Senior Frontend Software Engineer

Manchester
Engineering – PoS Engineering /
Employee - Permanent /
Hybrid

Our Story
 
Hello there. We’re Zopa.
 
We started our journey back in 2005, building the first ever peer-to-peer lending company. Fast forward to 2020 and we launched Zopa Bank. A bank that listens to what our customers don’t like about finance and does the opposite. We’re redefining what it feels like to work in finance. Our vision for a new era of banking puts people front and centre — we’ve built a business that empowers everyone to aim high, every day, to move finance forward. Find out more about our fantastic offerings at Zopa.com

We’re incredibly proud of our achievements and none of it would be possible without the amazing team here. It’s not just industry awards we’re winning, we’ve also been named in the top three UK’s Most Loved Workplaces. 

If you embrace unconventional challenges, are unafraid to think differently and are driven to make an outsized impact, you’ll thrive here at Zopa, so join us, and make it count. Want to see us in action? Follow us on Instagram @zopalife

The team:
We're looking for a Senior Frontend Engineer to join our Manchester-based engineering squad in the Point of Sale tribe. This team powers Zopa’s retail finance products — making it seamless for customers to access finance at the checkout.  You'll be building intuitive, accessible, and high-performing user interfaces that support millions of customers across the UK. As a senior member of the team, you’ll drive the frontend architecture, mentor others, and help ensure a consistent user experience across platforms — all while keeping performance and maintainability top of mind. 

Why join Zopa Manchester:
We’re building a new tech hub right in the heart of the city — with real backing, big ambition and the support of an established, award-winning company. You’ll be part of a new engineering chapter in Manchester, helping shape how we grow and build the team from day one. 

You’ll work in a product-focused environment where engineers own their work end-to-end, deploy to production frequently, and see the real-world impact of what they build. You’ll also get to work with a modern tech stack: Kotlin, Kafka, Kubernetes, Docker, AWS, Aurora Postgres and more. 

We work hybrid, with at least 2 days a week together in our Manchester office. 

A day in the life:

    • Building rich, accessible, high-performing React applications that power Zopa’s retail finance journey 
    • Collaborating closely with product managers, designers, and backend engineers to deliver seamless user experiences 
    • Owning and evolving frontend architecture for scale and maintainability 
    • Contributing to technical direction, design discussions, and engineering practices 
    • Championing frontend excellence — from accessibility to testing and performance 
    • Mentoring others and helping raise the bar across the frontend craft 
    • Taking part in the full SDLC — including operating and supporting what you build in production 

About you:

    • Strong experience building frontend applications using React in production
    • Passionate about user-centric product design and great UX/UI
    • Comfortable working in modern CI/CD environments with automated testing and deployments
    • You understand frontend architecture, performance tuning and accessibility best practices
    • Familiarity with backend systems (especially Kotlin, APIs, microservices) is a plus - but not essential
    • Pragmatic, collaborative and excited to work in a fast-moving environment with end-to-end owndership
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We’re expanding!
From September 2025, Zopa will be opening a brand-new office in Manchester at WeWork, Dalton Place, 29 John Dalton Street, M2 6WF.

At Zopa we value flexible ways of working.
We value face-to-face collaboration and a good work-life balance. This hybrid role requires you to come to our Manchester office 2-3 days a week.
 
You'll also have the option of working from abroad for up to 120 days a year!* But no matter where you are, we’ll make sure you’ve got everything you need to thrive, both in your work and home life, from day one.

*Subject to having the right to work in the country of choice

Diversity Statement
Zopa is proud to offer a workplace free from discrimination. Diversity of experience, perspectives, and backgrounds leads to better products for our customers and a unique company culture for our people. We are made up of nearly 50 nationalities, have a DE&I forum made up of Zopians wanting to make a difference and we are proud of our culture where everyone can bring their full self to work. Our approach to DE&I is reflected in our hiring process so please let us know if you require any reasonable adjustments.