Front End-Angular developer, Basildon

Position: Front End-Angular developer
Location: Basildon, UK (On-site)
long term contract position

Role Summary

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

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