Front end Software Engineer (UX/UI)

The Ascentis Group; Lancaster; On-site; GBP 32,000; Full time

Job summary

The Ascentis Group is seeking a Front-End, User Experience Engineer for a pivotal role linking design and engineering teams. The engineer will develop new educational software products and maintain existing ones, focusing on creating a quality user experience. This position offers a chance to work within a fast-changing company committed to improving educational resources for learning difficulties.

Benefits

25 days annual leave plus 8 public holidays

Competitive pension benefits

Access to Informal Flexibility in working hours

Enhanced family leave benefits

Access to state-of-the-art office and break facilities

Free parking and paid electricity charging points

Cycle to Work Scheme

Discounted gym membership

24-hour employee helpline

Health app access with virtual GP appointments

Qualifications

• Strong focus on front end design with exceptional CSS styling skills.
• Expertise in wireframing and prototyping software.
• Experience with JavaScript, TypeScript, HTML, and CSS.

Responsibilities

• Develop new software products for the education market.
• Support and maintain existing products.
• Contribute to design and functionality of software.

Skills

CSS

JavaScript

TypeScript

HTML

Wireframing

Prototyping

Tools

Figma

Angular

Job description

Salary: £31,873 per annum

Contract: Permanent

Working Pattern: Full-time Monday to Friday 35 hours per week

Location: Based at our Head Office in Lancaster. Flexible working available.

Where would you fit in?

The role

We are looking for a Front-End, User Experience Engineer specialising in UI / UX. This is a key role in which you will provide the link between our design and engineering teams.

As an engineer you will support the development of front ends within our single page applications. As a designer you will develop prototypes, wireframes and design mock-ups.

You will work as part of a team tasked with the development of new software products for the education market. Coupled with developing new products, you will also be expected to support and maintain existing products.

This role offers a successful candidate the opportunity to work in a forward-thinking, and fast-changing company with software that could make a real difference to people with learning difficulties such as dyslexia or dyscalculia.

Main Duties and Responsibilities

• To develop new software products.
• To support and maintain existing products.
• To contribute to the design and functionality of the software, testing and supporting new features.
• To help composing software packages ready for market.

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About you

You will be an engineer with a strong focus on front end design. You will be an expert in the use of wireframing and prototyping software such as Figma.

If you are a front-end engineer with exceptional CSS styling skills, enjoys designing quality user experience and proficient in wireframing and prototyping we would like to hear from you.

The role will require you to have skills in the programming languages used for developing web-based applications such as JavaScript, TypeScript, HTML and CSS.

Experience of the Angular platform for building web applications would be a real advantage and will set you apart!

Further Information

If you are interested in applying for our vacancy, please submit your CV and cover letter.

If you have any questions or would like to discuss this opportunity with the recruiting manager, you can contact Jacob Withers at [e-mail]

This job does not meet the eligibility requirements to qualify for visa sponsorship.

About us

We are proud to be one of the UK’s leading educational charity groups, encompassing an awarding organisation, a provider of dyslexia intervention software and an online training organisation. Our enthusiastic people bring genuine passion and natural energy to everything that they do and through their infectious energy they transform the lives of thousands of people each year through the power of education. It has never been a more exciting time to join The Ascentis Group as we continue our journey of growth across the UK and overseas.

We are market leading in the education sector and the specialist areas we operate within, maintaining the #1 provision for ESOL (English for Speakers of Other Languages) and Access in the UK. We are based in Lancaster but have a national reach and hold top positions in all areas we operate within and have a dominant market share in London. We recently won two awards at the FAB 2024 Awards - Innovation of the Year and Awarding Organisation of the Year.

International Dyslexia Learning Solutions (IDLS) is part of the wider Ascentis Group providing specialist multi-sensory software programmes to primary and secondary schools in the UK and internationally. The focus of IDLS is to provide learning solutions to those with literacy and numeracy needs. Today the software is used by thousands of children across the world.

The Ascentis Group is made up of brilliant people, unique in terms of background, personality, characteristics, experience and skill. We value our people for the differences they bring to the table and believe this diversity is powerful. We are an equal opportunities employer, and we are determined to ensure that no applicant or employee receives less favourable treatment on the grounds of gender, age, disability, religion, belief, sexual orientation, marital status, or race, or is disadvantaged by conditions or requirements which cannot be shown to be justifiable.

To find out what our employees have to say about working at Ascentis watch the video foundhere.

Benefits

• 25 days annual leave plus 8 public holidays, birthday day off, closure days gifted during the Christmas period, increased annual leave with long service and an Annual Leave Purchase Scheme (up to a maximum of 43 days)
• Competitive pension benefits, including a salary sacrifice scheme
• Access to Informal Flexibility, allowing you to flex your working times and location where viable
• Incremental service benefits as a family-friendly employer, including enhanced Maternity, Neonatal, Paternity, Shared Parental, Adoption Leave and Pay, Sick Pay, Life Insurance, and Paid Compassionate Leave
• Access to state-of-the-art office and break facilities, such as bean-to-cup coffee machine, vending machine, pool table, Xbox, outdoor seating, dressing room (with access to hair dryers, straighteners, airers, shower facilities), Harry Potter reading room, employee library and more
• Free parking, paid electricity charging points, locked bike storage shed
• Tailored learning and development opportunities
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Home and Tech Scheme
• Discounted gym membership at 3-1-5 Health Club
• 24-hour employee helpline and a proactive focus on wellbeing
• Aviva DigiCare+ health app with access to virtual GP appointments, annual health check and more
• Reward and recognition scheme, regular team building and communication activities

Do you like the sound of Ascentis, but think your skills might suit another role?

We also have other vacancies available. Take a look at our website for more! www.ascentis.co.uk/jobs