivery, productivity and engineering workflows.

What We're Looking For

• Solid experience with React and TypeScript.
• Good understanding of modern frontend development practices.
• Ability to build clean, maintainable and reusable UI components.
• Understanding of API-driven applications and frontend/backend integration.
• Good problem-solving skills and willingness to learn.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills.
• Interest in developing broader full-stack capabilities.
• A proactive approach to improving code quality, user experience and engineering practices.
• Interest in using AI and agentic approaches as part of modern software development.

Required Skills & Experience

• Frontend Engineering: React, TypeScript, Modern JavaScript, HTML / CSS, Building customer-facing web applications, Component-based development, Working with REST and/or GraphQL APIs, Understanding of frontend state and data management.
• Frontend Technologies: TanStack Query, Zustand or similar state management solutions, Vite, Tailwind CSS, Experience with or interest in micro-frontend architectures.
• Backend & API: Understanding of Node.js and backend services, REST API consumption and integration, GraphQL consumption, Basic understanding of API design and data structures, JSON data processing.
• Cloud & Engineering Practices: Familiarity with AWS and cloud-based applications, Understanding of CI/CD and modern software delivery practices, Familiarity with Git-based development workflows, Interest in Infrastructure as Code and cloud-native architectures.

Desirable Skills

• GraphQL Experience with or interest in: Consuming GraphQL services, Understanding GraphQL schemas, Working with GraphQL clients, Understanding the differences between REST and GraphQL.
• Search & Content Platforms: Typesense, Elasticsearch, Contentful or other Headless CMS platforms.
• Modern Engineering Tooling: LaunchDarkly or feature flagging platforms, OAuth and authentication flows, Analytics integration.
• Experience with observability tooling such as Grafana.
• AI-assisted and agentic software development workflows.

Nice to Have

• Financial Services experience.
• Previous experience working in a full-stack engineering team.

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.

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

Hargreaves Lansdown is an inclusive employer that values diversity in its workforce.

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

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.