About the Role

Job Title: Senior Frontend Engineer
Location: London
Employment Type: Full-time
Department: Engineering

Overview

As a Senior Frontend Engineer in the Documents team, you will join a newly formed product squad focused on document-related challenges, including extraction, understanding, and processing.

Responsibilities

• Lead frontend projects by defining systems, building proof of concepts, and delivering new service functionality.
• Craft high-quality code that adheres to best practices and maintainability standards.
• Develop and engineer internal and external web applications for the 9fin platform.
• Research, experiment, automate, and refactor using new technologies within the stack.
• Implement test automation from unit tests to end-to-end testing.
• Collaborate with product managers and UX designers for continuous code release.
• Take the lead on technical planning and design of new functionalities.
• Contribute to building and maintaining the design system and component library.
• Mentor junior developers and promote knowledge sharing.
• Write high-quality documentation and implement user/system metrics for continuous improvement.

Frontend Stack

• React 18
• Typescript
• React Query
• Jest, React Testing Library, Playwright
• Storybook
• Launch Darkly feature flagging
• Next.js
• Vite

About You

This role is a great fit if you:

• Have experience with React, modern ES6, and TypeScript.
• Understand design systems and their importance in maintaining consistency and scalability.
• Are knowledgeable about core frontend concepts and their interaction with the DOM.
• Collaborate effectively with business colleagues, engineers, UX designers, and product managers.
• Can identify tech debt and advocate for frontend improvements.
• Have experience in backend development, cloud platforms, SQL database modeling, DevOps practices, and CI/CD pipelines (preferred but not essential).
• Can evaluate new technologies and present proof-of-concepts.

Benefits

• Competitive salary benchmarked at the top end of the market.
• Equity options.
• Pension contributions (minimum 4% with 9fin matching up to 7%).
• Private medical and dental insurance.
• Paid sick leave with income protection for long-term illness.
• Group life assurance.
• Season ticket loan and cycle to work schemes.
• 25 holiday days per year plus local public holidays.
• Hybrid working model for flexibility.
• Work abroad for up to 3 months a year.
• 1 month paid sabbatical after 5 years of service.
• Enhanced parental leave and flexible working arrangements.
• Professional learning and development budget.
• Quarterly team socials and bi-annual engineering hackathons.
• Travel and accommodation budget for social events.

9fin is an equal opportunities employer, dedicated to building a fair and inclusive workplace where everyone can reach their full potential.