About Codat
Codat is an advisory intelligence solution purpose-built for modern commercial banking. Through rich, specialized data, forward-looking insights, and integrated workflows, Codat empowers banking teams to deepen their relationships, grow their revenue, and simplify their day-to-day work.
Founded in 2017 and backed by JPMorgan, PayPal, Amex, Plaid, and Shopify, Codat has successfully powered over 350,000 connections to business customers’ financial systems — and is trusted by industry leaders to turn scattered information into actionable, strategic advantages in real time, every time.
What we do at Codat
Codat is an advisory intelligence solution purpose-built for modern commercial banking. Through rich, specialized data, forward-looking insights, and integrated workflows, Codat empowers banking teams to deepen their relationships, grow their revenue, and simplify their day-to-day work.
Founded in 2017 and backed by JPMorgan, PayPal, Amex, Plaid, and Shopify, Codat has successfully powered over 350,000 connections to business customers’ financial systems — and is trusted by industry leaders to turn scattered information into actionable, strategic advantages in real time, every time.
Who We Need, and Why?
We are looking for a highly experienced and product-minded Frontend Engineer with a deep specialisation in frontend systems. You will be a technical leader and a mentor, playing a pivotal role in shaping our product vision and technical direction while driving the delivery of high-quality, user-friendly applications.
You will be the go-to frontend subject matter expert (SME), significantly contributing to our technology stack and best practices, and fostering a culture of technical excellence and continuous improvement. While your primary focus will be on the frontend, you'll also have a strong understanding of full-stack systems, from data flow to deployment, ensuring seamless integration and performance.
The Role
As a Staff/Senior Engineer you will be a hands-on leader, balancing frontend specialisation with an understanding of the full stack. Your experience will cover:
Technical Leader & Mentor: You are passionate about mentoring and elevating the technical capabilities of the team. You will act as a technical mentor to other engineers, sharing your expertise and guiding them in best practices for frontend architecture, development, and support
Strategic & Tactical: You can balance big-picture vision with hands-on execution. You're action-oriented and eager to take ownership of projects and initiatives
Driving Technical Strategy: You will contribute significantly to team discussions, helping to solve complex technical challenges, and proactively identifying opportunities to improve our frontend technology stack and engineering practices. You will influence our technical roadmap and architectural decisions, bringing innovative solutions and staying at the forefront of modern technologies and frameworks
Product Ownership: You will take a leading role in designing, developing, and supporting impactful projects, ensuring seamless user experiences with observability baked in. You will champion a strong product mindset with a keen eye for user experience and system design
Obsessed with Quality: You are passionate about code quality, maintainability, observability, and best practices across the platform
Proactive & Collaborative: You have a proactive approach to problem-solving and can effectively communicate technical concepts to both technical and non-technical team members
Balancing Speed & Quality: You are comfortable working in a fast-paced, startup-like environment, balancing speed and quality while demonstrating a strong desire for ownership to deliver high-quality solutions efficiently
Team Player: You foster effective collaboration between engineering teams and stakeholders, ensuring alignment and seamless handoffs
Leveraging AI: You are enthusiastic about leveraging current and new AI solutions to streamline operations and maximize output, staying at the forefront of changes in AI tools to enhance your role and productivity
What You’ll Bring to the Team
Demonstrated experience in mentoring engineers of all levels and leading technical initiatives
Extensive experience as a frontend subject matter expert, with deep proficiency in React and TypeScript. Experience with Svelte would be a plus
A proven track record of building and optimising performant, accessible, and responsive web applications
A strong understanding of how data flows through a full-stack system, from the API to the user interface
Deep knowledge of UI/UX best practices and creating great user experiences
Significant familiarity with site reliability engineering (SRE) principles as they apply to frontend applications, including a strong understanding of modern build tools, CI/CD pipelines, and cloud-based deployment processes
Experience with containerization and orchestration technologies like Docker and Kubernetes (K8s)
Extensive experience with testing frameworks for both frontend and backend (e.g., Jest/Vitest, React Testing Library, Cypress)
Strong awareness of security best practices
A degree in Computer Science or a similar field is preferred
What level we are looking for:
We are looking for either a senior or staff level engineer. On applying please select the appropriate level for what you think will best suit your skills. We are open to Hybrid or remote applications from within the UK.
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