AJ Bell

Company Name: AJ Bell
Job Title: Senior Frontend Engineer
Job Description: To further our expansion, we are now recruiting for a highly skilled and experienced Senior Frontend Engineer to align to our direct-to-consumer development team. You will be responsible for designing, developing, and maintaining high-quality, user-friendly web applications using React and related technologies for our award-winning client facing web applications.
You will work closely with designers, backend engineers, and product managers to bring our vision to life. The ideal candidate will have a strong focus on engineering excellence and passion for meticulous detail, someone who thrives on creating exceptional digital experiences and takes pride in crafting exceptional code.
What does the job involve?
Build reusable UI components and front-end libraries for future use.
Collaborate with designers to translate design mock-ups and wireframes into clean, maintainable React code.
Optimise components for maximum performance across various devices and browsers.
Write high-quality, maintainable, and efficient JavaScript code, prioritising performance optimisation.
Collaborate closely with designers and back-end engineers to ensure a seamless user experience.
Implement a test-driven development approach to ensure code quality and robustness.
Stay up to date with the latest trends and advancements in the React ecosystem.
Continuously identify opportunities to improve the user interface and user experience.
Lead the conversation and advise teams on the best features and functionality to enhance the user journey.
Build strong relationships across teams, particularly within the product, marketing, and content teams.
Collaborate within a cross functional team, partnering with other members of UX/UI team.
Troubleshoot and fix bugs identified during development and user testing.
Participate in code reviews and provide constructive feedback.
We're looking for someone who has:
Multiple years of experience user focused front-end development for enterprise products.
Has a strong command of React, including JSX, components, state management, and routing.
Has experience with popular React libraries and frameworks and the front-end build toolchain (Webpack, babel etc.).
Possesses deep expertise in JavaScript, HTML5, SCSS, tailwind, material UI and CSS3.
Demonstrates working knowledge of WCAG and accessibility best practices.
Enjoys building reusable UI components and takes pride in clean code architecture.
Has experience working with design systems.
Is a meticulous individual with a keen eye for detail and a relentless pursuit of perfection.
Thrives in a collaborative environment and enjoys working with designers and back-end developers.
Has a strong understanding of UX principles and practices.
With expertise building modular and reusable components using the React framework.
With outstanding attention to detail and ability to create visually appealing flows.
With excellent communication and collaboration skills.
Has the ability to work independently and as part of a multidisciplinary team.
Has a passion for UX and a desire to make a positive impact on the user experience.
Bonus points:
Experience with TypeScript.
Experience with server-side rendering (SSR), NextJS or isomorphic React.
Experience with continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) pipelines.
Experience with Figma.
Experience with UI/UX design principles.
About us:
AJ Bell is one of the fastest-growing investment platform businesses in the UK offering an award-winning range of solutions that caters for everyone, from professional financial advisers, to DIY investors with little to no experience. We have over 561,000 customers using our award-winning platform propositions to manage assets totalling more than £89.5 billion. Our customers trust us with their investments, and by continuously striving to make investing easier, we aim to help even more people take control of their financial futures.
Having listed on the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange in December 2018, AJ Bell is now a FTSE 250 company.
Headquartered in Manchester with offices in central London and Bristol, we now have over 1,400 employees and have been named one of the UK's 'Best 100 Companies to Work For’ for six consecutive years.
Our perks and benefits:
Stating salary of £65,000 - £75,000 DOE
Starting holiday entitlement of 26 days, increasing up to 31 days with length of service
Holiday buy and sell scheme
A choice of pension schemes with matched contributions up to 7%
Discretionary bonus scheme
Annual free share awards scheme
Buy As You Earn (BAYE) Scheme
Health Cash Plan – provided by Medicash
Discounted private healthcare scheme and dental plan
Free gym membership
Employee Assistance Programme
Bike loan scheme
Sick pay+ pledge
Enhanced maternity, paternity, and shared parental leave
Loans for travel season tickets
Death in service scheme
Dedicated time for proof-of-concepts and assessing new tech
Support to attend conferences, events, and meet-ups
Paid time off for volunteer work
Charitable giving opportunities through salary sacrifice
Calendar of social events, including monthly payday drinks, annual Christmas party, summer party and much more
Personal development programmes built around you and your career goals, including access to personal skills workshops
Ongoing technical training
Professional qualification support
Talent management programmes
Peer recognition scheme, with rewards including restaurant and shopping vouchers or time off
Monthly leadership breakfasts and lunches
Casual dress code
Access to a range of benefits from our sponsorship deals
Hybrid working:
At AJ Bell, our people are the heart of our culture. We believe in building strong connections by working together. That's why we offer a hybrid working model, where you’ll spend a minimum of 50% of your working time per month in the office. For new team members, an initial period will be full-time in the office to help you immerse yourself in our business and build valuable relationships with your colleagues.
AJ Bell is committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants and all employees are empowered to bring their whole self to work.
We do not discriminate on the basis of race, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, pregnancy, religion, physical and mental disability, marital status and any other characteristics protected by the Equality Act 2010. All decisions to hire are based on qualifications, merit and business need.
If you like the sound of the above, or just want to know more about the company and the role, we'd love to speak to you.

