Software Enginner

Hargreaves Lansdown; West of England; Hybrid; GBP 75,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discretionary annual bonus

25 days holiday + Christmas closure

Hybrid working

Pension scheme up to 11%

Job summary

Hargreaves Lansdown is seeking a Full Stack Engineer with a strong frontend focus to build and evolve customer-facing platforms. You will develop scalable APIs, cloud-native services and intuitive React-based experiences, while supporting data flows and AI-enabled engineering workflows.

You’ll contribute across frontend and backend services, collaborating with Product, Design and Platform teams to deliver customer value.

Qualifications

• Experience building frontend applications with React and TypeScript.
• Familiarity with GraphQL and REST API consumption/integration.
• Knowledge of cloud-native architectures and AWS services.
• Ability to work across frontend and backend disciplines in a full-stack environment.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop and maintain frontend applications using React and TypeScript.
• Build responsive, accessible user interfaces and reusable components.
• Collaborate with API teams to integrate frontend with backend services and GraphQL/REST APIs.
• Contribute to frontend architecture, performance, and observability.

Skills

Frontend Engineering

Team collaboration

Problem solving

Communication

Tools

React

TypeScript

Node.js

GraphQL

AWS

REST API

Vite

Tailwind CSS

TanStack Query

Zustand

Job description

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.,

• 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.
  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., Frontend Engineering
• 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, 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

You’ll have the opportunity to take ownership of frontend features from development through to production, collaborate across engineering disciplines and continuously develop your technical skills. You’ll contribute to the evolution of our platforms by building reliable, accessible and intuitive React applications that make it easier to update, manage and maintain customer information. At the same time, you’ll gain exposure to backend, cloud and full-stack technologies while working with modern AI and agentic approaches as part of the engineering process.

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.

• 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