Engineer, Development

Overview

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The candidate will be responsible for owning the frontend architecture, UI components, and headless CMS integrations. They must bridge the gap between design and technology, translating Figma/Adobe XD wireframes into pixel-perfect, responsive web applications while managing dynamic content delivery via modern CMS platforms.

Role Overview

The successful candidate will own the frontend architecture, UI components, and headless CMS integrations for the team. They will bridge the gap between design and technology, translating Figma/Adobe XD wireframes into pixel-perfect, responsive web applications, while managing dynamic content delivery via modern CMS platforms.

Key Responsibilities

• React Development Build, maintain, and optimise robust, scalable web applications using React.js and modern JavaScript (ES6+).
• Headless CMS Management Architect, configure, and consume content models and APIs from modern Headless CMS platforms to drive dynamic frontend experiences.
• UI/UX & Styling Translate complex UI/UX designs into high-quality, pixel-perfect code using HTML5, CSS3, and modern styling methodologies (e.g. Tailwind CSS, Styled Components, or SASS).
• State & API Integration Manage application state using React's built-in capabilities (Context API, Hooks) and integrate backend RESTful or GraphQL APIs.
• Performance & Optimisation Ensure applications are highly optimised for maximum speed, scalability, cross-browser compatibility, and SEO best practices.
• Code Quality Write clean, maintainable, and well-documented code, participating actively in code reviews and agile sprint planning.

Technical Skills & Qualifications

• Core Frontend: 2+ years' professional experience in React.js, with a deep understanding of its core principles (Hooks, Component Lifecycle, Virtual DOM)
• CMS Expertise: Direct hands-on experience with any Headless CMS (Contentful preferred), including defining content models, localisation, and fetching data via GraphQL/REST APIs
• Advanced JavaScript & Styling: Strong proficiency in JavaScript (ES6+), TypeScript (a plus), Tailwind CSS and advanced CSS layout techniques (Flexbox, Grid)
• Build Tools & Version Control: Proficient with Git/GitHub workflows and modern frontend build tools/bundlers (Vite, Webpack, npm/yarn)
• Testing & Debugging: Experience with frontend testing frameworks (Jest, React Testing Library) and debugging tools
• React Development: Build, maintain, and optimize robust, scalable web applications using React.js and modern JavaScript (ES6+).
• Headless CMS Management: Architect, configure, and consume content models and APIs from modern Headless CMS platforms to drive dynamic frontend experiences.
• UI/UX & Styling: Translate complex UI/UX designs into high-quality, pixel-perfect code using HTML5, CSS3, and modern styling methodologies (e.g., Tailwind CSS, Styled Components, or SASS).
• State & API Integration: Manage application state using React's built-in capabilities (Context API, Hooks) and integrate backend RESTful or GraphQL APIs.
• Performance & Optimization: Ensure applications are highly optimized for maximum speed, scalability, cross-browser compatibility, and SEO best practices.
• Code Quality: Write clean, maintainable, and well-documented code, participating actively in code reviews and agile sprint planning.

Education:

• Bachelor’s degree (Required)
• Master’s degree (Preferred)

Work Experience:

• 3-5 Years

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Core Frontend: 2+ years of professional experience in React.js and deep understanding of its core principles (Hooks, Component Lifecycle, Virtual DOM).
• CMS Expertise: Direct hands-on experience working with any Headless CMS (Contentful preferred), including defining content models, localization, and fetching data via GraphQL/REST APIs.
• Advanced JavaScript & Styling: Strong proficiency in JavaScript (ES6+), TypeScript (a plus), and advanced CSS layout techniques (Flexbox, Grid).
• Build Tools & Version Control: Proficient with Git/GitHub workflows and modern frontend build tools/bundlers (Vite, Webpack, npm/yarn).
• Testing & Debugging: Experience with frontend testing frameworks (Jest, React Testing Library) and debugging tools.

Shift details:

• Required to work in shift: Yes
• If Yes Shift Timing- UK Shift (1-10pm)

About Aptean

At Aptean, our mission is to solve tomorrow’s unique challenges today with unrivaled, purpose-built software and superior customer experiences from people who care. Aptean is a global provider of mission-critical, industry-specific software solutions.
Aptean’ s purpose-built ERP and supply chain management solutions help address the unique challenges facing process and discrete manufacturers, distributors and other ocused organizations. Aptean’ s compliance solutions are built for companies serving
specific markets such as finance, healthcare, biotech and pharmaceuticals, over 10,000 highly specialized organizations in more than 20 industries and 80 countries rely on Aptean to streamline their everyday operations.

“At Aptean, our global and diverse employee base is our greatest asset. It is through embracing and understanding our differences that we are able to harness our individual power to maximize the success of our customers, our employees and our company.” –
TVN Reddy

Aptean pledges to promote a company culture where diversity, equity and inclusion are central. We are committed to applying this principle as we interact with our customers, build our teams, cultivate our leaders and shape a company in which any employee can
succeed, regardless of race, color, sex, national origin, sexuality and gender identity, religion, disability or age. Celebrating our diverse experiences, opinions and beliefs allows us to embrace what makes us unique and to use this as an asset in bringing
innovative solutions to our customer base.