React Frontend Engineer

## React Frontend Engineer Apply locations:
United Kingdom, Glasgow posted on:
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June 26, 2026 (13 days left to apply) job requisition :
R-30195
** React Frontend Engineer
**** Scottish Power HQ, Glasgow (hybrid)
**** Salary up to £65,500 + up to 10% bonus & other excellent benefits
**** Full-time, permanent position (happy to talk flexible working)
**** Closing date: 26th of June 2026
**** Help us create a better future, quicker!
** The position of Software Engineer (Web) sits within the Digital function of our Retail business of Scottish Power, reporting to the Digital Engineering Manager. As a Software Engineer (Web) within the Digital Team, you will design, build and maintain our Next.js microfront ends and shared libraries in a monorepo, and provide solutions to support a programme of ongoing work from design to deployment, along with supporting the business stakeholders to identify possible business changes that will further support the growth of the Scottish Power Digital business plan.

We are looking for passionate web developers who recognise the need to write clean, maintainable, scalable and well-tested code alongside like-minded engineers moving in a fast-paced environment. We have a mobile-first approach and use React with Type Script, Next.js (App Router) and Node.js in a monorepo architecture, with a strong focus on testing using tools and frameworks such as Jest, React Testing Library and Playwright/Cypress.

Our web applications integrate with shared backend services via well-defined API and façade layers, so candidates who understand end-to-end delivery from UI through service integration would be beneficial.
** What you’ll be doing
** As a Software Engineer (Web) at Scottish Power, you will be working in a small cross functional product squad alongside other Software Engineers, Testers, Product Owners, Business Analysts and UX Designers, with objectives varying based on your squad, making this a highly agile environment with a clear vision and roadmap driven by our dedicated Product Owners.
** What you’ll bring
** We are seeking a collaborative and enthusiastic Web Developer who is willing to push boundaries to deliver innovative solutions utilising the latest technologies, whilst being open, sharing and not afraid to challenge the norm.

As a minimum, you will have hands on experience in:
* React and Type Script
* Next.js (App Router), including server and client component patterns
* Node.js and modern package/workspace workflows in a monorepo
* HTML, CSS, responsive/mobile-first implementation, and design-token based styling
* Building UI layers with clear separation from facade/service/API layers
* Integrating with RESTful APIs
* Experience with Git and Peer-Review
* Experience with testing strategies such as Unit Testing, Component Testing, Integration Testing
* and E2E testing
* Experience with test tools and frameworks such as Jest, React Testing Library and
* Playwright/Cypress
* Comfortable working on large, shared codebases with other developers and teams
* To be successful in this role you will need to demonstrate, as a minimum:
* Experience in building quality digital services
* Good knowledge of Agile and Scrum delivery processes
* Familiarity with CI/CD, e.g. Jenkins pipelines and automated testing
* Good interpersonal skills and desire to support teammates
* Desire to learn and improve
* Strong foundation in programming fundamentals and how to apply them
* Awareness of secure coding, including safe server-side patterns in Next.js
* Accessibility-first mindset with practical application of WCAG 2.2 AAPreferred (nice to have):
* Experience delivering microfront ends at scale in a monorepo
* Experience implementing server actions / server functions in production
* Awareness of SEO and performance engineering practices
* Experience with structured logging and production observability tooling
** What’s in it for you
** As well as a competitive salary which is reviewed annually, you can also enjoy a number of other benefits. With our pension scheme, we’ll double match your contribution up to a company contribution of 10%.At Scottish Power, we believe it’s the little things…