Senior React Engineer

Posted 30 September 2025
Salary £60000 - £65000 per annum + Pension, Hybrid, Annual Leave
LocationBelfast
Job type Permanent
Discipline Tech
ReferenceVR290925_1759253623

Job description

Summary

  • Job Reference: VR290925
  • Job Title: Senior React Engineer
  • Annual Salary/Benefits: 60,000-65,000 plus excellent benefits (Bonus, Pension, Annual Leave etc)
  • Location: Belfast City Centre, hybrid (3 days onsite, 2 days WFH - choose your WFH days)
  • Client: Private sector - Finance
  • Contract: Permanent, full-time (37.5 hours pw, typically Mon-Fri / 8.30-5)

Senior React Engineer - Overview

As a Senior Software Engineer you will be part of a talented team delivering business critical software for the internal broking division and their external customer base.

You will work within an Agile environment, from design through to implementation, with a strong focus on continuous improvement whilst working collaboratively as part of self-organising, cross-functional team with a focus on continuous integration and deployment.

Role Responsibilities:

  • Work closely with Solution Architects and Principal Engineers to build solutions that align to the IT strategy/vision
  • Provide support and mentoring to other members of the team
  • Take ownership of, and be accountable for, the delivery and quality of engineering and solutions, ensuring they meet business requirements, adhere to best practices, and are delivered on time and within scope
  • Seek to continuously improve, experimenting with technologies and methodologies to improve delivery, and guarantee the best solution and approach
  • Communicate effectively on progress and ensure impediments are raised early to minimise impact on the delivery.

Experience / Competences

  • Demonstrable experience building modern, scalable, and maintainable web interfaces using React/Typescript/JavaScript and HTML/CSS, following structured, reusable design patterns rooted in object-oriented programming
  • Demonstrable experience with HTML5, React 16+, Typescript 4+, JavaScript, ES6 and JSX
  • Experience delivering consistent UX and UI for cross-browser compatibility
  • Experience using libraries such as Material UI or Ant Design
  • Experience creating end-to-end, integration, and regression tests using automation tools such as Selenium, Cypress, or similar
  • Experience using build tools such as Webpack or Vite and configuration files
  • Knowledge of web security best practices
  • Appreciation of the full SDLC

For further information on this Senior React Engineer role, including a full job description, or any other IT job in Northern Ireland, apply via the link or contact JP Rooney at VANRATH for a confidential chat today.