About the role
Do you have a passion for building outstanding digital experiences? Are you looking for the next step in your career? Build and run AWS‑native applications with TypeScript, Node.js and React. Build infrastructure as code using Terraform and AWS services. Establish and maintain automated tests. Write high‑quality, secure, tested and performant code. Work collaboratively with a cross‑functional team to deliver high‑quality digital client journeys.
HL’s website is a core part of our digital platform, providing prospective and current clients with information on our service, the stock market, news and education. Over the past year we have migrated to a cutting‑edge headless content platform and are now accelerating this to create seamless, personalised customer experiences across devices and channels. This is a full‑stack (React/TypeScript/Node.js) engineer role, passionate about delivering market‑leading digital experiences to transform the investing journey.
Responsibilities
- Build and run AWS Cloud‑native applications with TypeScript, Node.js and React.
- Develop infrastructure as code using Terraform and AWS services.
- Establish and maintain automated tests (unit, integration and end‑to‑end).
- Write high‑quality, secure, tested and performant code.
- Collaborate with a cross‑functional team to deliver high‑quality digital client journeys.
- Advocate continuous improvement in ways of working, quality, security, performance and CI/CD processes.
- Document all solutions to agreed team standards.
- Provide engineering support for existing applications when necessary.
- Coach and mentor peers.
- Participate in working groups and communities of practice designed to support the development team.
- Actively contribute to problem‑solving, debugging, root‑cause analysis and resolution of production issues.
- Perform code reviews and mentor developers on best practices.
- Operate within an Agile framework and DevOps culture.
- Write, assist in writing or review technical documentation.
Qualifications
- Experience developing and maintaining client and server‑side applications.
- Experience developing and maintaining infrastructure as code.
- Experience with AWS or similar cloud providers.
- Experience debugging, root‑cause analysis and resolving production issues.
- Experience with unit, integration and end‑to‑end testing tools (e.g. Jest, Playwright).
- Experience with integration and onboarding third‑party vendors, defining integration patterns and abstracting vendor APIs.
- Understanding of microservices and RESTful API development, including structuring, documenting, versioning, testing and stubbing/mocking.
- Proficiency with HTML/CSS (SCSS), JavaScript and TypeScript.
- Strong working knowledge of JavaScript libraries and frameworks, in particular React and Node.js.
- Fluent using Git (GitLab).
- Understanding of CI/CD pipelines and trunk‑based development.
- Aware of website performance implications, best practices and other non‑functional requirements.
- Excellent communicator (written and verbal) with good numerical skills.
- Logical, analytical and methodological approach to problem‑solving.
- Pro‑active, resourceful and able to use initiative.
- Pragmatic and focused on delivery with effective time management.
- Willingness to learn and desire to develop professionally.
Desirable Skills
- Experience with a headless CMS solution (Contentful).
- Understanding and appreciation of the Jamstack architectural approach.
- Experience with large datasets and integrating distributed systems.
- Experience implementing MarTech solutions such as Analytics, A/B Testing, Personalisation and Tag Management.
- Professional experience with AWS services such as Lambda, S3, EventBridge, SQS and ECS.
Benefits
- Discretionary annual bonus and annual pay review.
- 25 days holiday plus bank holidays and 1‑day additional Christmas closure.
- Option to purchase an additional 5 days holiday.
- Flexible working options, including hybrid working.
- Enhanced parental leave.
- Pension scheme up to 11% employer contribution.
- Income protection and life insurance (four times salary core level of cover).
- Private medical insurance, health care cash plans (including optical, dental and outpatient care) and health screening programme.
- Help@hand – confidential support including mental health counselling and remote GP.
- Wellhub – unlimited access to fitness providers and wellness coach sessions.
- Variety of travel to work schemes with bike storage and shower facilities.
- In‑house barista and deli serving subsidised coffee and sandwiches.
- TWO paid volunteering days per year (dependant on role level and available during the annual benefits window in November).
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