Excited to grow your career?
Our purpose is to make it easy for people to save and invest for a better future. We are looking for great people to join us, so please come and invest in YOUR future at Hargreaves Lansdown.
We know that sometimes people can be put off applying for a job if they don't tick every box. If you're excited about working for us and have most of the skills or experience we're looking for, please go ahead and apply. We’d love to hear from you!
About the role
You’ll contribute to the design, development, and maintenance of a critical part of our platform, helping deliver seamless and high‑quality user experiences across our applications. You’ll work closely with product, design, and backend teams to build new features, improve performance, and ensure technical excellence in everything you deliver.
You’ll take ownership of your work from concept to release, write clean and maintainable code, participate in code reviews, and help drive consistent engineering standards across the team. You’ll also diagnose and resolve complex issues, contribute to architectural decisions, and play an active role in shaping the evolution of our platform.
What
You’ll
Do
Build and
maintain
a
high
‑
quality
React application.
Integrate with RESTful and
GraphQL
APIs.
Diagnose, debug, and resolve issues across the stack, ensuring a smooth and reliable user experience.
Participate in code reviews, offering constructive feedback and helping improve overall code quality.
Work
cross
‑
functionally
with designers, PMs, and QA to deliver features
end
‑
to
‑
end
.
Support continuous improvement efforts by sharing knowledge, proposing enhancements, and adopting best practices.
What
We’re
Looking For
3
+ years of professional
web
development experience, with
2
+ years using React
.
Strong
proficiency
in
React
, including hooks, functional components, and
state
‑
management
patterns
.
Solid understanding of
TypeScript
and
type
‑
safe
frontend development.
Strong understanding of secure
web
development, especially within financial or regulated environments.
Strong debugging and
performance
‑
optimization
skills in modern browsers.
Excellent communication skills and experience working in agile environments.
Nice to Have
Hands
‑
on
experience with
AWS services
relevant to frontend workflows (
e.g
, S3, API Gateway, Lambda).
Experience in fintech or banking applications.
Familiarity with feature driven modular architecture.
Comfort writing unit and integration tests using
Jest, React Testing Library
, or Cypress/Playwright.
Interview Process
Stage 1 – Discussion with our
recruitment team
(30 mins)
A brief conversation to explore your background, motivations, and fit for the team and role.
Stage 2 –
Take home technical test (
self paced
)
A small technical test designed to
showcase
your knowledge of skillset of React & TypeScript
Stage
3
– Technical Interview (90 mins)
A
hands
‑
on
deep dive into your React
expertise
, covering coding, and
problem
‑
solving
.
We will also discuss your take home test
.
Be ready to share your screen during the technical discussion part of the interview.
Stage 4 – Final Interview (30 mins)
A
final
call
with a
member of our
Engineering
leadership
team
Why us?
Here at HL, we’re the UK’s number 1 investment platform for private investors, based in Bristol. For more than 40 years we’ve helped investors save time, tax and money on their investments.
To achieve our mission, we believe we have a workplace like no other, with constant learning, dynamic teams, and a great ethos. We're steered by core values that promote service, quality, innovation, and opportunity in everything we do.
What's on offer?
Discretionary annual bonus
*
and
annual pay review
25 days
*
holiday plus bank holidays and 1-day
additional
Christmas closure
Option
to
purchase
an
additional
5
days
holiday
**
Flexible working options available, including hybrid
working
Enhanced parental leave
Pension scheme up to 11% employer contribution
Income Protection
and
Life insurance (4 x salary core level of cover)
Private medical insurance*
Health care cash plans - including optical, dental, and out
patient care
Health screening programme
Help@hand
- confidential support
including
mental health counselling
and
remote
GP
Wellhub
- unlimited access to fitness provider
s
and
w
ellness
c
oach sessions
Variety of travel to work schemes with bike storage and shower facilities
Inhouse barista
and
deli serving subsidised coffee and
sandwiches
T
wo paid volunteering days per year
*
dependant
on role level
**
only
available to select during our annual benefits window, in
November each year
Hargreaves Lansdown is an inclusive employer that values diversity in its workforce. We encourage applications from all individuals without regard to race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, disability or age.
This role may also be available on a flexible working or part time basis – please ask the Recruitment & Onboarding team for more information.
Please note, we are unable to provide employment sponsorship to candidates.