Connectr Talent Technology is a HR technology business, part of a wider group business – Connectr. The group business has Diversity & Inclusion baked into its DNA and this is at the heart of our mission. We are the SaaS technology of choice for Enterprise businesses – such as British Airways, Lloyds Banking Group, M&S and GSK (to name a few) - that care about diversity and candidate experience.
Our product is focussed on improving candidate experience from recruitment through to onboarding. With an extensive feature set - including real time mentoring, e-learning, events management and job boards - we aim to level the playing field for underrepresented talent, reducing drop-out rates and improving tenure.
Connectr champions an inclusive, respectful, and creative culture for our own people, values which are reflected in our team.We show care and candour in everything we do. We embrace new ideas, take calculated risks, communicate openly and proudly deliver our shared mission.When we are not working remotely, we are based in the Southbank Technopark, alongside other tech start-ups, in the vibrant Elephant and Castle, with its excellent transport links and Mercato Metropolitano food market.
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About the role
We are looking for a Front-end Engineer to join our hybrid London based team on a permanent basis. As a member of our team, you will take pride in ensuring that our platform is exceeding expectations and offering our users a brilliant online experience. Working with a modern stack, you will be joining us as we innovate and push towards delivering new features to delight our users.
We will expect you to be an excellent collaborator, using your expertise to understand and solve user problems, challenge existing thinking and help others in the team to do the same. You will be working in a cross-functional team on responsive single page web applications using TypeScript and React, and naturally you will have a strong eye for user experience. We are always impressed by an eagerness to learn and a proactive attitude.
We are a friendly, supportive team and sharing knowledge and expertise, through peer reviews and pairing, is key to our success. We are proud of our Developer Experience and Product Discovery processes; and you can expect end-to-end automation and full involvement in feature innovation and design. Our collective experience results in great outcomes for our users.
This role would suit a Junior with some good commercial experience, looking to step into their first Mid role, or a Mid looking for a new opportunity to grow their skills and contribute to our tech for good mission.
Key Responsibilities
* Develop, test, and maintain web applications using React.js, TypeScript, and related front-end technologies as part of a cross-functional Product team.
* Collaborate with designers, product managers, and back-end engineers to deliver high-quality, scalable features.
* Write clean, reusable, and well-documented code following best practices and coding standards.
* Optimize applications for performance, scalability, and accessibility.
* Participate in code reviews and contribute to the continuous improvement of the development process.
* Stay current with emerging front-end technologies and aim to improve your technical ability through a combination of pairing and self-directed learning.
Skills / Experience
* Demonstrable experience of developing responsive web applications in a commercial environment with React.js.
* Testing mindset with exposure to unit testing and end-to-end testing frameworks (ideally Jest & Playwright).
* Commitment to accessibility and inclusive design.
* Experience with build tools and version control (Vite & Git).
* Experience working in an Agile team.
* Experience with GraphQL and Apollo Client.
Key Performance Indicators
* Successful delivery of software to agreed timeframes and standards
* Proactive collaboration with other teams
* Contributions to meetings, informal training and technical discussions
* Contributions to engineering team culture; collaboration, learning and innovation
* Actively improves own skills through self-directed learning
* Standard of peer reviewed documentation (where relevant)
Benefits
* Flexible hybrid working
* Competitive salary and annual review
* Salary sacrifice pension scheme
* Enhanced maternity cover and paternity leave
* Wellbeing allowance including activity rewards from Yulife
* Christmas and Summer team parties
* Volunteer days and ways to give back to our communities
Information Security
Ensure compliance of your team to all rules, policies, and regulations at Connectr including HR policies, D&I best practice and information security and data privacy guidelines. All positions at Connectr hold responsibility for being up to date and in adherence to information security training, guidance and policies provided by Connectr on information security, including GDPR.
Connectr’s commitment
Connectr is committed to creating an inclusive environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We believe that diverse companies are more innovative and better positioned to succeed. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status.
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