Senior Front End Developer
An exciting opportunity to join a growing start-ups front end team where you'll enable small businesses to reach a huge audience. This is a real chance to have an impact whilst learning and growing
About Us
Snappy Shopper is the market leader in the growing Q-commerce convenience grocery sector, worth £41b in the UK. In addition to our independent retailers, we serve most of the major convenience store players, including Spar, Nisa, Premier and Booker.
Snappy exists to enable local high street businesses to serve their customers online so that local communities thrive, and revenue stays local. Retailers have seen revenue uplifts of between £5k and £120k per month, making the platform mission critical to local business.
Our location
We are a Scottish start-up with 130 colleagues based around the UK and our Head Office is located in Dundee and an additional office in Edinburgh.
This role can be completed remotely for those based in the UK but you can also base yourself from our Dundee or Edinburgh offices if that’s your preferred way of working.
About the team
Our Frontend Team play an exciting and pivotal role in ensuring our customers have the best experience when using our platform. As a startup, this team create visually appealing interfaces in an ever-changing environment whilst working with stakeholders from across the business including Product Managers, Engineers, Designers and Backend Devs. They play a key role in enabling our thousands of customers interact with a range of retailers (both large and small) online.
About the Role
As a Frontend Developer, you will use Nuxt.js to design, develop and maintain a range of high-quality web applications focusing on performance scalability and user experience.
Your duties will include, but are not limited to:
- Developing responsive, high performance web application using Nuxt.js and Vue.js
- Work with a range of technical colleagues to create seamless user experiences whilst ensuring applications maintain maximum speed and scalability
- Create, utilise and maintain code that is reusable and clean whilst following industry best practices
- Integrating RESTful APIs endpoints into frontend application
- Work with the wider team to contribute to code reviews and improve development processes
About You
You’ll be an experience Front End Developer with experience and/or knowledge of the following:
- A demonstrable portfolio of work which showcases Nuxt.js projects
- Stellar knowledge of key languages including JavaScript, HTML5 and CSS3 as well as key frameworks like Vue.js and Nuxt.js as well as key libraries like Vuex and Pinia
- Exposure to SSR (Server-Side Rendering) and static site generation
- Experience with version control systems, including Git
- An understanding of responsive design an mobile-first development principles
- Real interpersonal and problem-solving skills
Ideally, but not essentially, you’ll be/have:
- Knowledge of other frontend tools and build systems like Webpack, Vite or Babel.
- Experience with CI/CD pipelines.
- Experience with cloud platforms (such as Amazon Web Services, Azure or Google Cloud) and serverless technologies
Who you are is as important to us as what you can do. Do these values and behaviours sound like something that would come naturally for you?
Community: You’ll thrive working in a cross-functional team
Be Snappy: You’ll be able to create work quickly, experimenting as you go
Breaking Barriers: You’ll thrive in a fast-moving environment where you can try new things and approaches.
Craic on: You’ll learn as you go whilst enjoying getting to know your colleagues.
What’s in it for you
If you’ve not already experienced it, time in a high growth Tech start-up is a whole new adventure! As the Company grows, so will your professional growth as you learn how to constantly apply your learning to scale the business at pace. The challenges and opportunities will constantly change, which means you’ll continually be developing new skills - you won’t get bored or be doing the same old routine.
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Applying
Don’t forget to include a cover note that tells us why you are interested in the role and shares more about who you are and what matters to you.
- Department
- Product and Engineering
- Locations
- Multiple locations
- Remote status
- Fully Remote
Benefits and perks
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Holidays
Your leave entitlement starts at 32 days and increases the longer you’re with us – we love to reward loyalty
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Birthday day off
Take any day off during the week of your birthday to celebrate the occasion -
Paid sick leave
We know no-one plans on getting sick, but believe it’s important you can focus on resting and recuperating when you do -
Paid company parental leave
To let you spend more time getting to know your new addition -
Paid bereavement leave
To support you through some of life’s toughest times -
Paid domestic violence leave
To support you through some of life's most difficult times
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Cycle to work scheme
Save money, stay fit and help save the planet -
Employee Assistance Programme
Confidential external support when facing challenges, whether personal or professional, for you and your family -
Company pension scheme
To help you save for your future -
Referral bonus
Help us grow by referring great talent to Snappy. If we hire them, we pay you £1000. -
Performance-related reward
Depending on your role, you could be eligible for a performance-related bonus or share options
Join a Growing, Impact-Driven Team
We’re a fast-growing scale-up with 130+ colleagues spread across the UK.
Some of our roles are based in our Dundee and Edinburgh offices, some are remote, while some other roles require colleagues to be on the road visiting retailers every day. But wherever you're based, you are enabled to operate at your best and to drive our growth ambitions.
What Does That Mean?
It means working in an environment where:
✅ Everything you do connects back to a bigger purpose—creating a world where technology levels the playing field allowing businesses and their local communities to thrive
✅ You’re empowered to be a ‘growth-hacker’—finding creative, innovative solutions to scale our impact
✅ Leaders lead with empathy—they genuinely care about people, not just numbers
✅ You can learn and grow fast—if you love a challenge and want to be closer to action, this is where you need to be!
✅ Collaboration is key—peer support and cross-team problem-solving are how we win
Your Voice Matters at Snappy
In our fast changing environment, we want you to shape how we grow:
💡 Have an idea? Attend weekly fire-side chat with the CEO or add an idea to our Snappy Suggestions tool—your input informs our priorities
🎤 Got a question? Ask it at our bi-monthly Basecamp (town hall) and get real answers
📚 Want to shape our culture? Join our Social Committee or one of the employee resource groups and help us build a learning mindset
📊 Want to improve Snappy? Complete our engagement survey—we listen and act
At Snappy, you’re not just another employee—you’re part of building something that matters
About Snappy Shopper
🚀 Be part of the future of Q-commerce.
🔗Visit our website or download the Snappy Shopper app and experience the convenience for yourself!
Senior Front End Developer
An exciting opportunity to join a growing start-ups front end team where you'll enable small businesses to reach a huge audience. This is a real chance to have an impact whilst learning and growing
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