The Role

London Business School are looking for a Software/Frontend Developer to join us on a permanent basis. We’re looking for a Frontend Developer to help build and evolve modern, accessible, high-performance digital experiences.

You’ll work closely with backend developers, designers, QA, and product teams to deliver user-focused features across web platforms. This is a hands-on role with plenty of scope to grow your technical depth while contributing to real-world, production systems.

You’ll be part of a supportive, cross-functional engineering team working on meaningful products with real users. We care about code quality, accessibility, and sustainable delivery - and we give developers space to grow their skills and influence how things are built.

Main Responsibilities

• Building responsive, accessible user interfaces using modern frontend frameworks
• Working with APIs and backend services to deliver end-to-end features
• Collaborating with designers and product teams to turn requirements into well-crafted UI
• Writing clean, maintainable, and well-tested frontend code
• Contributing to frontend standards, patterns, and shared components
• Supporting releases and resolving production issues when needed

Who we are looking for

• Commercial experience as a frontend developer working on production systems
• Strong knowledge of JavaScript / TypeScript and modern frontend frameworks, with practical experience of React
• Familiarity with Next.js or similar modern React frameworks
• Experience building responsive, accessible user interfaces for public-facing websites
• Strong understanding of accessibility standards (WCAG) beyond the basics
• Comfortable consuming APIs and collaborating closely with backend developers
• Solid understanding of frontend performance, browser behaviour, and debugging techniques
• Experience with frontend testing strategies and tooling
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and modern build tooling
• Experience working with headless CMS platforms (e.g. Contentful)
• Experience working on large-scale or content-rich websites
• Experience working collaboratively in multi-disciplinary teams (design, backend, QA)
• A pragmatic approach to code quality, maintainability, and delivery

Why London Business School

London Business School; a global and vibrant business community based in two of the world’s most dynamic cities, London and Dubai. It’s where extraordinary minds and diverse perspectives connect, to have a profound impact on the way the world does business and the way business impacts the world. We offer best in class hybrid learning to our students and participants, whilst creating a flexible, supportive and dynamic working environment for our people to excel in, whatever their location.

What you can expect from us

• Generous annual leave of 27 days PLUS extra between Christmas and New Year!
• Generous pension package, 14.5% employer contribution (in return for employee enrolment and contribution)
• Free onsite gym and swimming pool
• Amazing range of professional development to support your career path
• Enhanced cycle to work scheme
• Wellbeing offering to support your physical, mental and financial health
• Up to 5 days paid emergency leave for staff who have caring responsibilities for a family member, dependent or friend who is ill. 

At London Business School, we support Smart Working - a hybrid approach designed to help you achieve a healthy work-life balance while delivering the best outcomes for your role and the needs of our customers. All roles require a minimum of two days on campus each week to foster a vibrant, collaborative community.

For this role specifically, you will be expected to be on campus 2 days per week.

We operate with ‘core hours’ – 10:00-15:00 – to maximise opportunities for connection and collaboration across teams during the working day. Outside of these hours, you may still be required for meetings or collaboration based on your role and customer needs. Additionally, we offer Protected Time - a flexible, one-hour slot, within the working week dedicated to your learning and development, wellbeing, or focused, quiet work

Our commitment to driving inclusion and belonging  

We are a globally reaching institution, committed to creating tangible and sustainable change in driving inclusion & belonging within our School, education and society at large.  We are dedicated to creating an environment where everyone in our community feels they belong and thrive. This is a key school priority, and we want everyone who joins LBS to feel respected, welcomed, and heard.

Candidates needing sponsorship should assess their eligibility for a Certificate of Sponsorship by evaluating their circumstances against the relevant criteria before applying

Please note we start screening CVs and interviewing candidates from the start of a campaign. A successful candidate could progress to offer before the advertised closing date. We encourage you to apply as soon as possible if you are interested in any roles.

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