UI Engineer

As a UI Engineer at National Grid, you will shape the look, feel, and performance of NGED’s digital platforms using modern front-end tech. You’ll collaborate with UX Designers, Product Managers, and Engineers to turn design concepts into production-ready interfaces that are secure, accessible, and high-performing at scale. You’ll champion front-end excellence, contribute to a shared design system, and mentor others while driving continuous improvement across the engineering community. This role offers hybrid work across multiple offices and impact on customer experiences at a national scale.

• hybrid working
• competitive salary
• pension scheme with generous employer contributions
• life insurance
• private medical insurance
• cycle scheme

• Build responsive, accessible front-end interfaces using Angular, HTML, CSS, TypeScript, and Node.js
• Create and maintain automated tests (unit, integration, e2e) to ensure quality
• Collaborate with UX Designers and Product teams to translate designs into scalable components under a micro-frontend architecture
• Contribute to and evolve a shared design system for consistent UI across products
• Write clean, modular code following accessibility and secure coding guidelines
• Improve front-end performance, architecture, and load times through optimization
• Review code and help shape front-end standards and engineering guidelines
• Coordinate with back-end engineers to define data contracts and integrate RESTful APIs

• Proficient with HTML, CSS, JavaScript (ES6+), TypeScript, and Angular
• Experience with automated testing (unit, integration, end-to-end) and TDD/BDD practices
• Proven track record of building responsive, accessible UIs across browsers/devices
• Experience with component-based and micro-frontend architectures
• Git proficiency and modern workflows (CI/CD, feature toggles, semantic versioning)
• RESTful APIs integration and data contract awareness
• Experience with design systems/tools like Figma and Storybook
• Strong problem-solving, communication, and cross-functional collaboration
• Experience in Agile environments (Scrum or Kanban)

• collaboration
• problem-solving
• communication
• Angular
• HTML
• CSS (and preprocessors)