Frontend Developer (SFIA 3)

Zaizi; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

A technology consultancy in the UK is looking for a Front End Developer who is passionate about user experience and improving software quality. The successful candidate will have strong REACT experience and a proven track record in Agile environments. Responsibilities include developing software, coaching junior team members, and engaging in continuous integration practices. The role offers flexible working and inclusion in exciting projects.

Benefits

Vitality medical insurance

Workplace Pension 5% employer contribution

Group Life Assurance

Cyclescheme

5 days a year for approved Training

WFH equipment allowance

Buy / Sell Holiday

2 days paid volunteering days

Flexible working

Opportunity to work on exciting projects

Qualifications

• Demonstrable experience working in Agile teams.
• Experience working on product development environments based on observation.
• Experience in multi-disciplinary/DevOps teams.
• Experience working on continuous integration environments.

Responsibilities

• Develop software to meet user needs.
• Follow best-practice guidelines and improve those guidelines.
• Write clean, secure and well-tested code.
• Coach and mentor junior colleagues.
• Engage with Agile team members to improve software.

Skills

Strong REACT experience

HTML / CSS / JavaScript

TypeScript

Testing experience (Unit testing/End to End testing)

Experience with AA Standard accessibility

Experience with restful APIs

Strong performance optimisation awareness

Job description

Zaizi is looking for a Front End Developer with solid technology skills, who are also passionate about improving outcomes and the user experience. You will be confident in your own skills with a proven track record of delivering high quality software in demanding environments. You will be passionate about new technologies and keen to share it across the organisation.

Our work culture is inclusive, modern, friendly, and democratic. We look for bright, positive-thinking individuals with a can‑do attitude. Our people enjoy challenging themselves to be the best at what they do – if that sounds like you, you'll fit right in!

Role Objectives:

• Develop software to meet user needs
• Follow best‑practice guidelines and help to improve those guidelines
• Write clean, secure and well‑tested code
• Coach and mentor junior colleagues
• Engage with other members in an Agile team to improve software and outcomes

Ways of working:

• Demonstrable experience working in Agile teams
• Demonstrable experience working on product development environments based on observation, experimentation and user research
• Demonstrable experience working in multi‑disciplinary/DevOps teams which include product owner/manager, UX designers, UX researchers, Developers, Platform engineers, etc
• Demonstrable experience working on continuous integration environments

Requirements

Coding and testing:

• Strong REACT experience
• HTML / CSS / JavaScript
• TypeScript
• Testing experience (Unit testing/End to End testing - e.g. Jest/NightwatchJS etc)
• Experience with AA Standard accessibility
• Experience with restful API’s
• Experience developing for all major currently used browsers e.g Chrome, Edge etc.
• Strong performance optimisation awareness

Nice to have skills:

• Working with UK Government or public sector
• AWS
• Building component libraries
• Appreciation of security principals
• Demonstration of scalability and reusability
• An appreciation for UX

You don’t meet all the requirements?

Studies show that women and black, Asian and minority ethnic people are less likely to apply for a job unless they meet every qualification. So if you’re excited about this role but your experience doesn’t align perfectly with the job description, we’d love you to still apply. You might just be the perfect person for this role, or another role here at Zaizi.

We strongly encourage applicants from people of colour, the LGBTQ + community, people with disabilities, neurodivergent people, parents, carers and people from lower socio‑economic backgrounds.

If there's anything we can do to accommodate your specific situation, please let us know.

SC Clearance:

Zaizi works with UK Central Government departments on a range of projects. To be able to work on our customer projects, employees must be Security Cleared to a standard acceptable to our Government customers. Due to this restriction we can currently only recruit candidates who have the right to work in the UK without sponsorship and who have lived in the UK for the last 5+ years continuously.

25 days paid holiday, plus bank holidays

Benefits

• Vitality medical insurance
• Workplace Pension 5% employer contribution
• Group Life Assurance
• Cyclescheme
• 5 days a year for approved Training
• WFH equipment allowance
• Buy / Sell Holiday
• 2 days paid volunteering days

Other benefits:

• Flexible working
• Work on exciting projects - make a difference
• Empowered to make decisions
• Encouraged to fail fast and learn quickly

For further information contact

Nat Hinds-Head of Talent: [e-mail]

Kayla Kirby-Talent Acquisition Specialist: [e-mail]