Application Engineer - Web Developer

An excellent opportunity has arisen for an experienced Application Engineer/Web Developer to join a forward-thinking technology team supporting the development, enhancement and delivery of high-quality digital platforms.This role would suit a highly skilled web developer with strong experience in Angular, TypeScript and modern front-end engineering, particularly someone who enjoys building scalable, reusable UI component libraries and contributing to engineering best practice across multiple product teams.

You will play a key role in developing a design system and reusable Angular components, supporting consistency, accessibility and engineering quality at scale. The role sits within a fast-paced environment where you will work across the full software development lifecycle, from requirements gathering through to deployment, maintenance and continuous improvement.

Key Responsibilities

Develop, support and enhance global web applications within a modern technological environment.

Build and maintain reusable UI component libraries using Angular v18+ and TypeScript.

Work with modern Angular patterns, including standalone components and server-side rendering.

Support multi-project builds using Nx monorepo tooling, including targeted builds and testing across affected packages.

Document and showcase components using Storybook, including accessibility auditing, design integration and MDX-based documentation.

Maintain and improve CI/CD pipelines covering build, lint, test and publish workflows.

Deploy and support applications on AWS infrastructure.

Promote and implement best practices including Test-Driven Development, Behaviour-Driven Development and clean, maintainable code.

Advocate for effective design patterns to solve complex technical problems and improve reusability.

Integrate AI capabilities into engineering workflows, including AI-powered tools, agents, AI-driven testing solutions and MCPs.

Collaborate with technical leads, IT teams and business stakeholders to understand dependencies and deliver effective solutions.

Review technical documentation and identify opportunities for continuous improvement.

Ensure compliance with IT and information security policies.

Support knowledge sharing, mentoring and collaboration across the wider engineering community.

If you possess a combination of the following skills, then LETS TALK!

Proven track record in both web development and software development.

Strong commercial experience with Angular, ideally Angular v18+.

Excellent knowledge of TypeScript, JavaScript, HTML and CSS.

Experience developing reusable UI component libraries and working within component-driven development environments.

Experience with Nx monorepo tooling and managing multi-project builds.

Strong understanding of CI/CD principles and engineering automation.

Experience with AWS infrastructure and cloud-based application support.

Strong understanding of software engineering best practice, including TDD, BDD, design patterns and code quality standards.

Experience integrating AI tools or AI-assisted engineering workflows would be highly beneficial.

Ability to work collaboratively across technical and business teams.

Strong communication skills and a passion for continuous improvement.

The f9ollowing skills would be advantageous, but not essential.

Experience with Java.

Experience with Adobe Experience Manager, including AEM SPA SDK and Maven build tooling.

Advanced Node.js experience.

Knowledge of Python or other programming languages.

Familiarity with GraphQL.

Knowledge of WCAG accessibility standards and automated accessibility testing.

Experience publishing and versioning npm packages to private registries.

Exposure to charting libraries such as amCharts.

In return, you will be rewarded with flexible working in a hybrid environment. Our industry-leading benefits package encompasses a 20% bonus in addition to a partnership payment of £10,500 and an exceptional pension scheme.

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