Senior Frontend Engineer - React.js

Title: Senior Frontend Engineer - React.js

Location: Sydney, Australia

Job Description:

Sydney

Employment Type

Full time

Location Type

Hybrid

Department

Engineering

OverviewApplication

Who is Shift?

Shift provides business finance to small, established and corporate sized businesses in Australia, including Business Overdraft, Equipment Line, Asset Finance, Term Loan and Trade Account. Founded in 2014, Shift has funded more than 30,000 Australian businesses.

At Shift, our unique approach to product innovation combined with our collaborative culture means you can build your career in a supportive environment. You’ll be joining a diverse team of over 300 people who are always looking to deliver better outcomes for Australian businesses.

About the Role:
We are seeking a Senior Front End Engineer with a passion for React and TypeScript, as well as a solid understanding of back-end development. In this role, you will collaborate closely with designers, product managers, and back-end engineers to create intuitive, high-quality user experiences, making a real impact on how our customers interact with our products.

 

What You’ll Do:

• Build and enhance high-quality, polished user interfaces using React and TypeScript

• Optimize user flows and apply strong product and design thinking to every feature

• Integrate with APIs and back-end services, and contribute to back-end development as needed

• Collaborate with the team to shape and deliver new features based on user needs

• Help ensure the reliability, maintainability, and scalability of our platforms

• Participate in code reviews, technical discussions, and architectural decisions

• Advocate for best practices in code quality, testing, accessibility, and continuous improvement

 

What You’ll Bring:

• 6+ years of experience building production software, with a strong emphasis on front-end development

• Advanced skills in React and TypeScript within production environments

• Back-end development experience in any language, with a solid understanding of front-end and back-end integration

• Experience working with APIs and microservices

• A keen eye for detail and strong product instincts

• Excellent communication and collaboration skills, working effectively across teams

• A proactive mindset, comfortable with autonomy and taking ownership

• Ideally, experience with Azure, DevOps tooling, or C#/.NET, though not required

Key benefits:

• Hybrid working: we’re headquartered in North Sydney with state-based workplaces and offer a hybrid work policy. Our offices have spaces for collaboration, socialising and focused work.

• Parental leave: up to 26 weeks paid.

• Strategy Week: twice a year the whole team comes together to hear the business strategy and product and technology roadmap first-hand, with fortnightly all-company business updates in between.

• Flat structure: everyone can learn from each other and senior leaders across the business.

• Wellbeing: benefits supporting your physical, psychological and financial wellbeing, from a day off on your birthday to end of trip facilities.

 

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