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About the role
You’ll contribute to the design, development, and maintenance of a critical part of our platform, helping deliver seamless and high‑quality user experiences across our applications. You’ll work closely with product, design, and backend teams to build new features, improve performance, and ensure technical excellence in everything you deliver.
You’ll take ownership of your work from concept to release, write clean and maintainable code, participate in code reviews, and help drive consistent engineering standards across the team. You’ll also diagnose and resolve complex issues, contribute to architectural decisions, and play an active role in shaping the evolution of our platform.
WhatYou’llDo
Build andmaintainahigh‑qualityReact application.
Integrate with RESTful andGraphQLAPIs.
Diagnose, debug, and resolve issues across the stack, ensuring a smooth and reliable user experience.
Participate in code reviews, offering constructive feedback and helping improve overall code quality.
Workcross‑functionallywith designers, PMs, and QA to deliver featuresend‑to‑end
Support continuous improvement efforts by sharing knowledge, proposing enhancements, and adopting best practices.
Contribute to architectural discussions and help shape the technical direction ofour app.
WhatWe’reLooking For
8+ years of professionalwebdevelopment experience, with 5+ years using React
Experience in a senior role and mentoring junior engineers.
Strongproficiencyin React, including hooks, functional components, andstate‑managementpatterns
Solid understanding of TypeScript andtype‑safefrontend development.
Strong understanding of securewebdevelopment, especially within financial or regulated environments.
Strong debugging andperformance‑optimizationskills in modern browsers.
Excellent communication skills and experience working in agile environments.
Comfort writing unit and integration tests using Jest, React Testing Library, or Cypress/Playwright.
Nice to Have
Hands‑onexperience with AWS services relevant to frontend workflows (e.g, S3, API Gateway, Lambda).
Experience in fintech or banking applications.
Familiarity with feature driven modular architecture.
Familiarity with Module Federationand micro frontend architecture
Interview Process
Stage 1 – Discussion with the hiring manager(30 mins)
A brief conversation to explore your background, motivations, and fit for the team and role.
Stage 2 –Take home technical test (self paced)
A small technical test designed toshowcaseyour knowledge of skillset of React & TypeScript
Stage3– Technical Interview (90 mins)
Ahands‑ondeep dive into your Reactexpertise, covering coding, architecture, andproblem‑solvingWe will also discuss your take home testBe ready to share your screen during the technical discussion part of the interview.
Stage 4 – Final Interview (30 mins)
A final call with a member of our Engineering leadership team
Why us?
Here at HL, we’re the UK’s number 1 investment platform for private investors, based in Bristol. For more than 40 years we’ve helped investors save time, tax and money on their investments.
To achieve our mission, we believe we have a workplace like no other, with constant learning, dynamic teams, and a great ethos. We're steered by core values that promote service, quality, innovation, and opportunity in everything we do.
What's on offer?
* dependant on role level
** only available to select during our annual benefits window, in November each year
Hargreaves Lansdown is an inclusive employer that values diversity in its workforce. We encourage applications from all individuals without regard to race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, disability or age.
This role may also be available on a flexible working or part time basis – please ask the Recruitment & Onboarding team for more information.
Please note, we are unable to provide employment sponsorship to candidates.
We’re the UK’s number 1 investment platform for private investors, based in Bristol. For more than 40 years we’ve helped investors save time, tax and money on their investments. Today we're trusted by over 2 million clients.
Our service allows clients to bring all their ISAs, pensions, SIPPS, and savings into one easy to manage place, allowing them to be in control.
