Web Engineer - Scalable React/Next.js Platform

Virgin Active; City of Westminster; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days annual leave

The Peoples Pension 3% contributions

Complimentary Virgin Active membership

Private dental and healthcare

Life Assurance 4x salary

Discounts across Virgin Active

Virgin Family discounts

20% off food and drink at KAUAI

Salary Finance access

6 free counselling sessions

Dexters corporate letting partnership

ePoints discounts

Job summary

Virgin Active is seeking a skilled frontend engineer to help build and maintain modern web applications using React, Next.js, and TypeScript. You will contribute to a scalable design system, collaborate with product managers and designers, and support API integrations across a multi-market platform.

You will work to champion engineering best practices, automated testing, and efficient CI/CD processes to enable frequent, safe deployments within a growing team.

Qualifications

• Strong commercial experience building modern web applications in production environments.
• Expertise in TypeScript, React, Next.js, and Storybook.
• Experience designing scalable, maintainable architectures and component-driven applications.
• Strong understanding of APIs, integrations, and modern software delivery practices.
• Experience with automated testing, CI/CD pipelines, and release management.
• Knowledge of web performance, accessibility, and SEO best practices.
• Excellent collaboration and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Building and maintaining modern web applications using React, Next.js, TypeScript, and related technologies.
• Developing reusable components and patterns that support a scalable design system.
• Contributing to the evolution of a multi-market web platform used across global territories.
• Collaborating with Product Managers and Designers to turn ideas into robust technical solutions.
• Supporting API integrations, orchestration layers, and shared platform services.
• Championing engineering best practices, automated testing, and code quality.
• Contributing to CI/CD pipelines and release processes that enable safe, frequent deployments.
• Helping shape engineering standards, patterns, and ways of working within a growing team.

Skills

React

TypeScript

Next.js

Storybook

Education

Degree in CS or related (nice to have)

Tools

React

Next.js

TypeScript

Storybook

Job description

Virgin Active is seeking a skilled frontend engineer to help build and maintain modern web applications using React, Next.js, and TypeScript. You will contribute to a scalable design system, collaborate with product managers and designers, and support API integrations across a multi-market platform.

You will work to champion engineering best practices, automated testing, and efficient CI/CD processes to enable frequent, safe deployments within a growing team.