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front end engineer Cardiff, Wales

Legal and General Investment Management

Full Time Cardiff, Wales 83003 - 55419 GBP ANNUAL Today

Job description

Reference

VN-26295

Role Type

Permanent

Location

Cardiff or London

Salary

Competitive

Closing Date

11 August 2023

Your role at a glance

Legal and General Investment Managements’ software engineering function is looking to add a Senior Front-End Engineer to the team. This role will see you work as part of a large department focusing predominantly on projects for the Investment Management business unit with some work occasionally coming from requirements across the rest of the L&G group.

What you'll be doing

Leading the development of full stack JavaScript applications, utilizing TypeScript, React, and Node.js.
Designing and implement efficient and scalable APIs, ensuring high performance and reliability.
Collaborating with cross-functional teams to gather requirements, provide technical guidance, and deliver solutions that meet business objectives.
Mentoring and guiding junior developers, promoting best practices and ensuring high code quality.
Staying up to date with the latest industry trends and technologies, identifying opportunities for improvement and innovation.
Working closely with product managers, designers, and stakeholders to translate business requirements into technical specifications and actionable tasks.
Conducting code reviews to ensure adherence to coding standards, maintainability, and scalability.
Utilizing containerization technologies such as Docker/Podman and orchestration platforms like Kubernetes for deployment and scaling.
Applying event-driven architecture principles to build highly scalable and reactive systems.
Demonstrating strong problem-solving skills and troubleshoot issues in production and development environments.
Utilizing your experience with database technologies to optimize data storage and retrieval.

What we're looking for

Extensive experience in TypeScript, React, and Node.js development, with a proven track record of delivering high-quality applications.
Proficiency with frameworks like Next.js or Remix.
Strong understanding of API design principles, including RESTful and GraphQL.
Familiarity with containerization technologies like Docker and orchestration platforms such as Kubernetes.
Knowledge of event-driven architecture and experience building scalable, reactive systems.
Solid understanding of various database technologies and their trade-offs.
Excellent communication and teamwork skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively with both technical and non-technical team members.
Leadership experience, with the ability to mentor and guide junior engineers.
Desired experience with Java, Openshift, Angular, and a keen interest in the financial markets.

Benefits

When you commit to Legal & General, we’ll commit to you too. That means we’ll recognise and reward your hard work, your performance and your contribution.

If you join us, you’ll get access to some great benefits, including private medical insurance, 27 days holiday (excluding bank holidays), a generous pension scheme, life assurance, and Income Protection. You'll receive a car allowance of 12% of your annual salary, and you can participate in our electric car scheme, which offers employees the option to hire a brand new electric car through tax efficient salary sacrifice. We’re also proud to offer competitive family leave.

You’ll have the opportunity to participate in our annual, performance-related bonus plan and valuable share schemes. And then there are the many discounts we offer that you can take advantage of – both for our own products and at a range of high street stores and online offerings.

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