Senior Front-End Developer

The Range; Plymouth; On-site; GBP 80,000 - GBP 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading UK retail company is seeking a skilled front-end developer to optimize customer-facing features across multiple websites. This role involves building responsive UI components, mentoring peers, and working on performance and accessibility improvements. Ideal candidates should have over 5 years of experience in front-end development, with strong skills in HTML, JavaScript, and React. This is a full-time, permanent position based in Plymouth with a competitive salary and several employee benefits.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Pension

Long service awards

Employee discount

Cycle to work scheme

Qualifications

• 5+ years of commercial front-end development experience.
• Experience with dynamic personalisation tools is a plus.
• B2C e-commerce experience is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Develop and optimise features for customer-facing websites.
• Build responsive UI components and maintain scalable codebases.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams on various projects.

Skills

Front-end development

HTML

JavaScript

React

TypeScript

PHP

Tools

Google Tag Manager

Node.js

Cypress

Job description

We are a Sunday Times Top Track 100 company and one of the UK's fastest growing privately owned companies. The Range has grown enormously since its inception in 1989 and now has over 200 stores nationwide. People are at the heart of our retail concept, and we want to invest in our staff and make the future extraordinary.

About the Role

This role is hands‑on and focused on building large‑scale, customer‑facing features within multiple websites within our multichannel team. You will mentor other developers, support front‑end architecture and contribute to performance, accessibility, and personalisation improvements across multiple e‑commerce brands.

Responsibilities

• Develop and optimise features for CDS Superstores websites
• Build responsive UI components using HTML, SCSS, JavaScript, TypeScript, React & PHP
• Contribute to kiosk‑based applications written in TypeScript
• Maintain large codebases with scalable front‑end patterns
• Improve performance, accessibility and Core Web Vitals
• Collaborate with UX, QA, product owners and cross‑functional squads
• Configure and debug Google Tag Manager
• Support A/B tests, CRO and personalisation initiatives (Dynamic Yield desirable)
• Provide light mentoring and guidance to one front‑end developer
• Input into architectural discussion and front‑end standards

Person Specification

• Communicates clearly and confidently with internal teams
• Is proactive in removing blockers and solving technical issues
• Has an interest in AI‑assisted development workflows
• Mentors and supports peers constructively
• Takes ownership of customer impact and quality

Technical Requirements

Core Requirements:

• 5+ years of commercial front‑end development experience
• HTML, SCSS, JavaScript, jQuery, TypeScript, React, PHP
• Node.js / npm / webpack / build tools
• Google Tag Manager + GA4 events
• Comfortable working in large, enterprise codebases
• Experience in B2C e‑commerce, ideally omni‑channel retail

Preferred Experience

• Dynamic Yield or other personalisation tools
• Payment integrations (e.g. Stripe/Worldpay)
• Cypress / Storybook
• SAP Commerce Cloud (Accelerator) front‑end experience

What We Offer

• Competitive salary
• Pension
• Long service awards
• Employee discount
• Cycle to work scheme

Position: Permanent, Full-time

Hours: Monday – Friday, 08:45am – 17:30pm

Location: Plymouth, Devon