Negotiable
Undetermined
Onsite
Basildon, Essex
Summary: The Frontend UI Engineer (Angular) role is a contract position based in Basildon, UK, focused on developing scalable user interfaces for a Risk & Fraud Technology team within a leading fintech company. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in building Angular applications and will work collaboratively in an Agile environment to enhance fraud monitoring and risk management systems. This position requires a hands-on engineer who thrives in fast-paced, regulated settings and possesses strong software fundamentals.
Key Responsibilities:
- Design, develop, and maintain Angular based single page applications supporting risk and fraud workflows.
- Build reusable, modular UI components using TypeScript, Angular, HTML, and CSS.
- Implement data heavy user experiences, including tables, dashboards, and visualizations.
- Collaborate with backend teams to integrate REST APIs and microservice based systems.
- Apply best practices in state management, performance optimization, and UI scalability.
- Contribute to frontend architecture decisions, coding standards, and shared component libraries.
- Work in an Agile environment and collaborate with product, UX, backend, and DevOps teams.
Key Skills:
- Strong hands-on frontend development experience, with at least 4+ years building production Angular applications.
- Proficient in TypeScript and modern JavaScript, with solid understanding of browser fundamentals.
- Proven experience building Single Page Applications (SPAs) with Angular, including components, services, and routing.
- Practical experience with Angular concepts such as RxJS, dependency injection, and state management patterns.
- Experience building reusable UI components and working with modular frontend architectures.
- Familiarity with data rich UI elements such as tables, grids (e.g., AG Grid or similar), and basic charting/visualisation.
- Experience consuming REST APIs and working alongside backend teams in microservices based environments.
- Proficiency with Git and modern build/package tools (npm, yarn).
- Comfortable working in Agile delivery teams, collaborating with multiple stakeholders, and iterating quickly.
Salary (Rate): undetermined
City: Basildon
Country: UK
Working Arrangements: on-site
IR35 Status: undetermined
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: IT
Position: Frontend UI Engineer (Angular)
Location: Basildon, UK (On-Site)
6-12-month contract position
We are seeking an experienced Frontend UI Engineer (Angular) to join a high impact Risk & Fraud Technology team at a leading UK fintech.
This role focuses on building scalable, data intensive user interfaces that support fraud monitoring, risk management, and operational decision making.
The ideal candidate is a hands-on engineer with strong software fundamentals, proven experience writing Angular applications from scratch, and comfort working in complex, fast moving, and highly regulated environments.
Core Responsibilities
- Design, develop, and maintain Angular based single page applications supporting risk and fraud workflows.
- Build reusable, modular UI components using TypeScript, Angular, HTML, and CSS.
- Implement data heavy user experiences, including tables, dashboards, and visualizations.
- Collaborate with backend teams to integrate REST APIs and microservice based systems.
- Apply best practices in state management, performance optimization, and UI scalability.
- Contribute to frontend architecture decisions, coding standards, and shared component libraries.
- Work in an Agile environment and collaborate with product, UX, backend, and DevOps teams.
Required Skills & Experience
- Strong hands-on frontend development experience, with at least 4+ years building production Angular applications.
- Proficient in TypeScript and modern JavaScript, with solid understanding of browser fundamentals.
- Proven experience building Single Page Applications (SPAs) with Angular, including components, services, and routing.
- Practical experience with Angular concepts such as RxJS, dependency injection, and state management patterns.
- Experience building reusable UI components and working with modular frontend architectures.
- Familiarity with data rich UI elements such as tables, grids (e.g., AG Grid or similar), and basic charting/visualisation.
- Experience consuming REST APIs and working alongside backend teams in microservices based environments.
- Proficiency with Git and modern build/package tools (npm, yarn).
- Comfortable working in Agile delivery teams, collaborating with multiple stakeholders, and iterating quickly.
Required Personal Skills:
- Good communication skills and will be able to work within an international team
- Self-motivated individual and creative thinker who will take ownership of tasks assigned.
- Able to thrive in a fast-paced, high energy, demanding and team-orientated environment.
- Excellent problem-solving skills
- Strong communication skills both verbal and written. Capable of collaborating effectively across a variety of IT and Business groups, across regions and different roles
- Good customer service skills. Ability to deal with difficult situations/individuals gracefully
Skills Desired:
- Experience in risk, fraud, payments, or financial systems
- Exposure to CI/CD pipelines and DevOps enabled frontend delivery
- Awareness of frontend performance tuning and accessibility best practices
- Experience modernizing or upgrading Angular versions