Senior Frontend Engineer

About Fresha

Fresha is the leading marketplace platform for beauty & wellness trusted by millions of consumers and businesses worldwide.

Fresha is used by 110,000+ businesses and 450,000+ stylists and professionals worldwide, processing over 1 billion appointments to date.

The company is headquartered in London, United Kingdom, with 12 global offices located across North America, EMEA and APAC.

Fresha allows consumers to discover, book and pay for beauty and wellness appointments with local businesses via its marketplace, while beauty and wellness businesses and professionals use an all-in-one platform to manage their entire operations with an intuitive subscription-free business software and financial technology solutions.

Fresha’s ecosystem gives merchants everything they need to run their business seamlessly by facilitating appointment bookings, point-of-sale, customer records management, marketing automation, loyalty, beauty products inventory and team management.

The consumer marketplace unlocks revenue potential for partner businesses by leveraging the power of online bookings and automated marketing through mobile apps and advanced integrations with major tech brands including Instagram, Facebook and Google.

Role Overview

Given our exciting and progressive growth plans, we are looking for an exceptional Senior Front-End Engineer to come join our global business.

Reporting directly to the Engineering Manager, and working collaboratively in a cross-functional product team within a tribe, you will be accountable for designing and developing applications and coordinating with the rest of the team working on different layers of the infrastructure Fresha.

This is a great opportunity for someone looking to work in a fast-paced and changing environment, who likes to work autonomously, enjoys a challenge and wants to make an impact!

To foster a collaborative environment that thrives on face-to-face interactions and teamwork, all Fresha employees work from our dog friendly office four days per week, with the flexibility to work remotely one day each week. London office: The Bower, 207, 211 Old St, London EC1V 9NR

What you will be doing

• SDLC - Design, build, and maintain efficient, reusable, and reliable React code
• Performance - Ensure the best possible performance, quality, and responsiveness of the applications
• Problem-solving - Identify bottlenecks and bugs, and devise solutions to these problems
• Quality - Help maintain code quality, organization, and automatization
• Lifecycle - Be involved in all stages of building products from inception, through delivery and beyond
• Architecture - Help to shape the future of our architecture and best practices
• Culture - Contribute to a healthy engineering culture of feedback and growth

Additional and ad-hoc duties

• Integration - Familiarity with continuous integration
• Tooling - Familiarity with development aiding tools
• Database - Able to create database schemas that represent and support business processes
• Technologies - Familiarity with TypeScript, Cordova, Native development for Android and / or iOS, RAIL Performance, PWA, SSR, Node, Cypress and Jest
• Full Stack - Full-stack experience (double bonus points if Ruby or Elixir!)




This list is not exhaustive and there may be other activities you are required to deliver. 

What we are looking for

• SPA - Proven experience in writing complex JavaScript SPA
• React/Redux - Proven experience with React + Redux
• Toolchain - Proven experience with a modern JS toolchain: NPM, Lerna, Webpack, ESLint,...
• Maintainability - A passion to write well-structured, easily maintainable, well-documented code that balances beauty and pragmatism
• Delivery - Ability to plan and deliver small engineering projects
• Creativity - Creative thinking and problem-solving mindset
• Communication - Ability to interact with people from across the business and build strong relationships, including the ability to influence upwards effectively
• Teamwork - Happy to roll sleeves up and assist the team when required (team player)
• Proactive - Self-starter and proactive approach
• Adaptability - Comfortable working in a fast-paced and changing environment

Interview Process

• Screen Call - Video call with a member from the Talent Team - 45-60 minutes
• 1st Stage - Video call/In-person interview with Hiring Manager - 60 minutes
• 2nd Stage - Video call/In-person interview with Hiring Team - Up to 2.5 hours
• Final Stage - Video call/In-person meet with CTO - 60 minutes




We aim to finalise the entire interview process and deliver feedback within 4 weeks.




Every job application received is reviewed manually by our talent team. While we strive to assess applications within 7 days, the sheer volume of talented individuals expressing interest may occasionally extend this timeframe

Inclusive workforce

At Fresha, we are creating a culture where individuals of all backgrounds feel comfortable.

We want all Fresha people to feel included and truly empowered to contribute fully to our vision and goals. Everyone who applies will receive fair consideration for employment.

We do not discriminate based on race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, marital status, gender identity, national origin, disability, or any other applicable legally protected characteristics in the location in which the candidate is applying.

If you have any accessibility requirements that would make you more comfortable during the interview process and/or once you join, please let us know so that we can support you.