Front End Developer

Portfolio Group; Manchester; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A prestigious professional services firm is seeking a Frontend Developer in Manchester, England. The ideal candidate will have robust experience in React, including knowledge of Gatsby and NextJS. Key responsibilities involve maintaining software quality, supporting product development, and ensuring commitments to project timelines. This role suits individuals experienced in building marketing websites and familiar with SEO practices. Opportunities for professional development are available.

Qualifications

• Experience with React, ideally with Gatsby and NextJS.
• Background in building marketing websites and SEO knowledge.
• Understanding of continuous integration processes.

Responsibilities

• Make realistic commitments and strive to meet them.
• Maintain and improve software quality for features built.
• Support product owners and development leads in estimating efforts.

Skills

React

Gatsby

NextJS

SEO

Continuous integration

Azure DevOps

Unit testing

Cypress testing

Agile environment

GraphQL

DatoCMS

Job description

Portfolio are proud to be exclusively representing our award‑winning, multinational professional services client in their search for a Frontend Developer.

Day to day Responsibilities:

• You make realistic commitments that you are confident of meeting and strive to do so.
• Maintain and improve engineering practice.
• Maintain and improve software quality for features built (TDD, Pairing, Peer Review, Static Analysis).
• Support the product owner and Development Lead in the provision of estimates that are at an appropriate level of fidelity for the phase in the development lifecycle.
• Support the QA in identifying describing and resolving defects.
• Support the BA in the elaboration of requirements.
• You take responsibility for the entire lifecycle of delivery from idea, marketing, sales and operation.
• Manage your own training requirements.
• Attend industry events and share the value with your

Key Skills:

• knows React (with experience in the Gatsby and NextJS frameworks)
• experience in building marketing websites (and website SEO knowledge would be great as well)
• Knowledge around continuous integration, services like Azure Devops
• has experience with unit and cypress testing
• experience working in an agile environment would be good
• knowledge of graphql, as well as any CMS experience (we use DatoCMS)

If you’re interested, please apply and drop me an email at !

Front End Developer • Manchester, England, GB