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# Senior Front End Developer

- **Company:** Candour Solutions LTD
- **Location:** Manchester, UK
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** £60,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** JavaScript (Programming Language), Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Microsoft Azure, Cloud Computing, Continuous Integration, DevOps, Design of User Interfaces, PostgreSQL, Node.Js, Prism (Software), Next.js, Systems Integration, Openapi, Network Routers, ReactJS, Caching, Backend, Material UI, Playwright, Front End Software Development, Code Restructuring, Api Management, Docker
- **Published:** September 27, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.adzuna.co.uk/jobs/details/5899592879

## About the Role

* Extensive commercial experience with React.js, Next.js, and Node.js
 * Strong hands-on experience with modern Next.js architecture, including App Router and server-rendering patterns
 * Proven experience delivering frontend refactors, migrations, or significant application modernisation
 * Strong understanding of modern frontend development principles and best practices
 * Experience integrating frontend applications with APIs and backend services
 * Ability to work independently and take ownership of technical decisions
 * Strong communication skills and confidence working with technical and non-technical stakeholders
 * Proactive, collaborative, and delivery-focused approach
 * Experience working within enterprise or complex digital transformation environments is advantageous
 * Candidates must be UK-based and have the right to work in the UK

## Description

* Integrate frontend functionality with an OpenAPI-driven Node.js backend
 * Lead the refactor of an existing frontend application using Next.js App Router
 * Implement and optimise Server Components and Server Actions
 * Develop scalable, maintainable UI components using React and Next.js
 * Implement and optimise client-side and server-side caching strategies
 * Improve application stability, performance, and overall user experience
 * Work closely with UX/UI designers to translate designs into high-quality frontend solutions
 * Collaborate with backend engineers to align frontend implementation with API contracts
 * Contribute to the refinement of user stories, requirements, and delivery plans
 * Participate in stakeholder discussions and presentations where required
 * Contribute to frontend architecture and technical decision-making

Technologies:

 * API
 * Azure
 * Backend
 * CI/CD
 * DevOps
 * Docker
 * Frontend
 * OpenAPI
 * Playwright
 * PostgreSQL
 * Prisma
 * React
 * UX UI Design
 * NodeJS
 * Cloud
 * Support
 * JavaScript, We are an established digital transformation team undergoing an exciting period of growth and change. This is a permanent Senior Developer opportunity based in Chester with flexible hybrid working, offering a salary of £50,000 to £60,000 per annum. You will join at an important stage of a business-critical programme, helping to modernise and refactor an existing management platform that supports complex operational and management workflows. We offer genuine ownership of frontend architecture, the chance to work with modern technologies including React, Next.js, Node.js, Playwright, PostgreSQL, Prisma, Docker, Azure DevOps, and Azure CI/CD pipelines, and the opportunity to make a significant impact on the performance, scalability, and future direction of an enterprise digital product.


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