London, United Kingdom

On site

26-02-2025

Company Name: AJ Bell
Job Title: Software Engineer (GenAI)
Job Description: Job Description

This is an exciting opportunity for a Software Developer (GenAI) to join a forward-thinking company offering a strong team working environment, training and excellent career progression.

Our strategy is to have a cross-functional development team, with team members working on all areas of our technology stack and propositions.

What we're looking for:

We’re seeking an energetic and driven software developer with strong skills and/or interest in Generative AI and large language models to help us deliver cutting-edge GenAI solutions across our business. This is a unique opportunity to not only work with advanced AI technologies but also build and deliver innovative solutions for our business and stakeholders. People who are excited by GenAI technology, love pushing the boundaries of what's possible while at the same time keeping an eye on the bigger picture and ensuring the best outcomes for our stakeholders by providing straightforward but robust solutions.

Key technical skills:

Strong knowledge and deep experience of Python programming, libraries and toolchains
Familiarity with large language models (LLMs) like GPT, Gemini, and open-source models such as Lama and MRR
Solid understanding of RESTful API design and implementation
Git based source control and JIRA

Bonus points for:

Knowledge/experience working with Cloud, preferably AWS
Knowledge of AI/ML and latest AI trends & technologies
Familiarity in LLM frameworks and libraries such as LangChain, Langfuse, LiteLLM
CI / CD / Docker / Kubernetes

Soft skills:

Agile / SCRUM
Strong technical, problem solving and communication skills
Keen to learn and develop new technical& non-technical skills
Passionate, self-starting, flexible and enjoy working in fast-paced environments

About us:

AJ Bell is one of the fastest-growing investment platform businesses in the UK offering an award-winning range of solutions that caters for everyone, from professional financial advisers to DIY investors with little to no experience. We have over 561,000 customers using our award-winning platform propositions to manage assets totalling more than £89.5 billion. Our customers trust us with their investments, and by continuously striving to make investing easier, we aim to help even more people take control of their financial futures.

Having listed on the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange in December 2018, AJ Bell is now a FTSE 250 company.

Headquartered in Manchester with offices in central London and Bristol, we now have over 1,500 employees and have been named one of the UK's 'Best 100 Companies to Work For’ for six consecutive years and in 2024 named a Great Place to Work®.

At AJ Bell you can expect a friendly working environment with a strong sense of teamwork, we have a great sense of pride in what we do, and this is reflected in our guiding principles.

What we offer:

Starting holiday entitlement of 25, increasing up to 31 days with length of service and a holiday buy and sell scheme
A choice of pension schemes with matched contributions up to 6%
Discretionary bonus scheme
Annual free share awards scheme
Buy As You Earn (BAYE) Scheme
Health Cash Plan – provided by SimplyHealth
Discounted private healthcare scheme and dental plan
Free onsite gym
Employee Assistance Programme
Bike loan scheme
Sick pay+ pledge
Enhanced maternity, paternity, and shared parental leave
Loans for travel season tickets
Death in service scheme
Paid time off for volunteer work
Charitable giving opportunities through salary sacrifice
Calendar of social events, including monthly payday drinks, annual Christmas party, summer party and much more
Personal development programmes built around you and your career goals, including access to personal skills workshops
Ongoing technical training
Professional qualification support
Talent development programmes
Peer recognition scheme, with rewards including restaurant and shopping vouchers or time off
Monthly leadership breakfasts and lunches
Casual dress code
Access to a range of benefits from our sponsorship deals

Hybrid working:

At AJ Bell, our people are the heart of our culture. We believe in building strong connections by working together. That's why we offer a hybrid working model, where you’ll spend a minimum of 50% of your working time per month in the office. For new team members, an initial period will be full-time in the office to help you immerse yourself in our business and build valuable relationships with your colleagues.

AJ Bell is committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants and all employees are empowered to bring their whole self to work.

We do not discriminate on the basis of race, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, pregnancy, religion, physical and mental disability, marital status and any other characteristics protected by the Equality Act 2010. All decisions to hire are based on qualifications, merit and business need.

