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BT Senior Front-End React Engineer in London, United Kingdom
Senior Front-End React Engineer
Job Req ID: 32974
Posting Date: 8 May 2024
Function: Software Engineering
Unit: Digital
Location:
1 Braham Street, London, United Kingdom
Salary: Competitive
Location
This role is based at our London office. We have a hybrid working model which is 3 days together, 2 days wherever.
Why this job matters
As a Senior Front End Engineer, you'll play a pivotal role in our team by contributing to the development and maintenance of a modern design system of reusable components. Working with the Lead Engineer, your work will be essential in our growing journey in Consumer Electronics. This is an exciting time to join our expanding tribe, with the chance to work on new initiatives with the latest technologies.
Working alongside dedicated developers who prioritize accessibility and inclusiveness, you'll have the opportunity to make a meaningful impact on the experience of our customers. Collaborating closely with application teams, you'll contribute to the development of a business-wide solution aimed at enhancing consistency, quality, and time-to-market for BT's web applications.
Your contributions will be instrumental in enabling growth of the EE brand.
What you’ll be doing
Develop and maintain applications using front end technologies
Collaborate with product managers, designers, and other developers to define project requirements and translate them into functional applications
Optimise application performance and ensure responsiveness for customers
Write clean, maintainable, and efficient code following best practices and industry standards
Conduct code reviews and provide constructive feedback to team members
Troubleshoot and debug issues, and propose solutions to improve application performance and customer experience
Collaborate closely with other teams to deliver high-quality and innovative applications
Along with the Lead Engineer, help to coach more junior members of the team, ensuring high quality standards of code, ways of working and delivery
Skills and Experience
Required
Extensive experience using React JS / TypeScript / JavaScript
Performance optimisation
Analytics and observability, e.g., dynatrace
Unit testing
Experience of supporting and troubleshooting live customer applications
Knowledge of front-end architecture and patterns
Bonus skills
Next.js
GraphQL API understanding
Integration testing
Supporting CI/CD pipelines
Have led or have a desire to mentor more junior software engineers whilst being in a senior position
Our leadership standards
Looking in:
- Leading inclusively and Safely
I inspire and build trust through self-awareness, honesty and integrity.
- Owning outcomes
I take the right decisions that benefit the broader organisation.
Looking out:
- Delivering for the customer
I execute brilliantly on clear priorities that add value to our customers and the wider business.
- Commercially savvy
I demonstrate strong commercial focus, bringing an external perspective to decision-making.
Looking to the future:
- Growth mindset
I experiment and identify opportunities for growth for both myself and the organisation.
- Building for the future
I build diverse future-ready teams where all individuals can be at their best.
Benefits
25 days annual leave (plus bank holidays)
10% on target bonus
Life Assurance
Pension scheme
Direct share scheme
Option to join the Healthcare Cash Plan or other benefits such as dental insurance, gym memberships etc.
50% off EE mobile pay monthly or SIM only plans
Exclusive colleague discounts on our latest and greatest BT broadband packages
BT TV with TNT Sports and NOW Entertainment
50% discount for friends and family on EE SIM Only plans & airtime element off a Flex Pay plan
About us
BT is part of BT Group, along with EE, Openreach, and Plusnet.
Millions of people rely on us every day to help them live their lives, power their businesses, and keep their public services running. We connect friends to family, clients to colleagues, people to possibilities. We keep the wheels of business spinning, and the emergency services responding.
We value diversity and celebrate difference. ‘We embed diversity and inclusion into everything that we do. It’s fundamental to our purpose: we connect for good.’
We all stick to the same values: Personal, Simple, and Brilliant. From day one, you’ll get stuck in to tough challenges, pitch in with ideas, make things happen. But you won’t be alone: we’ll be there with help and support, learning and development.
This is your chance to make a real difference to the world: to be part of the digital transformation of countless lives and businesses. Grab it.
A FEW POINTS TO NOTE:
Although these roles are listed as full-time, if you’re a job share partnership, work reduced hours, or any other way of working flexibly, please still get in touch.
DON'T MEET EVERY SINGLE REQUIREMENT?
Studies have shown that women and people who are disabled, LGBTQ+, neurodiverse or from ethnic minority backgrounds are less likely to apply for jobs unless they meet every single qualification and criteria. We're committed to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace where everyone can be their best, so if you're excited about this role but your past experience doesn't align perfectly with every requirement on the Job Description, please apply anyway - you may just be the right candidate for this or other roles in our wider team.
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