Frontend Engineer in Hereford

About The Role

MandM is evolving how we deliver digital experiences, combining user‑centric design with product‑led ways of working. As we restructure our team and build empowered, cross‑functional squads, we are looking for a Frontend Engineer (React / Next.js) who will be responsible for building high‑quality software components, primarily in the form of user interfaces and customer‑facing applications. We need an engineer who is prepared to take true responsibility, exercise immense initiative, come to the table with fresh ideas, and completely own their space. You will set the standard for modern web development, working in close collaboration with other disciplines to develop designs and working prototypes based on user needs.

Who Are we?

MandM is one of the biggest employers in Herefordshire and one of Europe’s leading online, off‑price retailers, selling branded Fashion, Sport & Outdoor products for Men, Women and Children. We offer our customers fantastic value by partnering with companies with whom we have built long‑term relationships, enabling us to provide big household names and up‑and‑coming brands all year round. We are located in the heart of Hereford City Centre in our brand new, state‑of‑the‑art office. The modern, stylish workspace was designed to encourage collaborative working, teamwork and creativity – everything that MandM is all about.

More than a role

• Competitive Salary: Your talent deserves recognition
• Giving Back: 2 days paid volunteering to support a cause you care about
• Career Growth: Opportunity to grow
• Staff Discounts: Stay stylish with our exclusive discounts.
• Company Pension: Secure your financial future.
• Generous Holiday Allowance: Enjoy 5 weeks of well‑deserved breaks. You even have the option to buy an extra week
• Birthday Delight: Take your special day off to celebrate YOU
• Free Parking
• Health & Wellbeing programme: we’ll look after you

The Role Scope

You will undertake the development of key software components that form part of our customer‑facing products, translating user needs into clean, robust digital experiences. Operating within our product model, you will collaborate closely across multidisciplinary teams to drive a customer‑centric mindset and deliver value early and iteratively. While focusing on hands‑on development and bringing proactive technical ideas, you will also play a key role in maintaining our component library standards, identifying production service faults, and providing valuable mentorship to junior team members.

Role key responsibilities

• React / Next.js Development & UI Integration: Develop scalable React and Next.js applications while defining clear component boundaries. Build modern UI libraries or integrate with existing ones to ensure a consistent look and feel across all applications. Design and document component library standards and patterns, and seamlessly connect the frontend to backend services using RESTful APIs.
• Quality Ownership & "Shift‑Left" Testing: With the support and guidance of Test Engineers, you'll be responsible for the testing and quality of your code. Write exceptionally clean code following modern web and accessibility standards, ensuring robust unit testing is an everyday practice. Establish effective frontend testing strategies utilizing frameworks like Jest and Playwright.
• Initiative & Performance Optimization: Proactively pitch technical ideas and optimizations; take true ownership of technical tasks rather than just executing specifications. Optimize application performance, focused heavily on bundle size, rendering efficiency, and Core Web Vitals. Audit site speed using tools like Lighthouse and help design secure, performant GCP content delivery solutions (CDN).
• Collaboration, Accessibility & Mentorship: Drive a customer‑centric mindset, promoting a "test and learn" approach to engineering and problem‑solving. Act as an accessibility champion, bringing evidence of building compliant interfaces and advocating for genuine user needs. Coach and mentor more junior colleagues, contributing directly to team growth and a healthy engineering culture. Explain complex technical concepts in clear, non‑technical language to internal and external stakeholders.

About You

What we’re looking for

• Core Frontend Experience: Proven ability to deliver customer‑centric, value‑driven solutions within a fast‑paced software development lifecycle. You are a self‑starter who takes initiative and ownership of outcomes rather than waiting for direction.
• React & Next.js Core: Strong, hands‑on production experience building applications explicitly using React and Next.js.
• Testing Mindset: A passionate advocate for "shift‑left" engineering who takes personal accountability for testing, backed by experience writing unit tests and using tools like Jest or Playwright.
• Accessibility Knowledge: A solid understanding of web and accessibility standards, with a track record of championing and building highly accessible user interfaces.
• Performance & Cloud Literacy: Practical experience optimizing application performance (bundle size/rendering) and an understanding of modern delivery tools like Lighthouse and GCP CDNs.
• Fault Resolution: Demonstrated experience in identifying, locating, and resolving production service faults to keep applications running efficiently.
• Collaborative Mentorship: Experience collaborating effectively within multidisciplinary teams alongside a proven capability to coach and mentor more junior engineering colleagues.

Why Join MandM?

Be part of a newly structured team where your ideas are valued, your initiative is expected, and your contribution directly shapes the technical roadmap. Own the end‑to‑end development of components that directly shape the digital e‑commerce experience for millions of customers.

About Us

Our Values: Integrity, Teamwork, Accountability, Entrepreneurial approach.