Senior React Engineer

We’re looking for a Senior Front-End Engineer who can build elegant, data-driven user interfaces with React. 

Key Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end delivery of features on our web portal (e.g., user onboarding, credit dashboards, workflow approvals).
• Collaborate with back-end engineers to design clean APIs, write integration tests, and keep UI, data, and services in sync.
• Contribute to API contract design and back-end test suites when assisting with API-related work.
• Write unit, integration, and end-to-end (E2E) tests to ensure reliability and maintainability.
• Optimize the performance of web applications, focusing on scalability, speed, and responsiveness.
• Contribute to design systems and ensure consistency in UI/UX patterns and accessibility.

Skills & Experience

• Experience: 5+ years of professional front-end engineering experience.
• Front-end expertise:
  • Deep knowledge of React (hooks, context, concurrent mode).
  • Proficiency in JavaScript (ES6+) and/or TypeScript.
  • Experience with state management libraries (Redux, Zustand, or similar) and routing (React Router).
  • Strong testing skills: unit testing with Jest, Enzyme, or React Testing Library; E2E testing with Cypress, Playwright, or similar.
• Back-end familiarity:
  • Comfortable reading/writing simple to medium Java/Spring Boot code.
  • Experience designing REST controllers and working with JSON schema, OpenAPI, Swagger UI and databases
• DevOps & deployment:
  • Knowledge of Docker fundamentals and CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, GitLab).
  • Experience deploying to AWS (S3/CloudFront, EKS) or similar cloud platforms.
• UI/UX & performance:
  • Familiarity with design systems (Storybook, Figma).
  • Knowledge of UI performance optimization techniques (code splitting, lazy loading, memoization).
  • Understanding of observability for front-end apps (tracing, metrics).

What we value?

• Technical excellence – delivering high-quality, maintainable, and scalable code.
• Problem-solving mindset – approaching challenges with creativity and precision.
• Collaboration & communication – working effectively with cross-functional, remote-first teams.
• Leadership & mentorship – guiding peers, sharing knowledge, and championing best practices.
• Adaptability – being comfortable stepping into back-end work when business needs arise.

About Payforge

Payforge is a specialist professional-services company focused exclusively on payments and fintech. We help clients deliver high-quality, scalable technology solutions in an evolving global financial landscape.

Equal Opportunity Statement

Payforge is proud to be an equal-opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds.