Frontend Engineer
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Job description
As part of the Engineering team, you'll be working on a suite of innovative products that monitor over US$26 trillion in assets under management (20% of the global total!) every single day, used by some of the world's largest Investment Managers. In Engineering we value professionalism, sustainability, and respect; we hold each other to high standards, give each other considered and constructive feedback, work smart, and look out for each other. Learn more about our engineering culture here!, As part of the engineering team, you'll be working on a suite of innovative products that monitor over US$26 trillion in assets under management every single day, used by some of the world's largest Investment Managers. We are looking for an Entry to Mid-Level Front End Engineer who can help drive innovation and deliver great software at pace while also keeping sustainability in mind. We need highly motivated, intelligent people hungry for a challenge. At FundApps, you'll see the inner workings of a fast-growing, bootstrapped scaleup where we expect all Engineers to take responsibility for their part in our success, seek support when needed, and care equally about our products and client outcomes as you do about writing code. We solve business problems through technology, not just ship code. We like keeping our tech stack modern and are not afraid to invest to keep it cutting edge! As such we've implemented a component-library that allows our more backend focused folk to create new interfaces with ease; we're using nx to break down a monolithic UI into discrete products; and we are looking forward to connecting our products in new ways this year, with your help.
Our tech stack
- Front-end: React, TypeScript, Rest APIs, React Testing Library, Cypress
- Back-end: C#
- Data storage: PostgreSQL; Amazon storage including Aurora, DynamoDB, S3
- Infrastructure: Terraform & AWS, using Fargate, Lambdas, Step functions, and a lot more!
- Pipeline: GitHub Actions, Serverless
What You'll Be Working On
- Working closely with product experts, customers and the rest of our technical team.
- Building new features end-to-end with your team across our growing range of products.
- Being an integral member of our UI Guild to continually improve shared processes to build, test and release our software
- Teaching and guiding engineers with less experience in frontend how to build things right and to optimise our product for our clients.
- Contributing flexibly across the whole stack as needed. Whilst we have .NET at the core of our stack, we're pragmatic about other technologies and open-minded about your technology background.
- Breaking down complex epics into bite-sized stories to optimise for flow (we work Kanban-style).
- Working with Product and Engineering management to deliver value continuously, and keep all stakeholders in the loop., FundApps is a company powered by experts, with a client community of 1000s and a culture underpinned by ethics. Oh - and we make the best regulatory software so our clients can "get a good night's sleep now they have FundApps' [real client quote] Many lawyers, ex-regulators, info sec and other experts work for the B Corp that is FundApps. We are all about future-proofing our compliance monitoring and reporting software so we can always monitor the £30trn (and growing) of AuM for the industry's most active and happy global compliance community [we get top notch NPS + CSAT scores year after year]. Good people, good business, good ethics. We are FundApps.
Requirements
Do you have experience in TypeScript?, * Experience with React and React Hooks
- Strong JavaScript and Typescript
- Strong proficiency in HTML and CSS
- Experience using monorepo and build tools like Nx, Vite or similar libraries
- Experience with responsive and adaptive design
- Experience of agile development practices - at work or in your own projects (TDD, CI/CD) Familiarity working with REST APIs
For Extra Sparkle
- Strong proficiency in testing frameworks (i.e. Testing Library, Jest, Cypress and Playwright)
- Experience working with design systems
- Strong commitment to web accessibility, security and performance
- Experience with ASP.NET Web API, MVC or similar frameworks
- Familiarity with AWS services (S3, DynamoDB and similar)
Benefits & conditions
The range for this role is £65,000 - £75,000 depending on skills and experience. If you get warm fuzzy feelings about what we're trying to achieve at FundApps, then we want to hear from you! Work Eligibility
We require candidates to have permission to work in the UK without visa sponsorship. We work hybrid and ask that new FundAppers spend 3 days per week at our shiny London office during their first 6 months, to make the most of getting to know the business and other FundAppers.
After that, our policy is at least 2 days per week in the office to collaborate, connect and enjoy our shared space and team activities. Life at FundApps
Work/life balance with flexible hybrid working Wellbeing benefits such as private health insurance, life insurance, a flexible stipend and mental health coaching Matched pension contribution up to 10% Peer micro-bonuses through Bonusly £1,000 learning budget each year and unlimited professional development leave Peer-led 'Brown-bag lunch' learning sessions and an annual Learning Festival 25 days holiday leave + an extra day next year if you use it all + an extra day after 3 & 5 years 5 Years @ FundApps - additional 4 weeks paid holiday leave during your 5th year as a FundApper 26 weeks leave for all new parents regardless of gender, location or family structure ️ Volunteering leave Birthday off
We are proud of the diversity of all FundAppers - it makes us strong. We provide flexibility around religious observances and embrace a variety of cultural celebrations! If you're looking for a workplace where you can just be yourself, you're in the right place. Your Privacy
