Smarkets

Smarkets

London

Front-End Engineer

Full-Time£34,000 - 56,000 per year2 days agoUnited Kingdom
IT

Job Description

Salary: £34,000 - 56,000 per year

Requirements:
  • 4+ years of experience as a software engineer, with a strong focus on front-end development
  • Strong proficiency in TypeScript and React
  • A track record of collaborating closely with Designers and Product Managers
  • Familiarity with DevOps tools and practices, including GitLab and Kubernetes
  • A solid understanding of distributed systems in a modern cloud environment
  • Experience profiling front-end performance to identify and resolve bottlenecks
  • Familiarity with Figma and design-to-code workflows
  • Excellent written and spoken communication skills in English
  • The ability to collaborate effectively across cross-functional teams
  • Proficiency with AI-driven development tools to accelerate coding, debugging, and documentation
  • Nice to have: hands-on experience with Next.js and React Native
  • Nice to have: experience with state management tools such as Redux or React Query
  • Nice to have: experience in the sports betting or finance industries
  • Nice to have: experience writing and maintaining end-to-end tests (Maestro, Playwright)
  • Nice to have: a user-centric mindset and a genuine interest in UX
Responsibilities:
  • Design, implement and maintain complex features and interfaces across web and mobile (iOS & Android), built with React, React Native and TypeScript
  • Work closely with Product, Design and other engineering teams to scope and lead business goal-aligned projects
  • Translate designs and prototypes from Figma into polished, functional and pixel-perfect interfaces
  • Implement monitoring and error tracking to ensure the stability and performance of our user-facing applications
  • Help reinforce the standard for code quality by writing tests and reviewing merge requests
  • Continuously improve engineering processes including CI/CD
  • Champion our stack by demonstrating how to implement functionality the right way, with an eye to the horizon and your mind on the present
Technologies:
  • AI
  • Android
  • CI/CD
  • Cloud
  • DevOps
  • Figma
  • GitLab
  • Kafka
  • Kubernetes
  • Linux
  • Mobile
  • Playwright
  • Python
  • React
  • React Native
  • Redux
  • TypeScript
  • Web
  • iOS
  • Support
  • JavaScript
  • REST
  • Frontend

More:

We are Smarkets, a technology company operating one of the worlds most sophisticated prediction markets, with over 29 billion in volume since 2010 and more than 200,000 traders globally. We build on a stack that includes Linux, Kafka, Postgres, Kubernetes, Python 3, C++17, React, Next.js, React Native, TypeScript, Redux, and React Query, and we focus on scale, reliability, speed, and customer-first experiences. This full-time Front-End Engineer role is based in London on a hybrid schedule, with 3 days in the office and 2 days from home. We offer a competitive salary and benefits package, stock options vesting over 4 years, a pension scheme with up to 6% matched contributions, comprehensive health insurance, enhanced parental leave, daily chef-made breakfast and lunch, snacks and drinks, a cycle-to-work scheme, a 1,000 annual learning and development budget, 25 days paid leave plus bank holidays with the option to carry over 5 days, and regular socials, hackathons, and events. We also describe a fast-paced, collaborative, ambitious culture built around our values: Push to Win, Make Others Better, Give a Shit, Be a Pro, and Bring the Energy.

last updated 35 week of 2026

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About Smarkets

Smarkets

Smarkets

London

IT

Skills & Technologies

JavaScriptTypeScriptPythonJavaC++GoReactNext.jsKubernetesLinuxGitCI/CD

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