If you like the sound of the above, or just want to know more about the company and the role, we'd love to speak to you.

Manchester, United Kingdom

On site

03-03-2025

Company Name: AJ Bell
Job Title: Senior Full Stack Engineer
Job Description: Job Description

This is an exciting opportunity for a Senior Full Stack Engineer to lead on our award winning Investcentre platform. Your will be joining a team which has a philosophy of continuous improvement, and a strong focus on engineering excellence

What to expect:

Agile methodologies and a passion for continuous improvement and building a high-performance engineering team
Guide and mentor the team to design and deliver high quality products
Consider architectural and non-functional requirements and work with the team to deliver

What we're looking for:

Agile methodologies and a passion for continuous improvement and building a high-performance engineering team
Guide and mentor the team to design and deliver high quality products
Consider architectural and non-functional requirements and work with the team to deliver
Significant commercial experience developing services and APIs with C#, .NET core, Mongo and/or SQL with techniques such as domain-driven design and MVC.
Strong technical background in web development with Angular/React/VueJs.
Experience in developing HTTP-based APIs and implementation of RESTful services with JSON.
Thorough understanding of CI/CD pipelines
Practices Test Driven Development and is comfortable with various test frameworks and concepts.
A proven record in developing scalable, highly available and highly performing middle-tier components.
Familiarisation with containerisation and tools like Docker and Kubernetes
Experience of developing, deploying, and maintaining Cloud-Based solutions on AWS
Understand principles behind highly performing web pages
Experience/Familiarity with Entity framework core.
Experience/Familiarity with communications technologies (Web API, Google Protocol Buffers) and message queues (e.g. RabbitMQ)

About us:

AJ Bell is one of the fastest-growing investment platform businesses in the UK offering an award-winning range of solutions that caters for everyone, from professional financial advisers to DIY investors with little to no experience. We have over 561,000 customers using our award-winning platform propositions to manage assets totalling more than £89.5 billion. Our customers trust us with their investments, and by continuously striving to make investing easier, we aim to help even more people take control of their financial futures.

Having listed on the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange in December 2018, AJ Bell is now a FTSE 250 company.

Headquartered in Manchester with offices in central London and Bristol, we now have over 1,500 employees and have been named one of the UK's 'Best 100 Companies to Work For’ for six consecutive years and in 2024 named a Great Place to Work®.

At AJ Bell you can expect a friendly working environment with a strong sense of teamwork, we have a great sense of pride in what we do, and this is reflected in our guiding principles.

What we offer:

Starting holiday entitlement of 25, increasing up to 31 days with length of service and a holiday buy and sell scheme
A choice of pension schemes with matched contributions up to 6%
Discretionary bonus scheme
Annual free share awards scheme
Buy As You Earn (BAYE) Scheme
Health Cash Plan – provided by SimplyHealth
Discounted private healthcare scheme and dental plan
Free onsite gym
Employee Assistance Programme
Bike loan scheme
Sick pay+ pledge
Enhanced maternity, paternity, and shared parental leave
Loans for travel season tickets
Death in service scheme
Paid time off for volunteer work
Charitable giving opportunities through salary sacrifice
Calendar of social events, including monthly payday drinks, annual Christmas party, summer party and much more
Personal development programmes built around you and your career goals, including access to personal skills workshops
Ongoing technical training
Professional qualification support
Talent development programmes
Peer recognition scheme, with rewards including restaurant and shopping vouchers or time off
Monthly leadership breakfasts and lunches
Casual dress code
Access to a range of benefits from our sponsorship deals

Hybrid working:

At AJ Bell, our people are the heart of our culture. We believe in building strong connections by working together. That's why we offer a hybrid working model, where you’ll spend a minimum of 50% of your working time per month in the office. For new team members, an initial period will be full-time in the office to help you immerse yourself in our business and build valuable relationships with your colleagues.

AJ Bell is committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants and all employees are empowered to bring their whole self to work.

We do not discriminate on the basis of race, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, pregnancy, religion, physical and mental disability, marital status and any other characteristics protected by the Equality Act 2010. All decisions to hire are based on qualifications, merit and business need.

If you like the sound of the above, or just want to know more about the company and the role, we'd love to speak to you.

Manchester, United Kingdom

On site

12-03-2025

Company Name: AJ Bell
Job Title: Principal Engineer
Job Description: We are a technology-driven company building high-performing, scalable, and resilient software solutions. Our teams work with a modern tech stack including .NET, MongoDB, AWS, Jenkins, SQL Server, and streaming technologies.
We’re looking for a hands-on Principal Engineer who can code, design scalable systems, manage Staff Engineers, and drive technical excellence across multiple teams. This role is perfect for a technical leader who still enjoys writing code while shaping architecture and mentoring engineers.

