Frontend Developer (SFIA5)

Zaizi; City Of London; Remote; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A tech consulting firm in the UK is looking for a Front End Developer who excels in frontend technologies like Javascript and React. This remote role requires team leadership and DevOps skills and involves mentoring junior staff. The successful candidate will work on innovative projects with an inclusive, positive culture. A salary between £70,000 and £90,000 is offered along with attractive benefits including paid holidays, medical insurance, and flexible working.

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

Opportunity to work on exciting projects

Qualifications

• Proven track record of delivering high quality software in demanding environments.
• Passionate about new technologies and keen to share knowledge.

Responsibilities

• Build end-to-end solutions within a highly secure environment.
• Work as part of a multi-disciplined Agile/Scrum team.
• Contribute to the support of multiple live systems.
• Mentor junior members of staff.
• Work with Solution Architects to define designs.

Skills

Frontend skills (Javascript, React)

CI/CD automation

Git (e.g. GitHub or GitLab)

DevOps skills (AWS, Docker, Kubernetes)

Team leadership and mentoring experience

Job description

This role is remote for the foreseeable future with onsite client work where required and occasional travel to the head office in London for workshops/meetings.

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

These are the expected objectives for this role.

• Build end-to-end solutions within a highly secure environment
• Work as part of a multi-disciplined Agile/Scrum team
• Contributing to the support of multiple live systems (supporting the code and infrastructure)
• Working with other skilled professionals to improve the Zaizi knowledge base
• Mentoring junior members of staff
• Working with Solution Architects and Delivery Managers to define designs and refine product backlogs

Requirements

Technologies:

Essential

• Frontend skills (Javascript, React)
• CI/CD automation
• Git (e.g. GitHub or GitLab)
• DevOps skills (AWS, Docker, Kubernetes)
• Team leadership and mentoring experience

Desirable/ beneficial

• Good knowledge of security best practises and experience automating/implementing them (e.g. Kubernetes security groups, mutual authentication, HTTP security headers, etc ...)
• Modern Development languages (NodeJS / Java / Python)

Competencies

• Agile, Scrum
• Continuous improvement
• Can work with cross functional teams
• Excellent communication skills in customer-facing projects
• Integrity / honesty

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.

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.

Salary: £70,000 - £90,000

• 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