Digital Front End Developer - Optimisation

Halfords Group; Redditch; On-site; GBP 29,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading UK retailer is seeking a Digital Front End Developer to enhance customer experience through development and A/B testing. This role offers the chance to work in a collaborative environment with a focus on optimization and user experience. Ideal candidates will have prior hands-on experience in front-end development, strong problem-solving skills, and an ability to manage multiple tasks in a fast-paced setting. The position follows a hybrid work model, primarily based in Redditch, promoting a healthy work-life balance.

Benefits

Annual discretionary bonus

Employee discounts

Pension and life assurance

25 days annual leave plus bank holidays

Enhanced family leave

Qualifications

• Proven experience as a hands-on Front-End Developer or similar role.
• Comfortable with QA and performance testing tools, detail-oriented.
• Confident communicator who can explain technical solutions effectively.
• Problem-solving mindset with a desire for continuous improvement.
• Able to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Collaborative team player who enjoys knowledge sharing.

Responsibilities

• Build, modify, deploy A/B tests using CRO platform.
• Translate briefs into robust, scalable technical solutions.
• Own end-to-end delivery of optimisation work.
• Conduct site speed and performance checks for user experience.
• Resolve development tickets using Jira.
• Conduct QA testing and peer code reviews.
• Collaborate with UX, Product, and IT teams.
• Contribute to continuous improvement through experimentation.

Job description

Digital Front End Developer - Optimisation

Apply now Job no: 563075
Work type: Full time
Site: Redditch
Categories: Digital
Location: West Midlands
Salary: £35,000
Business Area: Halfords Support Centre

About us

At Halfords, our mission is to inspire and support a lifetime of motoring and cycling. As a specialist retailer, we lead the market through customer‑driven innovation and a distinct product range. We are dedicated to providing our customers with an integrated, unique, and convenient service experience—from e‑bike and electric vehicle servicing to on‑demand solutions. Our commitment is to foster customer loyalty by offering compelling reasons to keep coming back to our stores, ensuring a lifetime of motoring and cycling enjoyment.

The teams at our Redditch Support Centre work with every other area of our business, putting them at the heart of the action and playing a key role in our success and growth. Everyone brings their individual knowledge and experience to work every day, working as one team to keep things moving smoothly.

If you’re willing to get stuck in, you’ll love it here too. So put yourself at the heart of a dynamic, fast‑paced working environment where expertise and focus take people far.

Halfords operates a hybrid working policy – this position will be based 2 days per week at our support centre in Redditch, West Midlands.

The role

As a Digital Front‑End Developer within our Optimisation team, you’ll play a key role in improving the customer experience through hands‑on development and experimentation. This is a genuinely technical role, focused on writing and manipulating production‑quality code to deliver A/B tests, performance improvements, and user experience enhancements across our digital platforms. Working alongside two other optimisation developers, you’ll help shape how we test, learn, and optimise at pace.

You’ll spend your time building and modifying experiments within our CRO tooling, occasionally developing features from scratch, and ensuring everything we ship is fast, accessible, and robust. From interpreting briefs and translating requirements into clean code, to running QA, accessibility checks, and performance reviews, you’ll own work end to end. You’ll collaborate closely with non‑technical stakeholders across Product, UX, and the wider Digital team, confidently explaining technical decisions and constructively challenging requirements where needed.

This role offers huge variety and learning opportunity, where no two tickets are the same. Some will be small refinements, others full builds, and you’ll gain exposure to external agencies, senior third‑party developers, and specialist optimisation partners. If you enjoy solving problems, working across disciplines, and seeing the direct commercial impact of your work through testing and data, this is a role where you can genuinely make a difference and continue to grow your technical capability.

Key responsibilities

• Build, modify, and deploy A/B tests using our CRO platform (Webtrends Optimize), working directly with production‑quality code
• Translate briefs and business requirements into robust, scalable technical solutions, challenging assumptions where needed
• Own the end‑to‑end delivery of optimisation work, from development through QA, deployment, and post‑launch checks
• Conduct site speed and performance checks, optimising for Core Web Vitals and overall user experience
• Resolve development tickets from across the business using Jira, managing multiple priorities in a fast‑paced environment
• Carry out QA testing, peer code reviews, and P2P feedback to maintain high development standards
• Collaborate closely with UX, Product, Digital, and IT teams to ensure work aligns with brand, design, and technical guidelines
• Contribute to continuous improvement through experimentation, knowledge sharing, and extra‑curricular development projects

About you

• Proven experience as a hands‑on Front‑End Developer, CRO Developer, or similar role, working directly with production code
• Comfortable working with QA, accessibility, and performance testing tools, with a strong attention to detail and quality
• Confident communicator who can work effectively with non‑technical stakeholders, clearly explaining technical solutions and constructively pushing back when needed
• Naturally curious and proactive, with a problem‑solving mindset and a desire to continuously improve how things are built and delivered
• Able to manage multiple priorities in a fast‑paced environment, balancing speed with best practice
• Collaborative team player who enjoys knowledge sharing, peer reviews, and learning from others—both internally and with external agency partners

A fair and competitive salary evaluated against market data, annual discretionary bonus scheme, pension, life assurance, 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays and enhanced family leave.

Commitment and dedication to your ongoing personal and professional development. We help you to own and grow your potential so you can be at your best in your current role and to support your future career aspirations.

We offer hybrid working with a blend of working in our Support Centre and from home.

You will have access to a wealth of employee discounts across the Halfords suite of products and services.

Wellbeing and inclusion are at the heart of our colleague experience. We offer resources and ongoing support to enhance your wellbeing at work and active Colleague Networks supporting inclusion initiatives across Halfords.

Not sure you meet all the criteria? We’d encourage you to take the wheel and apply anyway! At Halfords we are committed to creating an inclusive workplace for our colleagues. We’re an equal opportunities employer and proud to welcome applications from all backgrounds and embrace diversity within our one Halfords Family.

Halfords operates a hybrid working policy – this position will be based 2 days per week at our support centre in Redditch, West Midlands.