Frontend Developer (SFIA 3)

Zaizi; London; On-site; GBP 34,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in London, Zaizi is looking for a Front End Developer who is passionate about technology and user experience. This role involves developing high-quality software, mentoring junior staff, and engaging in an Agile team environment. The ideal candidate will have strong experience with REACT and be ready to contribute to exciting projects with a significant social impact.

Benefits

25 days paid holiday plus bank holidays

BUPA 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

Qualifications

• Proven experience in Agile teams and product development environments.
• Experience developing across major browsers like Chrome and Edge.
• Understanding of security principles and UX appreciation.

Responsibilities

• Develop software to meet user needs and follow best practices.
• Write clean, secure, and well-tested code.
• Coach and mentor junior colleagues.

Skills

REACT

HTML

CSS

JavaScript

TypeScript

Unit testing

End to End testing

API development

Accessibility (AA Standard)

Performance optimisation

Tools

Jest

NightwatchJS

AWS

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.

£34,000 - £65,000

25 days paid holiday, plus bank holidays

BUPA 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]