Senior Front End Developer

Version 1; Birmingham; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Front-End Developer to join their dynamic team. In this role, you will collaborate with various stakeholders to design and develop cutting-edge digital products. You will ensure code quality, performance optimization, and adherence to architectural standards while mentoring junior developers. This innovative firm offers a flexible working environment and a comprehensive benefits package that prioritizes employee wellbeing and professional growth. If you are passionate about front-end technologies and eager to make a significant impact, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Benefits

Quarterly Performance-Related Profit Share

Strong Career Progression

Flexible/Remote Working

Private Healthcare Cover

Gym Discounts

Educational Assistance

Generous Holiday Allowance

Employee Assistance Programme

Qualifications

• Extensive background in front-end development with TypeScript and React.
• Experience in Agile environments and exceptional communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Develop high-quality, efficient, reusable code for web and mobile applications.
• Mentor junior team members and ensure adherence to best practices.

Skills

TypeScript

React

Unit Testing

Agile Methodologies

Exceptional Communication Skills

Back-end Integration

Tools

Docker

Jest

GraphQL

Job description

Company Description

Version 1 has celebrated over 28 years in Technology Services and continues to be trusted by global brands to deliver solutions that drive customer success. Our expertise enables our customers to navigate the rapidly changing Digital-First world we live in. We foster strong partnerships with leading technology giants including Microsoft, AWS, Oracle, Red Hat, OutSystems, Snowflake, ensuring that our customers are provided with the highest quality solutions and services.

We’re an award-winning employer reflecting how our employees are at the very heart of Version 1 and what we do:

1. UK & Ireland's premier AWS, Microsoft & Oracle partner
2. 3300+ strong, €350/£300m revenue business
3. 10+ years as a Great Place to Work in Ireland & UK
4. Best Workplace for Women in the UK & Ireland by GPTW
5. Best Workplace for Wellbeing in the UK by GPTW

We’re a core values driven company, we hire people who share our values, and we reward those who display and foster them, it’s deeply embedded within our DNA. Invest in us and we’ll invest in you!

Job Description

As a Front-End Developer, you'll collaborate closely with Product Owners, Business Analysts, Technical Architects, UX/UI Designers and other team members to understand business requirements and drive the solution design and development of our digital products. Your role involves ensuring that the code aligns with these requirements and adheres to our architectural and front-end coding standards. Performance optimisation is key, and you'll employ best practices to enhance our applications. Additionally, you'll stay proactive by suggesting upgrades and updates to maintain modern security standards and adhere to evolving best practices in development. Your contributions extend beyond individual projects; you'll help enrich our shared component libraries by crafting modular and reusable components. Furthermore, as a valued member of our team, you'll provide mentorship to junior members and actively share your expertise across the wider team.

Responsibilities

• Experience working closely with key stakeholders across the engineering team, including Architects, Product Owners and UX designers understanding and demonstrating how written requirements translate into a technical solution.
• Develop interfaces for web and mobile applications and develop high-quality, efficient, reusable code and libraries for future use.
• Collaborate with other team members to formulate and articulate end-to-end architecture and (non-) functional design
• Responsible to take ownership of the Frontend digital and software platform
• Ensure the use of Version 1’s Agile process and framework
• Instil champion best practices within the team, including TDD, code reviews and pair programming
• Mentor and bring on junior members of the team.
• Design flexible and configurable software components
• Produce well designed, testable, maintainable, secure and efficient code

Qualifications

• You will have an extensive background in front-end development with significant experience working with TypeScript and React. Any further experience with Next.js/Angular/Vue.js is beneficial
• Experience with mobile development frameworks like React Native is beneficial.
• Experience in Unit Testing with Jest
• Experience with GraphQL with React for efficient data fetching and state management is preferred.
• Continuous Integration experience (Docker)
• A passion for coding and keeping up to date with new technologies frameworks and techniques
• Extensive experience in an Agile environment
• Exceptional communication skills to interact with clients and onsite and near-shore development teams
• Ability to prioritise and handle several tasks at once with multiple deadlines will be important
• Experience in back-end integration and any experience with backend technologies like Java/Python/NodeJS is an advantage.

Additional Information

At Version 1, we believe in providing our employees with a comprehensive benefits package that prioritises their wellbeing, professional growth, and financial stability.

• Share in our success with our Quarterly Performance-Related Profit Share Scheme, where employees collectively benefit from a share of our company's profits.
• Strong Career Progression & mentorship coaching through our Strength in Balance & Leadership schemes with a dedicated quarterly Pathways Career Development programme.
• Flexible/remote working, Version 1 is tremendously understanding of life events and people’s individual circumstances and offer flexibility to help achieve a healthy work life balance.
• Financial Wellbeing initiatives including; Pension, Private Healthcare Cover, Life Assurance, Financial advice and an Employee Discount scheme.
• Employee Wellbeing schemes including Gym Discounts, Bike to Work, Fitness classes, Mindfulness Workshops, Employee Assistance Programme and much more. Generous holiday allowance, enhanced maternity/paternity leave, marriage/civil partnership leave and special leave policies.
• Educational assistance, incentivised certifications, and accreditations, including AWS, Microsoft, Oracle, and Red Hat.
• Reward schemes including Version 1’s Annual Excellence Awards & ‘Call-Out’ platform.
• Environment, Social and Community First initiatives allow you to get involved in local fundraising and development opportunities as part of fostering our diversity, inclusion and belonging schemes.

And many more exciting benefits… drop us a note to find out more.