The Role
The Senior Front End Software Engineer designs and builds user interfaces, mentors team members, and collaborates on product development.
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Ready to shape the future of data?
Matillion is the intelligent data integration platform.
We're changing how the world works with data – and we need driven, curious people who think big and move fast.
We built the Data Productivity Cloud to supercharge data productivity, and now we’re shaping the future of data engineering with Maia – our AI-powered virtual data engineers that help teams design, build, and manage data pipelines at unmatched speed.
Join #TeamGreen, where the mission comes first, collaboration drives us forward, and everyone pulls in the same direction to make a dent in the universe bigger than ourselves.
Matillion is built around small development teams responsible for specific themes and initiatives. Each team is a mix of engineers with various levels of skills and experience.
The Senior Front End Software Engineer works within a team to write, test and release new features, whilst also helping fix problems that arise in Matillion’s products.
What You’ll Do:
- Design, build, test, and support production front-end applications and UI components.
- Develop responsive, accessible, and performant user interfaces using modern front-end frameworks and best practices.
- Use AI-assisted developer tools to accelerate development, while validating outputs for quality, maintainability, and security.
- Collaborate closely with product managers, designers, and back-end engineers to deliver end-to-end features.
- Participate in and lead front-end design and architecture discussions (e.g., component patterns, state management).
- Review code and champion front-end standards across quality, testing, performance, and security.
- Improve development workflows through automation, tooling, and reusable component systems.
- Mentor team members, share knowledge, and contribute to hiring and technical growth.
- Participate in on-call support and help proactively prevent customer-facing issues.
What We’re Looking For:
- Essential
- Strong experience with JavaScript/TypeScript and modern front-end frameworks (e.g., React).
- Solid understanding of UI architecture, component design, state management, and front-end performance.
- Experience delivering features through the full SDLC using Agile practices and CI/CD pipelines.
- Familiarity with cloud-hosted applications and front-end observability and monitoring.
- Proficient in using AI-powered developer tools as a daily copilot, including reviewing and refining AI-generated code.
- Demonstrated ownership, collaboration, and a bias for action.
- Personal Capabilities
- User-focused mindset with strong attention to detail and design quality.
- Curious, analytical problem-solver who can work independently and collaboratively.
- Growth-oriented and adaptable, with a strong interest in modern front-end and AI-assisted development.
- Thinks systemically about UI, data flow, and application behavior to ensure reliable, secure, and scalable experiences.
At Matillion, we are committed to providing competitive salaries in line with market standards. Our estimated compensation range for this position is £59,600 to £89,400, but the final salary will be based on your relevant skills, experience and qualifications demonstrated in the hiring process.
At Matillion, we’re here to do something hard - change the way the world works with data, and build a great company along the way. Big, bold goals aren’t for the faint-hearted, and we don’t shy away from them. But we don’t do it alone. No egos, no politics - just great people working together, guided by our six core values;
- Confidence without arrogance
- Working with integrity
- Customer obsessed
- Innovate and demand quality
- Bias for action
- We care
We operate a flexible working culture that promotes work-life balance, with benefits including:
- Company Equity
- 30 days holiday + bank holidays
- 5 days paid volunteering leave
- Health insurance
- Life Insurance
- Pension
- Access to mental health support
More about Matillion
Thousands of enterprises including Cisco, London Stock Exchange Group, EDF and Slack trust Matillion for a wide range of use cases from insights and operational analytics, to data science, machine learning and AI. We are a truly global workforce, dual headquartered in Manchester, UK and Denver, Colorado, with expanding offices in Hyderabad, India, along with valuable remote colleagues around the world.
We are keen to hear from prospective Matillioners, so even if you don't feel you match all the criteria please apply and a member of our Talent Acquisition team will be in touch. Alternatively, if you're interested in Matillion but don't see a suitable role, please email [email protected].
Find out more about life on #TeamGreen here.
Matillion is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and we are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all of our team. Matillion prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type. Matillion does not discriminate on the basis of race, colour, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by law.
Top Skills
JavaScript
React
Typescript
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The Company
What We Do
We help teams get data business-ready, faster, accelerating time-to-value and increasing the impact data can have. Our platform helps organisations that want to be data-driven to connect their data, shape it into business-ready formats, and get all this done faster with the cloud.
We have a series of services that help teams load, transform, synchronise, and orchestrate their data, built on top of a cloud that ties everything together from end to end.
Why Work With Us
Matillion has fostered a culture that is collaborative, fast-paced, ambitious, and transparent; an environment where people genuinely care about colleagues and communities. We have 6 values by which we live and breathe. We are collaborative, passionate, honourable, and genuinely care about each other and the communities in which we live and work.
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