Frontend Engineer in Hereford

Salary: £22,500 - 38,500 per year

Requirements:

• We need proven ability to deliver customer-centric, value-driven solutions within a fast-paced software development lifecycle.


• We need strong hands-on production experience building applications using React and Next.js.


• We need a testing mindset with personal accountability for quality, backed by experience writing unit tests and using tools such as Jest or Playwright.


• We need a solid understanding of web accessibility standards and experience building highly accessible user interfaces.


• We need practical experience optimizing application performance, including bundle size and rendering efficiency, and familiarity with tools such as Lighthouse and GCP CDNs.


• We need demonstrated experience identifying, locating, and resolving production service faults.


• We need experience collaborating effectively within multidisciplinary teams and coaching or mentoring junior engineering colleagues.

Responsibilities:

• We will expect you to develop scalable React and Next.js applications while defining clear component boundaries.


• We will expect you to build modern UI libraries or integrate with existing ones to ensure consistency across applications.


• We will expect you to design and document component library standards and patterns, and connect the frontend to backend services using RESTful APIs.


• We will expect you to own the testing and quality of your code, with support and guidance from Test Engineers.


• We will expect you to write clean code following modern web and accessibility standards, with unit testing as an everyday practice.


• We will expect you to establish effective frontend testing strategies using frameworks like Jest and Playwright.


• We will expect you to proactively pitch technical ideas and optimizations and take ownership of technical tasks.


• We will expect you to optimize application performance, focusing on bundle size, rendering efficiency, and Core Web Vitals.


• We will expect you to audit site speed using tools like Lighthouse and help design secure, performant GCP content delivery solutions.


• We will expect you to drive a customer-centric mindset and promote a test-and-learn approach to engineering and problem-solving.


• We will expect you to act as an accessibility champion and advocate for genuine user needs.


• We will expect you to coach and mentor junior colleagues and contribute to a healthy engineering culture.


• We will expect you to explain complex technical concepts in clear, non-technical language to internal and external stakeholders.

Technologies:

• Backend


• Frontend


• GCP


• Support


• Jest


• Playwright


• React


• Web


• UX UI Design


• Cloud


• JavaScript

More:

We are MandM, one of the biggest employers in Herefordshire and one of Europes leading online off-price retailers of branded Fashion, Sport and Outdoor products for men, women and children. We are based in a brand-new, state-of-the-art office in Hereford city centre, designed to encourage collaboration, teamwork, and creativity. This is a permanent Frontend Engineer role working in a hybrid pattern of three days onsite each week. We are a growing team with shared values of integrity, teamwork, accountability, and an entrepreneurial approach.

• two days of paid volunteering


• career growth opportunities


• staff discounts


• company pension


• five weeks of holiday with the option to buy an extra week


• birthday leave


• free parking


• health and wellbeing programme

last updated 31 week of 2026