Senior Frontend Engineer (UK)

Pigment; City of London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading software company in London is looking for a Senior Frontend Engineer to enhance user experiences through AI-powered features and data visualizations. The ideal candidate will have expertise in React and TypeScript, be a strong collaborator across teams, and have a proactive problem-solving mindset. This role offers the opportunity to work on high-impact projects while contributing to a robust design system. Competitive compensation and a supportive team environment are offered.

Qualifications

• Experience working on production systems.
• Handling large datasets and real-time updates.
• Fluent in English.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain user interfaces for client-facing features.
• Collaborate with backend engineers on API design.
• Develop advanced data visualizations for real-time insights.
• Contribute to the internal design system.
• Resolve issues while ensuring continuous delivery.

Skills

Strong experience as a software engineer

Proven expertise in React and TypeScript

Collaboration with backend engineers

Experience with design systems

Problem-solving attitude

Strong communication skills

Tools

Vitest

Cypress

Vite

Job description

Senior Frontend Engineer (UK) at Pigment

Overview

Join Pigment as a Senior Frontend Engineer (UK) and contribute to building AI-powered features, data visualizations, and high-performance UIs within a collaborative Product Community team.

The Opportunity

Join our Product Community team as a Frontend Software Engineer and play a key role in shaping cutting-edge user experiences. You'll work on high-impact projects ranging from AI-powered features to rich data visualizations while collaborating closely with backend engineers and product managers.

Why this is an exciting opportunity

• ✨ Innovate with AI: Implement intelligent features that guide users and streamline complex workflows.
• 📊 Visualize Complex Data: Build and optimize advanced data visualizations like charts, maps, and real-time dashboards.
• 🎨 Shape the Design System: Influence and maintain our proprietary design system to deliver consistent, high-performance UIs.
• 🔍 Tackle Real Challenges: Solve complex problems involving large datasets, real-time updates, and system performance.
• 📈 Drive the Future: Be part of a forward-thinking team that embraces new technologies and continuous learning.

Who You Are

We value strong software engineering skills and a proactive mindset. You should translate complex functional requirements into elegant designs and high-quality code, and work across teams to align frontend with backend capabilities.

In any case, you have:

• Strong experience as a software engineer working on production systems
• Proven expertise in building scalable UIs with React and TypeScript
• A track record of collaborating with backend engineers to shape API design and optimize data consumption
• Experience working with design systems, performance optimization, and handling large datasets
• Strong communication skills and a problem-solving attitude
• A good dose of humility and the willingness to grow (no matter your seniority!)
• A fluent level in English (French is not required)

Your Responsibilities

• Build and maintain user interfaces for client-facing features, ensuring high-quality and performant UI delivery
• Collaborate with backend engineers and product managers to design, develop, and deliver new features while offering technical input on API design and data handling
• Implement and enhance AI-driven capabilities that assist users with complex workflows (e.g., generating actionable insights)
• Develop advanced data visualizations (charts, maps, dashboards) that provide users with real-time, interactive insights
• Contribute to and maintain our internal design system, including custom caching mechanisms and advanced state management solutions
• Continuously balance delivering new features with ongoing maintenance and performance optimization
• Proactively identify and resolve issues while ensuring continuous delivery and improving technical processes

Current Projects You'll Work On

• AI Capabilities: Implementing intelligent features that guide users and enhance their workflows
• Data Visualizations: Building and optimizing rich, interactive views to present complex datasets clearly and efficiently
• Design System: Maintaining and evolving our proprietary design system to improve development speed and UI consistency
• Technology Migration: Evaluating and adopting new technologies to keep our platform modern and efficient

Technical Challenges

• Balancing feature delivery with system maintenance and performance improvements
• Implementing real-time updates and managing large-scale data visualizations
• Collaborating across teams to influence API design and ensure seamless frontend-backend integration

Our Tech Stack

• Languages & Frameworks: React (TypeScript)
• Testing Tools: Vitest (unit testing), Cypress (E2E testing)
• Build Tools: Vite (for local development and production bundling)
• Specialties: Internal design system, advanced caching mechanisms, and proprietary state management built on open-source technologies

About the Team

• Mission: Deliver client-facing features that enhance the user experience while providing technical leadership and guidance on UI decisions
• Structure: Product Community is a collaborative group of teams responsible for different areas of the product. Engineers are encouraged to share knowledge and can move across squads based on their interests
• Size: Approximately 30 engineers across the Product division, working in small, focused squads with a mix of frontend and backend specialists
• Collaboration: Regularly engage with backend engineers, product managers, and designers to deliver robust, user-centric solutions

Equal Employment Opportunity

Pigment is an equal opportunity employer. We believe diversity is a strength and fosters innovation. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, color, family, gender identity, marital status, national origin, physical or mental disability, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, social origin, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws. We may process your personal data in accordance with our HR Data Protection Notice. We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, or assessing responses. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed, please contact us.

Seniority level

• Not Applicable

Employment type

• Contract

Job function

• Engineering and Information Technology
• Industries: Software Development

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