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# Frontend Software Engineer , UI Foundations - Confluent

- **Company:** IBM
- **Location:** London, UK
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** JavaScript (Programming Language), HTML5, Unit Testing, Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), Continuous Integration, Data Infrastructure, Web Development, E2e Testing, Software Deployment, Software Engineering, TypeScript, Web Applications, Web Application Frameworks, Apache Yarn, ReactJS, Delivery Pipeline, Webpack, Playwright, Build Tools, Npm(Software), Graphql, Front End Software Development, Terraform, Confluent
- **Published:** August 10, 2026
- **Apply:** https://dejobs.org/x/x/C668870528DC47A783B3C9600802A198/job/

## About the Role

* Experience: Professional software development experience building web applications.
 * Core Web Tech: Strong foundation in modern JavaScript/TypeScript, HTML5, CSS, algorithms, and application design.
 * Frameworks & Testing: Hands-on experience with React (or equivalent modern frameworks), unit testing (Jest), and E2E testing frameworks like Playwright.
 * Tooling & Ecosystem: Familiarity with modern frontend build tools (Webpack, Rspack, Babel, NPM/Yarn).
 * Data-Intensive Apps: Experience building responsive client-side web applications tailored for complex data environments.
 * Deployment & Systems: Familiarity with continuous integration, deployment workflows, and managing web application builds.

Preferred technical and professional experience

Hands-on experience or familiarity with Terraform for Infrastructure as Code (IaC).

## Description

We are looking for a Frontend Software Engineer to join our UI Foundations team.

The UI Foundations team empowers engineers across Confluent with the processes, tools, technologies, and guidance necessary to deliver a consistent and exceptional user experience. In this role, you will help build the core building blocks and infrastructure that directly power and improve Confluent Cloud.

What You Will Do

 * Build & Maintain Core UI Infrastructure: Work with our modern stack based on TypeScript and React.

 * Design Systems & Productivity: Contribute to our Design System and engineer tooling to boost overall frontend developer efficiency.

 * Performance & Architecture: Monitor and optimize UI performance while participating in frontend architectural decisions.

 * API Integration: Connect client-side applications to multiple REST and GraphQL APIs.

 * Testing & Quality Assurance:

Write unit tests using Jest.

Maintain and write end-to-end (E2E) test suites using Playwright to ensure high-quality, resilient releases.

 * Modern CI/CD:

Participate in daily production deployments, using feature flags and commit-level testing environments to ship code safely.

Utilize automation tools and bots to maintain dynamic dependencies.


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