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Senior Frontend Engineer

LB641
  • £80,000 - £90,000
  • London Area

Do you have experience building enterprise-grade, customer-facing web applications from the ground up?


Are you looking for a role where you can take real ownership, solve complex technical challenges, influence frontend strategy, and build products used by some of the world’s leading asset management firms?


🚀 Senior Frontend Engineer – FinTech 🚀


📍 Location: London – hybrid (3-5 days per week)

💰 Salary: Up to £90k

🧠 Experience: 4+ years building enterprise-grade web applications


I’m excited to be working with a highly regarded specialist fintech that creates highly personalised investment reporting solutions for clients ranging from agile startup boutiques to some of the world’s largest asset management firms. 📈💵


Their platform is business-critical and highly visible, delivering key investment information to investors worldwide. With such a significant impact on their clients and end users, quality, attention to detail and effortless customisation are at the heart of everything they build.


They’re now looking for a Senior Frontend Engineer to take ownership of building data-driven web applications and widgets for a range of high-profile clients, while helping shape the future of their growing product suite. 🚀


💡 You’ll work directly on:


  • Building enterprise-grade, data-driven web applications and interactive widgets
  • Creating high-quality, customer-facing products used by leading asset management firms
  • Taking projects from initial brief through to delivery
  • Working closely with teams across the business to solve complex technical and product challenges
  • Contributing to the frontend roadmap and helping shape future technical direction
  • Improving development processes and ensuring projects are delivered effectively
  • Mentoring junior engineers and sharing technical expertise across the business


✅ They’re particularly interested in engineers who have:


  • 4+ years of commercial experience building enterprise-grade websites or web applications
  • A strong academic background from Russell Group university 
  • Strong React and Typescript experience as well as UI/UX Design
  • A proven track record of building client-facing products from the ground up
  • A strong understanding of modern frontend design patterns and web fundamentals
  • Experience creating data-driven or highly interactive web applications
  • Strong problem-solving skills and an analytical, inquisitive mindset
  • Excellent communication skills and the confidence to challenge ideas and drive projects forward


💻 Tech stack:


  • React
  • Typescript
  • JavaScript
  • UI/UX
  • Django


🔎 What they’re looking for:


  • A self-starter who can contribute from day one
  • Someone who takes real ownership and enjoys solving complex challenges
  • Exceptional attention to detail and pride in delivering work to a high standard
  • A strong product mindset with genuine care for users and customer outcomes
  • Someone who asks the right questions early and communicates effectively throughout a project
  • A collaborative engineer who enjoys working closely with people across the business
  • An interest in mentoring others and taking on additional responsibility over time


🚀 Why join?


  • Work on highly visible, business-critical products used by global financial institutions
  • Take ownership of client-facing applications from concept through to delivery
  • Have genuine influence over the frontend roadmap and technical direction
  • Join a close-knit, collaborative team of around 30 people
  • Work in an environment where engineers have real visibility and impact
  • Take on additional responsibility and help shape the future of the engineering team
  • Solve varied, complex challenges rather than working in a silo


If you’re excited by the opportunity to build high-quality, customer-facing products, take real ownership, and make a visible impact within a collaborative fintech environment, this could be the role for you.


Interested? Apply now 🚀

Kirsty Myers Java & Kotlin Recruitment Consultant

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