Senior Front-End Developer

Government Recruitment Service; Telscombe; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A governmental agency in the United Kingdom is looking for a Senior Front-End Developer to lead the development and implementation of reusable design patterns. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in front-end development with a strong focus on accessibility and user-centered design. Responsibilities include mentoring team members, ensuring adherence to web standards, and engaging with cross-functional teams to create optimal user experiences. This role may require occasional travel to various digital hubs.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in the design and build of software products at scale.
• Strong knowledge of modern web development stacks and user experience.
• Excellent ability to self-organise and define priorities.

Responsibilities

• Lead and promote the technical direction and development of reusable patterns.
• Ensure accessible user interfaces for services across multiple devices.
• Coach and mentor colleagues in best design practices.

Skills

Front-End Development

Team Leadership

Accessibility Standards (WCAG 2.2 AA)

User-Centred Design

Modern Web Stacks

Job description

Are you an advocate and an expert Front-End Developer?

Capable of leading the development of products that help other teams design and deliver services?

We’re recruiting senior Front-End Developers to be part of both our amazing team(s) and community.

The 2022-25 DWP Digital Strategy "Our Digital Future" identified the Design System as a key product in delivering our goals. The DWP Design System helps to deliver consistent customer and colleague experiences faster and with less rework, by codifying design standards into reusable interface patterns.

We are looking for passionate experts in front-end development to support and lead the build across many of our front-end systems. The role extends beyond expert technical knowledge to encompass effective communication and advocacy, driving adoption of best practice design.

As a Senior Front-End Developer, you will share your expert knowledge and experience with the team to lead delivery and provide front-end leadership.

Our Senior Front-end Developers are experts in front-end development, with proven experience in the design and build of software products at scale. You will:

• Lead and promote the technical direction and development of reusable patterns and components.
• Release, maintain and support the deployment of products and code packages.
• Ensure we developer accessible user interfaces for DWP services which work effectively across multiple devices and browsers.
• Input into, promote and ensure design standardisation processes.
• Coach and mentor colleagues.
• Engage with teams across different levels and capabilities.
• Be an enabler for multiple teams, driving consistency, standards, pace and quality, resolving technical blockers, and promoting re-use and collaboration through the wider communities.
• Engage with and contribute to the engineering and user-centred design communities.
• Have an excellent ability to self-organise and define priorities.
• Use modern tooling and development techniques to write and share test-driven code iteratively delivering.
• Work with cross-functional teams to integrate into the back-end services to ensure that they are built to the same high standards.
• Have strong knowledge of modern web development stacks, web standards, user experience, progressive enhancement, performance, accessibility, browser compatibility, tooling and pipelines.

• Responsible for ensuring the design system team are adhering to WCAG 2.2 AA standards.
• Responsible for driving the building, maintaining and sharing of reusable libraries of Front-end code. Responsible for taking a leading role contributing to cross-government code libraries.
• Accountable for Identifying and understanding technical and business constraints, and ensuring that Front-End Developers works within them whilst contributing back to and driving change within existing government frameworks.

As part of the role, you may be required to travel regularly to the other digital hubs. The frequency of this will be discussed further should you be successful.