Job Description

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