Frontend Engineer

Frontend Engineer

The role

The Frontend Engineer is a vital role within the Blenheim Chalcot portfolio and Modulr. This role will support the continuous improvement and innovation of our frontend systems, ensuring they are robust, efficient and scalable. You will gain hands-on experience in a fast-paced and progressive environment, where you will support us in building our next generation of GenAI enabled tech businesses.

Key responsibilities

• Develop and ship small to medium-sized features, components and improvements independently, collaborating with the team on larger initiatives.
• Collaborate with Product Management, UX/UI Designers, Backend Engineers and other stakeholders to ensure high-quality standards and best practices.
• Craft code that meets internal standards for style and maintainability, advocating for these standards through code reviews.
• Mentor and support other engineers, fostering a culture of knowledge sharing.
• Work in an agile environment, using Scrum or Kanban methodologies.
• Coordinate with QA teams to ensure thorough testing and quality assurance.
• Troubleshoot and continuously learn from production issues, so we can build better and more reliable software for the future.
• Proactively identify and address issues, bottlenecks or areas for improvement.

About you

A successful Software Engineer will have a track-record in delivering results in a fast-moving business and hence be comfortable with change and uncertainty. Excellent stakeholder management experience is essential to being successful in this role.

The Ideal Candidate

• Expert in JavaScript (ES6) or TypeScript, with proven development experience in Angular and related technologies
• Strong knowledge of HTML and CSS/SCSS
• Experience in designing, building and maintaining frontend solutions consuming RESTful APIs.
• Experience in TDD, writing testable code and unit/integrations tests.
• Experience with (or a willingness to embrace) DevOps culture by maintaining operational excellence and contributing to Infrastructure as Code (IaC).
• Previous experience working with AWS systems and frameworks is a bonus, but not essential.
• You are a self-starter and collaborative team player who thrives in a fast-paced environment.
• As a strong problem-solver, you have the ability to apply analytical, critical thinking to identify key solutions.
• Strong understanding of quality concepts and practices, ensuring high standards in all deliverables.
• Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively in managing code reviews and providing feedback.

About Blenheim Chalcot

Blenheim Chalcot is one of the leading venture builders in the world. We have been building exciting and disruptive businesses for over 26 years across sectors including FinTech, EdTech, GovTech, Media, Sport, Charity and more. These companies are all GenAI enabled and are some of the most innovative companies in the UK and increasingly around the world.

The BC team in India has been instrumental to the growth and success of Blenheim Chalcot. Established in 2014, Blenheim Chalcot India serves as a pivotal launchpad for those aiming to make a difference in the realm of innovation and entrepreneurship.

Blenheim Chalcot India is driven by a mission to empower visionaries to lead, innovate, and build disruptive solutions. We support our diverse portfolio of ventures and create impactful solutions that shape global trends. We provide a range of services to help new business get off the ground, including technology, growth (marketing and sales), talent, HR, finance, legal and tax, plus so much more!

One of our FinTech ventures, Modulr, is scaling fast and we’re looking to hire high energy, motivated and curious talent to support them on that journey!

About Modulr

At Modulr our mission is to move money efficiently to power business productivity. We are building a new digital payments service to make money flow more efficiently through businesses and the economy. This is a new type of payments account that is built for businesses that need faster, easier and more reliable ways to move money. Our flexible platform and innovate approach allow our customers to utilise our payments account instead of a traditional bank account. Our accounts come with a sort code and account number, access to payment systems (eg Faster Payments and Visa) and everything our customers need from a payments account. They can instantly open as many accounts as they need, automate how they make and receive payments as well as the reconciliation processes these create. All in real time, 24/7 through their own systems utilising our API that integrates into any platform. Our founding team has a wealth of experience in the payments industry and growing successful businesses. Modulr is backed by payments giants PayPal Ventures and FIS Ventures, as well as startup and scale up specialists Blenheim Chalcot, General Atlantic, Frog and Highland Europe which enables us to leverage their resources and expertise to drive our growth initiatives. These partnerships provide us with the necessary provisions to propel our business to new heights.

Modulr values

• Building the extraordinary and going that extra mile
• Owning the opportunity, be passionate and proud of the time you invest
• Move at pace, reach your goals faster with us supporting you each step of the way
• Achieve it together, working as a team and being Modulite

What we can offer you

• Be part of the World’s Leading Digital Venture Builder
• Have the opportunity to be a part of and learn from the incredible diverse talent in BC
• Be exposed to the right mix of challenges, within a culture that promotes continuous learning and development and opportunity to work with Gen AI
• A fun and open, if a little cricket obsessed, atmosphere – we own the Rajasthan Royals IPL team!
• 24 days of annual leave &10 public holiday days
• Private Medical for you and your immediate family & Life Insurance for yourself

Important

At Blenheim Chalcot, we strive to create an environment where differences are not only accepted but greatly valued; where everyone can make the most of their capabilities and potential. We promote meritocracy, competence and the sharing of ideas and opinions. We are driven by data and believe the diversity, agility, generosity, and curiosity of our people is what sets us apart as an organisation. Our strong commitment to a culture of inclusion is evident through our constant focus on recruiting, developing and advancing individuals based on their skills and talent.