Frontend Developer (SC Cleared)

Montash; Greater London; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Montash is hiring a Frontend Developer (SC Cleared) for a remote role with occasional travel to London. You will own and improve a live frontend service within a legacy deployment environment, delivering in Agile sprints with a Programme Manager and Delivery Manager.

The role requires strong React/TypeScript skills, GDS standards, and Node.js, Docker, Storybook experience. The position involves incident and release management, test writing, and close collaboration with cross-functional teams in

Qualifications

• Strong React and TypeScript proficiency with production experience.
• Familiarity with the GDS Design Kit and delivering to GDS service standards.
• Node.js experience for server-side and tooling development.
• Docker experience for containerised development and deployment workflows.
• Storybook for component development and documentation.
• Comfortable with legacy services and deployment models.
• Experience writing feature and API tests as part of an Agile sprint delivery.
• Strong communication skills to explain code to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Familiarity with incident, change and problem management within DDaT frameworks.
• CI/CD pipeline experience and Git version control.
• Experience working in public sector or regulated delivery environments.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain the existing frontend service, owning the codebase.
• Manage and resolve tickets across incident, change and service request processes.
• Build deployment packages for production releases with controlled, documented processes.
• Write tests for features and APIs and update API documentation as needed.
• Conduct peer reviews and commit changes to the master branch after review.
• Identify opportunities for continuous service improvement across processes and technology.
• Demonstrate completed changes during sprint reviews with stakeholders.
• Interface with support services and contribute to investigations.

Skills

React

TypeScript

Node.js

CI/CD

Git

Agile

Tools

Docker

Storybook

GDS Design Kit

Job description

Job Title: Frontend Developer (SC Cleared)

Location: Remote (fortnightly travel to London office)

Contract Length: 12 Months (with scope to extend)

Start Date: ASAP

IR35: Inside

Interview Process: 1 Stage, MS Teams (technical assessment included)

Clearance: SC (with eligibility for higher levels of clearance)

We are supporting a public sector client in hiring a Frontend Developer to join a small, focused engineering team maintaining and improving a live service within a legacy deployment environment.

This is a hands-on development and service management role requiring someone comfortable taking ownership of a legacy service, contributing to incident resolution, release management and continuous service improvement alongside active development work. The successful candidate will become a subject matter expert for the service, working within Agile sprint cycles and collaborating closely with a Programme Manager and Delivery Manager to demonstrate, accept and ship changes.

This role suits an experienced Frontend Developer comfortable working within legacy environments, confident discussing and reviewing code under scrutiny, and able to balance service support responsibilities alongside ongoing development activity.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain the existing frontend service, taking ownership of the codebase and becoming the subject matter expert for the domain
• Manage and resolve tickets across incident, change, service request and problem processes in line with DDaT operating models
• Build and manage deployment packages for release into production, ensuring controlled and well-documented release management
• Write and pass feature and external API tests as required, maintaining and updating API documentation where necessary
• Conduct peer reviews for each change and commit code to the master branch following review and approval
• Identify and implement continuous service improvement opportunities across service management processes and technology
• Demonstrate completed changes to the Programme Manager or Delivery Manager during sprint reviews and show and tell sessions
• Interface with other support services, raising and responding to requests and contributing to shared technical investigations
• Strong React and TypeScript proficiency with proven front end development experience in production environments
• Familiarity with the GDS Design Kit and experience delivering to GDS service standards
• Node.js experience for server-side and tooling development
• Experience with Docker for containerised development and deployment workflows
• Experience with Storybook for component development and documentation
• Comfortable working with and taking ownership of legacy services and legacy deployment models
• Experience writing feature and API tests as part of an Agile sprint delivery cycle
• Strong communication skills with the ability to discuss, review and explain code clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Familiarity with service management processes including incident, change and problem management within DDaT frameworks
• CI/CD pipeline experience and version control using Git
• Experience working within public sector or regulated delivery environments