Senior Software Engineer

Salary up to:
Competitive

We’re looking for a Senior Software Engineer with a UI specialism to join our Design System Team at Nando’s. Our design system underpins almost every web experience across the business, from customer‑facing digital products to internal tools used in restaurants and operations. We’re a small, specialist team with a big impact, trusted across the organisation and supported by both engineering and design leadership.

In this role, you’ll help shape how Nando’s shows up digitally, creating consistent, accessible, and delightful experiences across all touchpoints. You’ll bring deep frontend expertise, a strong design sensibility, and a collaborative mindset to a team that values thoughtful craftsmanship, inclusivity, and sustainable ways of working. This is a role for someone who enjoys influence through partnership, mentors with empathy, and leads with clarity rather than ego.

At Nando’s, our values guide how we build software, collaborate as teams, and support one another every day:

• Pride – We care deeply about the quality and craft of what we build.
• Family – We support each other, collaborate openly, and grow together.
• Passion – We bring curiosity, energy, and purpose to our work.
• Integrity – We make thoughtful decisions and do the right thing, even when it’s hard.
• Fun – We enjoy the journey, celebrate progress, and create space for joy.

These values are lived day‑to‑day in our engineering culture, not just written on a wall.

• Co‑architect and help guide the technical direction of our design system alongside the technical lead.
• Evolve, maintain, and advocate for a design system used across a wide range of teams and products.
• Build high‑quality, scalable, and accessible UI components and tooling.
• Collaborate closely with designers offering technical insight, constructive feedback, and shared ownership of outcomes.
• Support product and delivery teams as they adopt and adapt the system using modern frontend frameworks.
• Mentor and coach engineers with kindness and clarity, helping others grow their confidence and skills.
• Participate in code reviews, testing, and releases with a strong focus on quality and maintainability.
• Proactively identify opportunities to improve usability, performance, accessibility, and developer experience.

• Strong experience with React and Type Script, including designing and maintaining complex component systems.
• Deep expertise in CSS you understand architecture, specificity, layout systems, and how small details create great experiences.
• Hands‑on experience with modern frontend tooling such as Next.js, Storybook, and Vite.
• Strong foundations in client‑side best practices: semantic HTML, accessibility, and web performance.
• Confidence in responsive, mobile‑first, and cross‑browser development.
• Experience with frontend testing approaches, including visual regression, unit testing, and accessibility checks.
• Enjoys mentoring and supporting other engineers through feedback, pairing, and shared problem‑solving.
• Clear, thoughtful communicator who can explain technical decisions and collaborate across disciplines.

• Experience contributing to or owning design systems or UI libraries at scale.
• Knowledge of zero‑runtime CSS‑in‑JS approaches or atomic styling methodologies (e.g. vanilla‑extract, CSS Modules).
• Experience working with design tokens and styling portability across platforms.
• Interest in AI‑assisted development tools, with a balanced focus on quality and craftsmanship.
• Skills in UI animation using CSS and/or JavaScript to enhance usability and delight.
• Familiarity with accessibility testing tools and WCAG guidelines.
• Experience with modern CI/CD tooling (e.g. Cloud Build, Git Hub Actions, Terraform).

• Proactive and comfortable working in a small, specialist team where your voice matters.
• Kind, empathetic, and invested in creating a psychologically safe environment.
• People‑focused, with a genuine desire to help others grow.
• A thoughtful communicator who can adapt to different audiences.
• Passionate about frontend…