Front End Engineer - Contract
Posted Today by Digital Skills Ltd
£76 Per hour
Inside
Hybrid
Manchester/Remote, UK
Summary: The role of Front End Engineer focuses on developing a large-scale, customer-facing search and discovery platform for a global travel company. The position requires expertise in React, TypeScript, and Node.js, with a strong emphasis on creating high-performance user interfaces. The contractor will also contribute to Back End services as needed while working in a collaborative, agile environment. This is a 9-month contract with a hybrid working arrangement, requiring one day per week onsite in Manchester.
Key Responsibilities:
- Design and build high-quality, customer-facing Front End applications using React and TypeScript
- Deliver end-to-end features across the Front End and Node.js Back End
- Collaborate closely with product, design, and Back End engineers to improve key user journeys
- Improve performance, accessibility, and reliability of Front End applications
- Contribute to Back End services where needed, with exposure to cloud-based systems
- Work in an agile, collaborative, data-led engineering team
Key Skills:
- Minimum 3+ years of professional software development experience
- Strong commercial experience with React and TypeScript
- Solid experience working with Node.js
- Strong understanding of modern Front End architecture, state management, and component design
- Experience building, testing, and maintaining production-grade applications
- Familiarity with unit, integration, and end-to-end testing practices
- Good understanding of performance, monitoring, and reliability metrics
- Strong communication skills, both written and verbal
Salary (Rate): £76 per hour
City: Manchester
Country: UK
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: inside IR35
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: IT
Detailed Description From Employer:
Front End Engineer (React/TypeScript/Node.js) Contract
Contract: 9 months
Rate: Up to £76 per hour Inside IR35 (37.5 hrs/week)
Location: Hybrid 1 day per week onsite in Manchester
We are working with a global travel company that is looking for an experienced Front End Engineer to support the evolution of a large-scale, customer-facing search and discovery platform.
This role is heavily Front End focused, with React, TypeScript, and Node.js forming the core technology stack. The successful contractor will play a key role in shaping and delivering modern, high-performance user interfaces, while also contributing to Back End services where required.
The team is modernising its platform, enhancing core user journeys, and introducing new services to support richer, more scalable search experiences across multiple suppliers. The systems you'll work on are high-traffic, data-driven, and central to the company's commercial performance.
What you'll Do
- Design and build high-quality, customer-facing Front End applications using React and TypeScript
- Deliver end-to-end features across the Front End and Node.js Back End
- Collaborate closely with product, design, and Back End engineers to improve key user journeys
- Improve performance, accessibility, and reliability of Front End applications
- Contribute to Back End services where needed, with exposure to cloud-based systems
- Work in an agile, collaborative, data-led engineering team
Required Skills & Experience
- Minimum 3+ years of professional software development experience
- Strong commercial experience with React and TypeScript
- Solid experience working with Node.js
- Strong understanding of modern Front End architecture, state management, and component design
- Experience building, testing, and maintaining production-grade applications
- Familiarity with unit, integration, and end-to-end testing practices
- Good understanding of performance, monitoring, and reliability metrics
- Strong communication skills, both written and verbal
Nice to Have
- Experience contributing to Back End services or APIs
- Hands-on experience with AWS or cloud-native services
- Background in search, discovery, marketplace, or E-commerce platforms
- Experience working on large-scale, high-traffic consumer products