Senior Frontend Engineer

This is an exciting opportunity for a Senior Frontend Developer to lead UI development on our Operational and Regulatory team.

Requirements

Agile methodologies and a passion for continuous improvement and building a high-performance engineering team

Guide and mentor the team to design and deliver high quality products

Consider architectural and non-functional requirements and work with the team to deliver

At AJ Bell we pair, and you, in most cases will pair with other people

Competence, Knowledge and Skills

Expertise in building modular and reusable components and libraries for frontend Single Page Applications with Angular/React/VueJs

Experience with structuring and writing unit tests

Knowledge of general frontend tooling (particularly Nodejs and npm)

Experience and interest in RxJS

Awareness of common frontend styling paradigms (eg: CSS modules, CSS in JS)

Experience with setting up and writing end to end tests using Cypress

Practical experience of solving inconsistency across multiple platforms, e.g. IE6/7/8, FireFox and Safari on Windows or Mac;

An interest in scalable code using methodologies such as micro front-ends

Awareness of AWS, CI/CD.

Understand principles behind highly performing web pages

Good knowledge of Web APIs

Strong communication skills, written and verbal

Very motivated with high levels of drive and enthusiasm

E-commerce and/or financial services experience

About Us
AJ Bell is one of the fastest-growing investment platform businesses in the UK offering an award-winning range of solutions that caters for everyone, from professional financial advisers to DIY investors with little to no experience. We have over 644,000 customers using our award-winning platform propositions to manage assets totalling more than £103.3 billion. Our customers trust us with their investments, and by continuously striving to make investing easier, we aim to help even more people take control of their financial futures.

Having listed on the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange in December 2018, AJ Bell is now a FTSE 250 company.

Headquartered in Manchester with offices in central London and Bristol, we now have over 1,500 employees and have been named one of the UK\’s \’Best 100 Companies to Work For\’ for six consecutive years and in 2025 named a Great Place to Work.

At AJ Bell you can expect a friendly working environment with a strong sense of teamwork, we have a great sense of pride in what we do, and this is reflected in our guiding principles.

Our perks and benefits

Starting holiday entitlement of 26days, increasing up to 31 days with length of service

Holiday buy and sell scheme

A choice of pension schemes with matched contributions up to 7%

Discretionary bonus scheme

Annual free share awards scheme

Buy As You Earn (BAYE) Scheme

Health Cash Plan – provided by Medicash

Discounted private healthcare scheme and dental plan

Free gym membership, with an on-site gym providing a wide range of free classes

Employee Assistance Programme

Sick pay+ pledge

Enhanced maternity, paternity, and shared parental leave

Discounted nursery fees at Kids Planet on Exchange Quay

Loans for travel season tickets

Dedicated time for proof-of-concepts and assessing new tech

Support to attend conferences, events, and meet-ups

Charitable giving opportunities through salary sacrifice

Calendar of social events, including monthly payday drinks, annual Christmas party, summer party and much more

Parking at Exchange Quay

Personal development programmes built around you and your career goals, including access to personal skills workshops

Ongoing technical training

Peer recognition scheme, with rewards including restaurant and shopping vouchers or time off

Monthly leadership breakfasts and lunches

Casual dress code

Access to a range of benefits from our sponsorship deals

At AJ Bell, our people are the heart of our culture. We believe in building strong connections by working together. That\’s why we offer a hybrid working model, where you\’ll spend a minimum of 50% of your working time per month in the office. For new team members, an initial period will be full-time in the office to help you immerse yourself in our business and build valuable relationships with your colleagues.

AJ Bell is committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants and all employees are empowered to bring their whole self to work.

We do not discriminate on the basis of race, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, pregnancy, religion, physical and mental disability, marital status and any other characteristics protected by the Equality Act 2010. All decisions to hire are based on qualifications, merit and business need.

If you like the sound of the above, or just want to know more about the company and the role, we\’d love to speak to you.

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