Associate Front End Engineer

TieTalent; Bournemouth; Hybrid; GBP 25,000 - 45,000; Full time

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About The Role Team – Member Active Engagement - IT
Working Pattern - Hybrid – 2 days per week in the Vitality Bournemouth Office. Full time, 35 hours per week.

We are happy to discuss flexible working!

Top 3 skills needed for this role:

1. Eye for detail
2. Enthusiastic team player
3. Excellent communication skills

What this role is all about:
As an Associate Front End Engineer, you will undertake training and develop skills on the job. In this role, you will spend a substantial portion of time shadowing others and working with other engineers to write code and tests. You will write code that follows web standards, build your understanding of accessibility, and continuously expand your knowledge. Additionally, you will develop software that meets user needs, understand and implement the three fundamental front-end technologies (HTML, CSS, and JavaScript), and work with modern front-end frameworks such as React and Astro. You will also research alternative technologies to support user journeys and help define new processes.

Key Actions

1. Accessibility: Understand and address different accessibility needs under guidance.
2. Communicating information: Interpret stakeholder needs and participate in multidisciplinary discussions.
3. Community collaboration: Appreciate team dynamics, collaboration, and feedback.
4. Leadership and guidance: Follow best practices and understand the importance of team dynamics and feedback.
5. Estimating: Estimate effort for tasks and communicate effectively.
6. Modern standards approach: Advocate for modern standards.
7. Programming and build: Design, code, test, and document user interfaces under supervision.
8. Prototyping: Explain and utilise prototyping in a collaborative environment.
9. Systems design: Design system components to meet business needs and solve technical problems.

What do you need to thrive?

1. HTML, CSS, and JavaScript: Proficiency in these fundamental front-end technologies.
2. Communication: Clearly convey ideas and understand stakeholder needs. Participate effectively in multidisciplinary discussions.
3. Collaboration: Work well within a team, appreciate team dynamics, and be open to feedback.
4. Adaptability: Be willing to learn and adapt to new technologies and processes.
5. Problem-solving: Approach technical problems with creativity and critical thinking.
6. Attention to Detail: Ensure code quality and follow best practices.
7. Time Management: Estimate effort for tasks and manage time effectively.
8. Empathy: Understand and address different accessibility needs.
9. Proactivity: Take initiative in learning and researching alternative technologies.

So, what’s in it for you?
Benefits

1. Bonus Schemes – A bonus that regularly rewards you for your performance
2. A pension of up to 12%– We will match your contributions up to 6% of your salary
3. Our award-winning Vitality health insurance – With its own set of rewards and benefits
4. Life Assurance – Four times annual salary

These are just some of the many perks that we offer! To view the extensive range of benefits we offer, please visit our careers page. Fantastic Benefits. Exciting rewards. Great career opportunities!

If you are successful in your application and join us at Vitality, this is our promise to you, we will:

1. Help you to be the healthiest you’ve ever been.
2. Create an environment that embraces you as you are and enables you to be your best self.
3. Give you flexibility on how, where and when you work.
4. Help you advance your career by playing you to your strengths.
5. Give you a voice to help our business grow and make Vitality a great place to be.
6. Give you the space to try, fail and learn.
7. Provide a healthy balance of challenge and support.
8. Recognise and reward you with a competitive salary and amazing benefits.
9. Be there for you when you need us.
10. Provide opportunities for you to be a force for good in society.

We commit to all these things because we want you to feel that you belong, and are supported to be happy and healthy.

About The Company
We're really excited to announce that we have recently been awarded "Top 10 Best Places To Work" in The Sunday Times Awards 2024! Vitality is a multi-award-winning UK insurance brand, here to make the world a healthier, happier place. We’ve been a purpose and values-driven business from day 1- long before it became fashionable. Our core purpose is to make people healthier and enhance protect their lives. Vitality pioneered shared-value insurance. We incentivise people to live healthier longer lives – they benefit, our business benefits, and society benefits. We’re successful because we attract, develop, and retain the best people – and because we care.

Diversity & Inclusion
At Vitality, we’re committed to diversity and inclusion because it’s good for our employees, for our business, and for society. We welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives.

Vitality’s approach to sustainability
Vitality is a business that drives positive change. We reward people for making and sustaining healthier choices. But healthy people also need a healthy environment. To learn more please visit our Careers page.

If we are fortunate in receiving a high volume of quality applications we may need to close this vacancy early.