About the Role
As a Principal Engineer, you will play a critical role in:
Architecting scalable, high-performance systems
Coding and reviewing mission-critical features (at-least 60% hands-on)
Managing and mentoring Staff Engineers & Senior Developers
Driving best practices in software development and AI-powered engineering
Owning non-functional requirements (NFRs) such as security, scalability, and reliability
Optimising cloud infrastructure and CI/CD pipelines
If you thrive on solving complex technical challenges, leading by example, and empowering teams, this is the role for you!

Key Responsibilities
Hands-on coding (at least 60% of the time), working on core application components and system architecture
Technical leadership – guiding multiple teams and ensuring best practices
Managing & mentoring Staff Engineers – supporting career growth and technical excellence
Architecting and scaling distributed systems and cloud-native applications
Defining and enforcing non-functional requirements (NFRs) – scalability, security, performance
Implementing Test-Driven Development (TDD) and automation best practices
Optimising CI/CD pipelines with Jenkins & AWS
Leading containerisation efforts with Docker & Kubernetes
Collaborating with cross-functional teams to align technical solutions with business needs
Research and implement AI-driven development tools to boost productivity

What We’re Looking For
Proven experience as a Principal Engineer / Lead Engineer / Software Architect
Proven hands-on coding experience with .NET, SQL Server, MongoDB, Angular/NextJS, AWS, and streaming technologies
Strong experience in building scalable and high-performance applications
Strong experience managing Staff Engineers & Senior Developers
Solid understanding of Test-Driven Development (TDD) and modern testing frameworks
Experience with Docker & Kubernetes for containerisation and cloud deployment
Strong knowledge of CI/CD pipelines, automation, and deployment best practices
Experience with AI-assisted development tools is a plus
Excellent leadership and communication skills – able to coach and influence team

About Us
AJ Bell is one of the fastest-growing investment platform businesses in the UK offering an award-winning range of solutions that caters for everyone, from professional financial advisers, to DIY investors with little to no experience. We have over 561,000 customers using our award-winning platform propositions to manage assets totalling more than £89.5 billion. Our customers trust us with their investments, and by continuously striving to make investing easier, we aim to help even more people take control of their financial futures.
Having listed on the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange in December 2018, AJ Bell is now a FTSE 250 company.
Headquartered in Manchester with offices in central London and Bristol, we now have over 1,500 employees and have been named one of the UK's 'Best 100 Companies to Work For’ for six consecutive years and in 2024 named a Great Place to Work®.
At AJ Bell you can expect a friendly working environment with a strong sense of teamwork, we have a great sense of pride in what we do, and this is reflected in our guiding principles.
Our Perks And Benefits
Starting holiday entitlement of 26 days, increasing up to 31 days with length of service plus a holiday buy and sell scheme
A choice of pension schemes with matched contributions up to 7%
Discretionary bonus scheme
Annual free share awards scheme
Buy As You Earn (BAYE) Scheme
Health Cash Plan – provided by SimplyHealth
Discounted private healthcare scheme and dental plan
Free gym membership
Employee Assistance Programme
Bike loan scheme
Sick pay+ pledge
Enhanced maternity, paternity, and shared parental leave
Loans for travel season tickets
Death in service scheme
Paid time off for volunteer work
Charitable giving opportunities through salary sacrifice
Calendar of social events, including monthly payday drinks, annual Christmas party, summer party and much more
Ongoing technical training
Professional qualification support
Talent development programmes
Peer recognition scheme, with rewards including restaurant and shopping vouchers or time off
Monthly leadership breakfasts and lunches
Casual dress code
Access to a range of benefits from our sponsorship deals
Hybrid working
At AJ Bell, our people are the heart of our culture. We believe in building strong connections by working together. That's why we offer a hybrid working model, where you’ll spend a minimum of 50% of your working time per month in the office. For new team members, an initial period will be full-time in the office to help you immerse yourself in our business and build valuable relationships with your colleagues.
AJ Bell is committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants and all employees are empowered to bring their whole self to work.
We do not discriminate on the basis of race, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, pregnancy, religion, physical and mental disability, marital status and any other characteristics protected by the Equality Act 2010. All decisions to hire are based on qualifications, merit and business need.
If you like the sound of the above, or just want to know more about the company and the role, we'd love to speak to you.

Manchester, United Kingdom

On site

12-03-2025

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