Job Description
Frontend Developer – React – Sunderland – Hybrid (2 days from office) – up to £45K DOE
We’re looking for a Frontend Developer to join a growing engineering team building thoughtfully designed, research-informed digital products. You’ll focus primarily on a major professional learning platform, with opportunities to contribute to additional tools across the wider product ecosystem.
This is a great opportunity for someone who enjoys creating high-quality user experiences, crafting intuitive interfaces, and owning features from early design through to production. While the role is frontend-focused, you’ll collaborate closely with backend developers and work confidently with APIs and data-driven UIs. Their frontend stack centres on React, with a strong emphasis on usability, accessibility, testing, and long-term maintainability.
You’ll work closely with Engineering, Product, Design, and Research teams, contributing to software used globally by educators and school leaders.
Skills
* Experience building modern frontend applications
* Strong understanding of HTML, CSS, JavaScript
* Experience with component-based frameworks (React)
* Comfortable working with APIs and data-driven UIs
* Familiarity with agile development
Desirable
* Experience with React and modern tooling
* Knowledge of automated testing tools and approaches
* Understanding of accessibility standards (e.g., WCAG)
* Experience collaborating with backend teams and RESTful APIs
* Exposure to performance optimisation or frontend monitoring
* Experience deploying frontend apps or working with CI/CD
Salary for this role is up to £45K DOE
Benefits include
* Motivated and supportive team
* Uncapped annual leave
* Flexible working policy – core hours 10am-3pm and flexi-time scheme.
* Hybrid working – 2 days from office.
* Generous parental leave
* Salary sacrifice options
* Pension scheme
* Mentorship and growth opportunities
* And more
This role is ideal for an experienced frontend engineer seeking more ownership, a full-stack developer leaning towards frontend, or someone moving from an agency environment to work in-depth on a single product.
If you’re excited about building intuitive, accessible, high-quality software please send your CV to