Front End Software Engineer

Proven experience delivering complex UI changes in production environments.

Front End Software Engineer

Location:

Farnborough or Whiteley, with flexibility to work from home dependent on business demands)

The Software Engineer will play a critical role in both the sustainment of the current environment and the delivery of new user‑facing capabilities. The selected individual will develop solutions to complex technical issues and problems that impact multiple areas or disciplines; regularly employ ingenuity and creativity to develop new technical solutions and systems to achieve functional objectives.

As a Software Engineer in Leidos, you will be immersed in one of our key programmes. On behalf of our central government customer, you will have direct impact on the current and future iterations of one of our most important pieces of critical national infrastructure.

This is a senior individual contributor role
. The individual will be a highly experienced front‑end engineer who leads through hands‑on development, supports technical decision‑making within their scope, and raises overall team capability through mentoring and technical guidance. Overall approach and architectural direction are agreed collaboratively with the Technical Lead and Software Architect.

Key Responsibilities

• Deliver high‑quality, production‑ready front‑end software through hands‑on development.
• Design, implement, test, document, and deploy modern single‑page applications.
• Lead front‑end implementation using React and Type Script.
• Apply strong front‑end engineering practices to ensure solutions are maintainable, modular, well‑structured, and aligned with agreed standards.
• Make front‑end technical recommendations within assigned scope, aligning with agreed architectural direction and escalating broader decisions as appropriate.
• Ensure adherence to established code review standards and quality gates for all front‑end changes delivered.
• Continuously validate and maintain front‑end build and deployment pipelines:
  • Ensure changes do not break build, test, or deployment stages
  • Make improvements as necessary to support reliable front‑end delivery
  • Act as a guide for other developers to ensure pipeline practices are understood and maintained
• Write and maintain unit and integration tests as a standard part of development.
• Support and contribute to UI and API test automation efforts, working closely with the test team (who retain ownership of overall outcomes).
• Collaborate closely with backend engineers to ensure clean separation of concerns and well‑defined API contracts.
• Support Agile delivery practices, including planning, estimation, backlog refinement, and iterative delivery.
• Use and support development tooling and processes, including CI/CD pipelines and integrated security scanning.
• Mentor and guide other front‑end engineers through code reviews, pairing, and informal technical coaching.
• Act as a senior technical point of reference for complex UI and front‑end engineering challenges.

Key Skills (Required)

• Java
• Significant front‑end engineering experience delivering production‑grade single‑page applications.
• Modern SPA development experience (required) using React and Type Script, Angular, or Vue.
• Strong understanding of SPA design patterns and best practices, including component composition, state management approaches, and modular UI architecture.
• Proven experience delivering complex UI changes in production environments.
• Demonstrated experience writing unit and integration tests as a normal part of front‑end development.
• Familiarity with Agile software development processes and working within iterative delivery models.
• Familiarity with the Atlassian tool suite (e.g. Jira, Bitbucket, Bamboo), or equivalent tooling, with a solid understanding of CI/CD concepts, workflows, and practices.
• Experience working with code review standards, quality gates, CI/CD pipelines, and security scanning processes.

Desirable Skills And Experience

• Experience working closely with backend teams on API‑driven architectures.
• Familiarity with broader software design patterns beyond the front‑end domain.
• Experience contributing to or supporting test automation initiatives (UI…