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TalentHawk

Senior Frontend Developer - React

Hybrid

London, United kingdom

£ 100,000 /year

Senior

Full Time

19-11-2025

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Skills

Architecture react

Job Specifications

Senior Frontend Developer (React, FinTech) - Permanent - London (2 days a week) - £80 - 100k per annum

Our client is a technology company within the financial services sector seeking a Senior Frontend Developer to join their developer team. This is a senior individual contributor role focused on building interfaces that make complexity feel simple for financial professionals.

You will spend 80% of your time hands-on building the UI for our core platform. The remaining 20% will focus on technical design, raising standards, and shaping our frontend architecture.

What You'll Own:

Frontend systems development: UI components, state management, design systems, API integration, and real-time data handling.
Code Quality & Standards: Driving frontend engineering practices, writing exemplar code, and proactively managing technical debt.
Technical Design: Translating architectural patterns into pragmatic UI solutions, making framework and library decisions.

Your Technical Background Should Include:

5+ years in frontend development, with a proven track record delivering financial services solutions.
Expert-level proficiency in React with a deep understanding of component-based architectures and design patterns.
Deep understanding of FinTech UI requirements—including data security, audit trail displays, complex financial workflows, and regulatory compliance interfaces.
Proven track record consuming RESTful and event-driven APIs, implementing authentication/authorization, and handling real-time data (e.g., WebSockets, Server-Sent Events).
Strong experience with accessibility (WCAG compliance) and performance optimization strategies (e.g., lazy loading, code splitting, runtime profiling).
Experience building and maintaining Design Systems (component libraries, design tokens, documentation, versioning).

About the Company

TalentHawk is an International technology search and delivery consultancy with IT vendor selection skills that provides end-to-end solutions to organisations seeking maximum benefit from their technology solutions. Our mission is to transform the performance of your business through the acquisition of top tier technology executives and the optimisation of your delivery strategies. Our distinct market positioning and unique insight into sourcing strategies and talent acquisition enables us to deliver outstanding results ac... Know more