Senior Front End Engineer

Location: Remote, UK

Salary: £60,000 - £70,000

At Arbor, we’re on a mission to transform the way schools work for the better.

We believe in a future of work in schools where being challenged doesn’t mean being burnt out and overworked. Where data guides progress without overwhelming staff. And where everyone working in a school is reminded why they got into education every day.

Our MIS and school management tools are already making a difference in over 12,000 schools and trusts. Giving time and power back to staff, turning data into clear, actionable insights, and supporting happier working days.

At the heart of our brand is a recognition that the challenges schools face today aren’t just about efficiency, outputs and productivity - but about creating happier working lives for the people who drive education everyday: the staff. We want to make schools more joyful places to work, as well as learn.

We are looking for an experienced and collaborative Senior Front End Engineer to join one of our Engineering teams and help us with the ongoing development of Arbor’s front-end library and React Native mobile application. The remit and focus of the role is to directly contribute to the ongoing migration to React from Ext Js, as well as developing new features and libraries, and a comprehensive component library.

It’s a broad and exciting role, so we’re looking for someone up for a challenge - if you’re a creative and a keen problem solver, this is the role for you.

Core responsibilities

• Work closely with the Product Manager, QA engineer and Technical Lead to solutionise feature requests
• Lead the creation of detailed documentation for new feature developments, incorporating diagrams for comprehensive understanding.
• Drive the development and implementation of tests around new features, ensuring appropriate coverage and the highest standards.
• Drive a user centric front-end platform that delivers exceptional user experiences.
• Play a proactive role in mitigating the occurrence of production incidents, identifying risks and ensuring quality. Active role in remediation in the event of an incident, and also root cause analysis with the team to implement measures that prevent future occurrences.
• Demonstrate expertise in producing well-architected, efficient, and scalable code using industry-leading design patterns and methodologies.
• Take a leadership role in code reviews and pair programming sessions, guiding and mentoring colleagues towards excellence.
• Lead and actively participate in tech-talks, workshops, and team-based learning initiatives - ensuring knowledge is disseminated effectively across the team.
• Proactively identify and address developer experience and workflow improvements.

• Extensive expertise in JavaScript and Typescript, with a deep understanding of JavaScript fundamentals.
• Proven experience in leading projects with modern Java script frameworks such as React, Angular, Vue or similar.
• Excellent knowledge of HTML and CSS.
• Strong understanding of web accessibility.
• Strong experience with automated testing (unit testing, integration testing and end-to-end testing).
• Good understanding of good software delivery methodologies (e.g. Scrum, Agile)
• Advanced understanding and application of best practices and software engineering principles, including SOLID, DRY, etc.
• Good understanding of front-end build tools such as Webpack and Babel.
• Basic software architecture skills: understands the ways in which frontends can fit into the overall software stack..
• Experience with a backend language/framework such as PHP/symfony.
• Demonstrates leadership qualities and a proactive problem-solving mindset.
• Excellent team collaboration skills and experience in mentoring developers.
• A commitment to continuous learning, improvement and staying up-to-date with industry trends.
• Excellent written and spoken English for clear and effective communication.
• Experience with Docker and containerisation.
• Experience with build tooling (Github actions, bash scripting etc.)

Bonus skills

• Experience with React Native or other mobile app development technologies.
• Past experience with enterprise solutions
• Experience developing a frontend…