Senior Front-End Engineer & Design System Lead (Hybrid)

DWP Digital; Lancashire; Hybrid; GBP 48,000 - 81,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working hours

Hybrid work model

Civil service pension contributions

Professional development and mentoring

Job summary

DWP Digital is seeking a Senior Front-End Developer to lead the development of reusable Front-End patterns and contribute to the DWP Design System. You will shape technical direction, ensure accessibility, and drive high-quality outcomes across teams.

You will mentor colleagues, champion best practices, and contribute to cross-government standards while working in a hybrid model across multiple hubs in the UK.

Qualifications

• Proven experience designing accessible, user-centred interfaces.
• Experience leading multidisciplinary agile teams delivering digital products.
• Experience providing technical leadership and driving quality and standards.
• Coach and mentor others to grow capability and improve processes.

Responsibilities

• Lead development of reusable Front-End patterns, components and code libraries.
• Shape technical direction of the Design System and contribute to cross-government standards.
• Build, release, maintain and support Front-End products using modern tooling and TDD.

Skills

Accessible design

WCAG 2.2

Front-End leadership

Agile teams

Mentoring

Tools

React

TypeScript

Design System

Modern frontend tooling

Job description

DWP Digital is seeking a Senior Front-End Developer to lead the development of reusable Front-End patterns and contribute to the DWP Design System. You will shape technical direction, ensure accessibility, and drive high-quality outcomes across teams.

You will mentor colleagues, champion best practices, and contribute to cross-government standards while working in a hybrid model across multiple hubs in the UK.