Frontend Engineer - Java & Open Source

Salary: £34,500 - 46,000 per year

Requirements

• Extensive background in front-end development with significant experience working with TypeScript and React
• Experience with Next.js, Angular or Vue.js is beneficial
• Experience with mobile development frameworks like React Native is beneficial
• Experience with GraphQL, preferably using Apollo Client with React for efficient data fetching and state management
• Experience in unit testing with Jest
• Continuous integration experience, including Docker
• A passion for coding and keeping up to date with new technologies, frameworks and techniques
• Extensive experience in an Agile environment
• Exceptional communication skills to interact with clients and onsite and near-shore development teams
• Ability to prioritise and handle several tasks at once with multiple deadlines
• Experience in back-end integration is an advantage
• Experience with backend technologies like Java or Python is an advantage

Responsibilities

• Work closely with key stakeholders across the engineering team, including Architects, Product Owners and UX designers, to understand and demonstrate how written requirements translate into a technical solution
• Develop interfaces for web and mobile applications and produce high-quality, efficient, reusable code and libraries for future use
• Collaborate with other team members to formulate and articulate end-to-end architecture and non-functional design
• Take ownership of the Frontend digital and software platform
• Ensure the use of our Agile process and framework
• Champion best practices within the team, including TDD, code reviews and pair programming
• Mentor and support junior members of the team
• Design flexible and configurable software components
• Produce well designed, testable, maintainable, secure and efficient code

Technologies

• AWS
• Angular
• Apollo
• Backend
• Cloud
• Docker
• Frontend
• GraphQL
• Support
• Java
• Jest
• Mobile
• Oracle
• OutSystems
• Python
• React
• React Native
• Snowflake
• TDD
• TypeScript
• Vue
• Web
• UX UI Design
• Security

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We are Version 1, a digital-first consultancy and service provider with over 26 years in Technology Services, trusted by global brands to deliver solutions that drive customer success. We work with strategic technology partners including Microsoft, AWS, Oracle, Red Hat, OutSystems and Snowflake, and we have been recognised with multiple awards including Oracle EMEA Partner Awards, Microsoft Modernising Applications Partner of the Year, AWS Collaboration Partner of the Year and Best Workplaces for Women. Our Digital, Data and Cloud team is growing, creating opportunities for driven and skilled people to join one of the fastest-growing consultancies globally. We offer a comprehensive benefits package that supports wellbeing, career growth and financial stability, including profit share, career progression and mentorship, flexible and remote working, pension and private healthcare, wellbeing schemes, generous leave, education support, awards and community initiatives.

last updated 34 week of 2026