React Developer (18-Month Fixed Term Contract)

📍 Near Newport Pagnell | Hybrid (2–3 days in office)

We have been exclusively retained to recruit for a brilliant Front End Developer (React).

You’ll join a small, collaborative tech team modernising a long-established platform used across the retail tech sector. The focus is designing scalable front-end solutions in React and helping shape the next generation of the company’s product.

Your work will be visible, your input valued, and your ideas will make a difference.

What you’ll be doing

• Building responsive components in React using TypeScript and modern JavaScript
• Integrating with RESTful APIs and collaborating closely with back-end developers
• Working with QA and product teams to deliver features that make sense to users
• Applying strong UX and UI principles to create intuitive, engaging interfaces
• Suggesting improvements, refactoring where needed, and helping reduce technical debt
• Taking part in design discussions and agile ceremonies

What you’ll need

• At least 3 years’ commercial React experience
• Solid JavaScript, TypeScript, HTML5, and CSS3 skills
• Experience working with APIs and state management (Redux, Zustand or similar)
• A good understanding of UX and UI design principles and how to apply them
• The ability to communicate technical ideas clearly to others
• Experience working in agile environments with Git workflows

Nice to have: testing frameworks (Jest, React Testing Library), design systems, or cloud exposure.

The practical details:

• Hybrid – 2 to 3 days in the office (rural location, car required)
• Must have the right to work in the UK (no sponsorship)
• Competitive salary + performance related bonus + 5% employer pension