Hays Technology
React/Next.js Developer
Job Description
Salary: £30,000 - 60,000 per year
Requirements:- Strong React/Next.js development experience (2+ years)
- Experience with or exposure to headless CMS platforms such as Hygraph
- Good understanding of GraphQL and modern data fetching approaches
- Understanding of PWA concepts and frontend performance optimisation
- Strong communication skills, with the ability to engage non-technical stakeholders
- Experience building B2B and B2C e-commerce websites is essential
- AWS Cloud experience
- Build and own the core Ecommerce website experience within our modern, headless architecture
- Develop in React and work with GraphQL APIs
- Integrate with Hygraph CMS to deliver a fast, scalable and flexible frontend
- Engage with internal stakeholders across the business and translate requirements into technical solutions
- Help shape how our platform evolves as we bring more capability in-house
- Establish in-house capability as we move away from agencies
- AWS
- Cloud
- CMS
- Frontend
- GraphQL
- PWA
- React
- Support
- JavaScript
More:
We are a market-leading manufacturing business with a strong engineering heritage, investing heavily in our digital capability as part of a wider transformation programme. Our platform supports both B2B and B2C Ecommerce in a complex, high-scale environment with varied user journeys. This role is based in Northampton with four days onsite and Fridays from home, and we offer free onsite parking, 25 days holiday, a strong pension, various healthcare schemes, flexible working hours, and funding for training and certifications. We are modernising how we engage customers through technology and looking for someone who can take ownership, influence technical direction, and make a visible impact on our frontend estate.
last updated 36 week of 2026
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Hays Technology
Northampton
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£45,000
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£55,000
UK median
This salary is 18% below the UK median for Developers (£55,000/yr).
Based on 2024–2025 UK technology sector benchmarks