Front End Developer in Edinburgh

Are you a passionate Front End Developer ready to elevate user experiences to the next level? Do you love creating intuitive, modern interfaces and want to make a real impact in how people interact with technology? If you’re excited by the idea of blending UI craftsmanship with strong UX awareness, this could be the perfect next step in your career.

At Protect Line, we’re not just a life insurance broker—we’re innovators who are redefining how technology is used across our business. This is an incredible opportunity to join a forward-thinking team where your expertise will help shape the evolution of our in-house CRM. Our tech community thrives on creativity, collaboration, and a shared ambition to build extraordinary tools that empower our people to deliver outstanding results.

Investing in Our People to Protect Yours

At Protect Line, we believe that investing in every employee provides a platform for opportunity and growth. Helping people become the best version of themselves is key to delivering an exceptional service that stands out for its authentic care and trust. We view protection as a promise for the future, focusing on keeping our promises, so you can keep yours.

Our Values

• Care
• Collaborate
• Dare
• Deliver

As a Front End Developer, you will be:

• Crafting sleek, modern, and user-focused UI features that enhance the user experience within our CRM.
• Taking ownership of a reusable component library that drives consistency and elevates design standards across the platform.
• Applying UX best practices to guide design decisions and championing accessibility in every feature you build.
• Working closely with a dedicated team of three PHP Developers, ensuring seamless integration across the stack.
• Contributing to front end architectural decisions to ensure our platform remains robust, scalable, and maintainable.
• Using appropriate services and tools to validate accessibility and continuously raise the bar for inclusivity.

What Makes You Shine

• Solid understanding of front end architecture and best practices.
• Experience optimising and maintaining front end performance.
• Ability to design, build, and maintain a reusable component library.
• Strong awareness of UX principles and accessibility standards.
• Strong proficiency in TypeScript, vanilla JavaScript, and modern JavaScript frameworks.

Advantageous but by no means essential

• Experience with Angular.
• Familiarity with GIT version control and associated best practices.
• Experience integrating with PHP frameworks (particularly Symfony).
• Background working in a fast-paced Agile environment.

What We Offer

• Enhanced Family Leave: Generous maternity, paternity, adoption, and surrogacy packages offer substantial support during those important life changes.
• Flexible Time Off: Holiday entitlement rising with length of service as well as the opportunity to purchase additional leave or convert unused days into extra pay! Plus, take paid leave for appointments, emergencies, or any of life’s surprises.
• Celebrate Life: Enjoy extra paid days off for birthdays, weddings, new home purchases, and your child’s first birthday.
• Professional Benefits Scheme: Tailored rewards for technical and professional support staff, including training allowances, desk support packages, wellbeing support and car allowances.
• Temporary Remote Working: Experience exciting opportunities to work from different locations, including abroad.
• Paid Charity Work: Make a difference with our 'Day to Make a Difference' initiative, giving you one paid day off a year to engage in meaningful charity work.
• Epic Company Events: Our Summer and Christmas parties are legendary—get ready to join the fun!
• Sabbatical Opportunities: After 15 years of service, enjoy 4 weeks of paid leave to explore, learn, or recharge.
• Refer & Earn: Bring a friend onboard and pocket £1,500 for each successful hire!
• Perks Galore: From eye care vouchers to retailer discounts, enjoy a variety of benefits.
• Secure Your Future: Benefit from our pension scheme, death in service benefits, and more.

So come and join our extraordinary team of customer champions who are all about doing the right thing in every way imaginable. We don’t settle for ordinary; we strive for extraordinary! So, if you’re someone who loves turning good outcomes into incredible ones, then get ready for an exhilarating adventure with us!

At Protect Line, we believe in equality, diversity, and inclusion. We’re proud to be a place where anyone with any background or experience can flourish. Come see for yourself, and be part of something amazing!

Whilst we would love to be able to respond to every application we receive, it isn’t always possible due to the high volume we receive each day. If you have not heard from us within 7 working days, please assume that your application has not been successful.