The Role
The Software Consultant for Frontend will focus on delivering customer-driven solutions, enhancing user experience, and collaborating on technical input for UI design, while leveraging various front-end technologies and best practices.
Summary Generated by Built In
ParentPay Group is Europe’s leading software product company and the UK’s largest education technology business. We are on a mission to bring next-generation innovation to positively impact on the lives of millions of parents, teachers, and students every day in over 49 countries.
Our market leading products use cutting edge cloud-based technology to streamline school processes, including secure web and mobile apps that enable secure online payments for school items such as meals, trips, clubs and uniform, improve parental engagement, simplify meal management and - through our product SIMS - collect and manage a database of student information and core school operations.
ParentPay Group’s new offices in Pune are a fantastic tech hub for those looking to boost their careers in software product development.
Our bright team FastTrack their career with international exposure and ways of working based on agile development best practices from globally renowned technology consultancies.
Key Responsibilities
● Customer experience driven, Customer first mentality
● Excellent communication skills and ability to communicate technical information upwards.
● Ability to work to tight deadlines
● Exceptional problem-solving skills
● High attention to detail and ability to encourage similar in others
● An understanding of the need for consistency and documentation where applicable
● Pragmatic, proactive, flexible attitude and approach
● Strong fail-fast, continuous improvement and open feedback mentality
● Inquisitive nature and a desire to challenge and improve
Skills, Knowledge and Expertise
- At least one 4+ years of experience with Solid Understanding in HTML, CSS, Typescript and React. preferably who has worked on Design System or Platform Teams
- Solid understanding of Jest and React Testing Library
- Solid Understanding of package manager like NPM, Yarn.
- Solid Experience with build tools such as Webpack, Gulp, Babel, Style Dictionary and Storybook
- Basic understanding of server-side CSS pre-processing platforms, such as LESS and SASS
- Proficient understanding of cross-browser compatibility issues and ways to work around them.
- Proficient understanding of code versioning tools, such as Git
- Build reusable code and libraries for future use.
- Work closely with designers and UX to provide technical input of UI concepts and design implementation.
- Assist other team members as required to ensure customer requirements are met.
- Basic Understanding of CI/CD and YAML based pipelines cloud.
About
At ParentPay Group, we believe that when schools run well, students thrive. That’s why we’ve spent decades building the operating system that supports well‑run schools – a seamless layer of tools, insights, and support that makes school life simpler for teachers, leaders, caterers, parents, and students alike.From cashless payments and parent engagement to catering management, library systems, and MIS platforms, we connect the everyday parts of education through simple, secure, and connected tools. What began as a way to make school payments easier has grown into Europe’s leading EdTech group – trusted by over 20,000 schools and 9 million users across the UK and Europe.Every day, our platforms process millions of payments, messages, and data points, quietly working in the background so schools can shine out front. Together, we’re helping schools save time, cut costs, and create more time for learning.ParentPay Group is more than a collection of brands. We are a group of people dedicated to supporting well‑run schools and giving time back to teachers, parents, caterers, admin staff – and most importantly, to students.
Skills Required
- 4+ years of experience with HTML, CSS, Typescript and React
- Solid understanding of Jest and React Testing Library
- Experience with package managers like NPM, Yarn
- Experience with build tools such as Webpack, Gulp, Babel
- Understanding of server-side CSS pre-processing platforms (LESS, SASS)
- Understanding of cross-browser compatibility issues
- Understanding of code versioning tools like Git
- Basic understanding of CI/CD and YAML based pipelines
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The Company
What We Do
ParentPay Group is a leading European EdTech company that provides an integrated ecosystem of technologies for educational institutions. Their services include data management, cashless payments, parent engagement, meal management, and library systems. Their mission is to streamline administrative tasks for schools, allowing educators to save time and focus on teaching and supporting students, ultimately aiming to create more time for learning.
