Full Stack Engineer - UI

RED Global is currently recruiting for a Senior Full Stack UI Engineer for our client, a global organisation who undertaking a large integration program. They are looking to bring on board an experienced Sr. Full Stack UI Engineer with a strong focus on Backend-for-Frontend (BFF), API Integration and Event-driven architecture.

Key responsibilities:

• Build high-quality frontend experiences as well as working on the Backend-for-Frontend (BFF) layers, integrating REST APIs and event-driven architectures for the consumption of browser-based components.
• Work with API Gateways (e.g., AWS API Gateway, Kong, Apigee) to manage API requests efficiently.
• Implement caching strategies, request aggregation, and API optimizations.
• Ensure secure API communication using OAuth2, JWT, and best API security practices.
• Analyse requirements, design, develop, test and maintain scalable react (TypeScript) applications.
• Ensure seamless integration with backend services through middleware technologies.
• Write unit tests (Jest, Vitest, React Testing Library) and E2E tests (Cypress, Playwright).
• Report to the Engineering Manager and be part of an agile development team working closely with other developers, QA's and Product Owners.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with good senior-level stakeholder management soft skills and competencies.

Required skills:

• 8+ years experiences working as a Full Stack Engineer.
• Must have Backend-for-Frontend (BFF) experiences such as Node.js, Express/NestJS, (AWS API Gateway, Kong, Apigee).
• Extensive Frontend experiences such as React and TypeScript.
• Previously implemented event-driven features to enhance real-time interactions and scalability.
• Passion for building great consumer products and improving user experience.
• Hands-on experience with observability tools (Datadog, Prometheus, Grafana).
• Experience with Protobuf conversion to/from JSON.