Arbor Education are hiring a Senior Front End Engineer

Location: Remote, UK

Salary: £60,000 - £70,000

At Arbor, we’re on a mission to transform the way schools work for the better. 

We believe in a future of work in schools where being challenged doesn’t mean being burnt out and overworked. Where data guides progress without overwhelming staff. And where everyone working in a school is reminded why they got into education every day. 

Our MIS and school management tools are already making a difference in over 12,000 schools and trusts. Giving time and power back to staff, turning data into clear, actionable insights, and supporting happier working days. 

At the heart of our brand is a recognition that the challenges schools face today aren’t just about efficiency, outputs and productivity - but about creating happier working lives for the people who drive education everyday: the staff. We want to make schools more joyful places to work, as well as learn. 

We are looking for an experienced and collaborative Senior Front End Engineer to join one of our Engineering teams and help us with the ongoing development of Arbor’s front-end library and React Native mobile application. The remit and focus of the role is to directly contribute to the ongoing migration to React from ExtJs, as well as developing new features and libraries, and a comprehensive component library. It’s a broad and exciting role, so we’re looking for someone up for a challenge - if you’re a creative and a keen problem solver, this is the role for you.

Core responsibilities

• Work closely with the Product Manager, QA engineer and Technical Lead to solutionise feature requests
• Lead the creation of detailed documentation for new feature developments, incorporating diagrams for comprehensive understanding.
• Drive the development and implementation of tests around new features, ensuring appropriate coverage and the highest standards.
• Drive a user centric front-end platform that delivers exceptional user experiences.
• Play a proactive role in mitigating the occurrence of production incidents, identifying risks and ensuring quality. Active role in remediation in the event of an incident, and also root cause analysis with the team to implement measures that prevent future occurrences.
• Demonstrate expertise in producing well-architected, efficient, and scalable code using industry-leading design patterns and methodologies.
• Take a leadership role in code reviews and pair programming sessions, guiding and mentoring colleagues towards excellence.
• Lead and actively participate in tech-talks, workshops, and team-based learning initiatives - ensuring knowledge is disseminated effectively across the team.
• Proactively identify and address developer experience and workflow improvements.

• Extensive expertise in JavaScript and Typescript, with a deep understanding of JavaScript fundamentals.
• Proven experience in leading projects with modern Javascript frameworks such as React, Angular, Vue or similar.
• Excellent knowledge of HTML and CSS.
• Strong understanding of web accessibility.
• Strong experience with automated testing (unit testing, integration testing and end-to-end testing).
• Good understanding of good software delivery methodologies (e.g. Scrum, Agile)
• Advanced understanding and application of best practices and software engineering principles, including SOLID, DRY, etc.
• Good understanding of front-end build tools such as Webpack and Babel.
• Basic software architecture skills: understands the ways in which frontends can fit into the overall software stack..
• Experience with a backend language/framework such as PHP/symfony.
• Demonstrates leadership qualities and a proactive problem-solving mindset.
• Excellent team collaboration skills and experience in mentoring developers.
• A commitment to continuous learning, improvement and staying up-to-date with industry trends.
• Excellent written and spoken English for clear and effective communication.
• Experience with Docker and containerisation.
• Experience with build tooling (Github actions, bash scripting etc.)

Bonus skills

• Experience with React Native or other mobile app development technologies.
• Past experience with enterprise solutions
• Experience developing a frontend framework / platform. 
• Experience writing PHP
• Experience with relational and NoSql database technologies
• Experience with build tooling (GitHub actions, bash scripting etc.)
• Familiarity with software best practices such as Refactoring, Clean Code, Domain-Driven Design, Test-Driven Development, etc.

The chance to work alongside a team of hard-working, passionate people in a role where you’ll see the impact of your work everyday. We also offer:

• A dedicated wellbeing team who champion initiatives such as mindfulness, lunch n learns, manager training, mental health first aid training and much more!
• 32 days holiday (plus Bank Holidays). This is made up of 25 days annual leave plus 7 extra company wide days given over Easter, Summer & Christmas
• Life Assurance paid out at 3x annual salary
• Comprehensive wellness benefit provided by AIG Smart Health, which provides a 24/7 virtual GP service, Mental health support, Counselling, and personalised Health Checks 
• Private Dental Insurance with Bupa 
• Salary sacrifice Pension provided by Scottish Widows
• Enhanced maternity and adoption leave (20 weeks full pay) and paternity (6 weeks full pay) pay
• 5 free return to work maternity coaching sessions, helping you adapt to this new exciting time of life!
• Access to services such as Calm and Bippit (financial wellbeing coaching) 
• All of our roles champion flexible working and we are happy to discuss what this means to you
• Social committees that plan team, office and company wide events to bring people together and celebrate success
• Dedicated professional development training budget (CPD courses, upskilling resources, professional memberships etc)
• Volunteer with a charity of your choice for a day each year
• Dog friendly offices!

We are committed to a fair and comfortable recruitment process, so if you require any reasonable adjustments during your application or interview process, please reach out to a member of the team at careers@arbor-education.com.

Our commitment is also backed by our partnership with Neurodiversity Consultancy, Lexxic who provide us with training, support and advice. 

Our goal is for Arbor to be a workplace which represents, celebrates and supports people from all backgrounds, and which gives them the tools they need to thrive - whatever their ambitions may be so we support and promote diversity and equality, and actively  encourage applications from people of all backgrounds. 

Know someone else who would be good for this role? You can refer a friend, family member or colleague, if they are offered a role with Arbor, we will say thank you with a voucher valued up to £200! Simply email: careers@arbor-education.com 

Please note: We are unable to provide visa sponsorship at this time.