Staff Software Engineer - React, TypeScript

Salary: £65,000 - 105,000 per year

Requirements:

• Proven experience operating at Staff Engineer, Principal Engineer, Lead Engineer, or equivalent level, with a track record of delivering complex software solutions at scale.
• Expert-level React and TypeScript skills, including design systems, and deep experience defining and driving front-end architecture strategy across multiple teams.
• Experience applying AI in software development, including coding tools, prompt engineering, AI service integration, data connectivity, best practices, and adoption across engineering teams.
• Excellent influencing and mentoring skills, with experience representing engineering in architecture boards, technical governance forums, and design discussions, while leading through technical excellence rather than line management.
• Experience in component libraries, accessibility, and performance optimisation is desirable.
• Expertise in optimisation and experimentation, including A/B testing, personalisation, feature flagging, recommendation systems, or other data-driven decisioning capabilities is desirable.

Responsibilities:

• Lead the design and evolution of scalable, secure, and high-performing software solutions across multiple teams.
• Act as a technical authority for front-end architecture, helping define and drive our front-end engineering strategy.
• Represent engineering in architecture boards and technical governance forums.
• Champion engineering best practices across code quality, testing, CI/CD, observability, and software delivery.
• Embed AI-driven engineering practices, helping teams leverage AI effectively throughout the software development lifecycle.
• Drive experimentation, optimisation, and testing strategies to improve customer outcomes and business performance.
• Mentor and coach engineers through technical leadership and collaboration.
• Remain hands-on when required, deep in the detail, and leading by example.
• Partner with Product, Design, Data, and Engineering leaders to influence technical direction and product roadmaps.

Technologies:

• AI
• CI/CD
• React
• TypeScript
• JavaScript

More:

We are Experian, a global data and technology company powering opportunities for people and businesses around the world. We operate across a range of markets including financial services, healthcare, automotive, agribusiness, insurance, and more, and we invest in people and advanced technologies to unlock the power of data. Our team includes 25,200 people across 32 countries. This is a senior individual contributor role on our ECS Engineering team, with no line management responsibilities, focused on technical leadership, architecture, innovation, and engineering excellence. It is a hybrid role with 40% office-based work in Nottingham. Our benefits package includes hybrid working, a great compensation package and discretionary bonus, pension, Bupa healthcare, Sharesave Scheme, 25 days annual leave plus 8 bank holidays and 3 volunteering days, with the option to purchase additional annual leave. We have a people-first, inclusive, purpose-driven culture, and we are proud of our award-winning workplace recognition. We are an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer.

last updated 36 week of 2026