About The Role
Senior Front End Engineer - React Specialist
Hereford, England, United Kingdom
Type: Permanent
Working Pattern: Hybrid
Who Are We?
MandM is one of the biggest employers in Herefordshire and one of Europe’s leading online, off-price retailers, selling branded Fashion, Sport & Outdoor products for Men, Women and Children.
We offer our customers fantastic value by partnering with companies who we have built long term relationships with, enabling us to offer our customers big household names and up-and-coming brands, giving fantastic value all year round.
We are located in the heart of Hereford City Centre in our brand new, state of the art office. The modern, stylish workspace was designed to encourage collaborative working, teamwork and creativity - everything that MandM is all about.
As our business continues to grow we are recruiting for a talented Senior Front End Engineer to join our growing team. Why not come be a part of our journey to success and take advantage of all MandM can offer you!
Role Scope
As a Senior Frontend Engineer at MandM, you are an experienced developer who works with minimal support and is a key technical influencer and mentor within the team. This is a hands-on, individual contributor role focused purely on technical excellence.
✨Role Key Responsibilities
1. Lead Technical Design and Implementation: Take ownership of complex frontend features and architectural decisions, ensuring scalability, maintainability, and optimal performance across all applications.
2. Be a React/Next.js Expert: Leverage advanced React and Next.js features, including Server Components, client-side rendering, routing, and data fetching within the App Router paradigm to build robust, modern applications.
3. Code Quality and Standards: Establish and enforce high-quality coding standards, conducting thorough code reviews, and advocating for best practices in state management, testing, and component architecture.
4. Write Clean, Accessible Code: Be responsible for writing accessible code, ensuring high standards of accessibility (A11Y) and responsiveness across all devices.
5. Drive Technical Direction: Help set direction and embed good practice within teams, providing guidance on modern development standards, tooling, and best practices.
6. Mentorship and Coaching: Actively mentor mid-level and junior engineers, sharing your expertise in React, Next.js, and general software development principles, fostering a culture of continuous learning and technical excellence.
7. Cross-Functional Collaboration: Work closely with backend engineers, product managers, and designers to translate high-level requirements and designs into tangible, user-friendly interfaces.
8. Performance Optimization: Identify and resolve performance and security issues, optimizing load times and ensuring a seamless user experience.
9. Mentor and Collaborate: Teach and mentor other developers on technical skills and best practices. Collaborate effectively with other disciplines (UX/Design, Backend) to understand requirements and deliver the best user experience.
10. Focus on the User: Champion user research and collaborate with interaction designers to ensure all development meets genuine user needs.
About You
✨Skills & Competencies
Hard Skills (Technical Expertise)
11. Mastery of React and the Ecosystem: Extensive experience with React hooks, component lifecycle, functional components, and popular state management libraries (e.g., Redux, Zustand, or equivalent).
12. Next.js Specialisation: Proven track record building large-scale applications with Next.js, specifically leveraging the App Router, Server Components, data fetching strategies, and deployment best practices.
13. Advanced Styling Solutions: Expertise in modern CSS approaches, particularly using Vanilla Extract CSS (or similar CSS-in-JS/CSS modules solutions) for maintainable and scalable styling.
14. Common Frontend Technologies: Strong command of HTML5, CSS3, and modern web APIs. Experience with bundling tools (e.g., Webpack, Vite) and package managers (npm, yarn).
15. Testing and Quality Assurance: Solid experience writing unit, integration, and end-to-end tests (e.g., Vitest, React Testing Library, Cypress).
16. Programming and Build: Experience building, testing, and documenting user interfaces of medium to high complexity, using appropriate standards and tools.
17. RESTful APIs: Experience consuming and integrating with backend services via RESTful APIs.
18. Accessibility: Ability to champion accessibility to internal stakeholders and build user interfaces that meet a predefined set of standards.
19. Web Performance Optimisation: Skilled at identifying and resolving web performance issues and collecting data to monitor them.
Soft Skills (Leadership and Communication)
20. Mentorship and Teaching: Proven ability to coach, guide, and inspire team members, providing constructive feedback and technical direction.
21. Problem-Solving and Critical Thinking: Excellent analytical skills with a proactive approach to identifying, diagnosing, and solving complex technical challenges.
22. Communication: Outstanding written and verbal communication skills, capable of articulating complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
23. Ownership and Accountability: A strong sense of responsibility for the quality and delivery of features and projects.
24. Collaboration: Ability to thrive in a collaborative, agile environment and contribute positively.