Senior Software Engineer (React/Typescript) in Belfast

We're working with a fast-growing technology business that uses AI, data and technology to transform how insurance companies and agents acquire customers through digital channels. Their Belfast engineering team is responsible for a high-traffic digital marketplace that plays a critical role in the wider business. The platform is continually evolving, with a strong focus on functionality, performance, user experience and modern engineering practices.

The Role

• You'll be joining a small, collaborative engineering team working closely with internal stakeholders to build and enhance a major customer-facing platform.
• The role is strongly front-end focused, with React and TypeScript at the heart of the technology stack.
• There will also be opportunities to contribute across the wider application, including some backend development.
• A significant part of the team's development environment involves AI-assisted engineering and agentic AI.
• You'll have the opportunity to mentor more junior engineers and contribute to technical direction.

What You'll Be Doing

• Building and improving high-traffic customer-facing web applications.
• Developing primarily with React and TypeScript.
• Contributing to backend development where required.
• Working across a modern cloud-based engineering environment.
• Using AI-assisted development tools as part of your day-to-day engineering workflow.
• Contributing to technical design and architectural discussions.
• Working closely with product and internal stakeholders to understand requirements and deliver effective technical solutions.
• Helping mentor and support junior members of the team.
• Taking ownership of projects and being able to clearly articulate your technical decisions and their impact.

What We're Looking For

• Around 4-5 years of commercial software engineering experience, or someone who is at an early Senior Engineer level.
• Strong commercial experience with React.
• Excellent TypeScript skills.
• Experience building and maintaining modern front-end applications.
• Some experience with backend development.
• Experience working with AWS would be beneficial, although this isn't essential.
• A genuine interest in modern AI-assisted development and emerging engineering practices.
• Strong understanding of software architecture, design patterns and technical decision-making.
• The ability to communicate technical concepts clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• A collaborative approach and strong relationship-building skills.
• Experience mentoring junior developers would be highly desirable.

The Team

You'll be joining a close-knit engineering team consisting of: 1 Lead Engineer, 2 Senior Engineers, 1 Junior Engineer, Engineering Manager. The role reports into an experienced Engineering Manager and offers plenty of scope to develop your technical skills and progress through a clear engineering career ladder.

Benefits

• Flexibility around salary for the right candidate.
• 15% annual bonus based on company and individual performance.
• Bonus has historically paid above target over the last three years.
• £400 lifestyle allowance.
• Clear engineering career progression.
• Hybrid working - 3 days per week in the Belfast office.

Why This Role?

This is a great opportunity for a developer who has reached the Senior Engineer stage - or is just getting there - and wants to take the next step in their career. You'll be working on a critical, high-traffic platform, using React and TypeScript alongside modern AI-assisted engineering practices, while having the opportunity to broaden your technical skill set, work closely with stakeholders and mentor other engineers.