Front End Developer

Manchester (office-first working policy; office-first to foster collaboration, alignment, and community)

Reports to

Development Lead

Hours of work

37.5 hours per week. Flexi-time model with a 7.5-hour day (start as early as 8:00 or finish as late as 18:00), core collaboration hours between 10:00 and 16:00. Office-first emphasis to support high-touch leadership, team cohesion, and cross-functional influence.

Day-to-day responsibilities include but are not limited to the below:

• Feature Development (70%): Dive deep into the creation of our SaaS products, working alongside a dynamic, cross-functional team, getting involved in every stage from brainstorming sessions to deployment, ensuring that our solutions not only meet but exceed our high standards and delight our customers.
• Technical Development (20%): As with all software, it's not only what our customers see that makes it successful. Your role will include analysis, proposal and execution of technical improvements to give us the best foundation for our software evolution, as well as opportunities to improve tooling and processes.
• Personal Development (10%): At BrightHR, growth is a constant. Allocate time to expand your knowledge, keeping abreast of the latest industry trends, tools, and techniques to push your capabilities and our solutions forward.

Essential:

• Client-side Typescript
• Modern React development (Hooks, Context, React Query)
• Unit & Component testing using React Testing Library
• Advanced version control using Git
• Working with REST API's
• CSS

Desirable:

• Experience using Cloudflare workers.
• Performance optimisation experience (caching, query structuring)
• Well-versed in accessibility best practice (keyboard support, screen readers, form usability)
• Knowledge of various front-end architectural patterns
• Experience with Observability as a practice (e.g. TrackJs, Sentry, GA)
• Component library development using Storybook
• Knowledge of E2E testing, * A hands-on engineer with a love for technology and a strong belief in producing high-quality, resilient services with an aspiration to achieve engineering excellence.
• Nimble and adaptable, with the ability to quickly adjust to new challenges and be pragmatic when required.
• Proactive in seeking out and evaluating emerging technologies that can add value to the platform.
• Demonstrable experience in technical delivery and Agile methodologies.
• You love face-to-face collaboration and being part of a close-knit tech community.
• Ambitious & passionate with a desire to develop your skills alongside your peers.
• You're comfortable interacting with both technical & non-technical stakeholders.
• You understand and promote robust testing strategies to ensure code reliability and quality.

Pulled from the full job description

• Referral programme
• Employee discount
• Life insurance
• Employee assistance programme
• Company pension
• Cycle to work scheme
• Season ticket loan, * Enhanced holidays - 25 days increasing to 27 after 2 years' service and 28 after 5 years' service (22 Days for Field Sales)
• Private health care cover after 5 years' service
• New business referral scheme
• Access to Health Shield
• Access to the EAP service
• Refer a friend scheme
• Paid birthday leave
• Pension scheme contribution increasing to 5% after 5 years' service and again to 7% after 7 years' service
• Group life insurance
• Eye care contribution
• Free fruit (office-based staff)
• Travel Season Ticket loan scheme
• Milestone recognition
• Discounted products - Manchester City centre parking (AO Arena) / First Bus Travel Club Membership / Microsoft Home User programme / Anglian Home Improvements
• Pace health Club (situated in the park Inn) discounted gym membership and spa treatments
• Park Inn 20% food and drink discount
• New Century 20% food and drink discount
• Revolution De Cuba 20% food and drink discount
• Cycle 2 Work scheme* after probationary period
• On site Gym
• Bright Exchange perks

Values & Behaviours

• Living the company values of We care, We take action, we innovate, we inform, and we do the right thing
• We lead by example and recognise those living our values
• We drive the narrative by inspiring and engaging our team
• We collaborate with rigor and embrace diversity of thought
• We deliver with a united voice
• We take ownership by staying close to team performance by Super Coaching and Walking the Walk
• We keep our approach simple and stick to the playbook to deliver on promise
• We think critically and commercially, assess the situation before jumping to the solution

We are BrightHR; the only software powered by HR, health & safety, and legal experts. Everything you need to simply manage your staff, all in one place, PLUS free tools to set your business apart.

We are on a mission to transform people management for businesses. We've been making life easier for employers since 2015 with our range of innovative software, are providing HR, H&S, and business support to over 95,000 businesses globally.

We are a people business. The market moves quickly and so do we. We put the customer first, working hard and always looking ahead, purposefully innovating to ensure peace of mind.