Senior Software Engineer

Agntx; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 105,000; Full time

Job summary

Agntx is hiring a Senior Frontend Developer to work on a public-facing government digital service built to the GOV.UK Design System. The role spans React/Node frontend and Java backend layers, with the Java stack including Spring Boot and related technologies.

Remote with occasional travel to Manchester and six-months initial term. The role is inside IR35 at £500 per day, starting ASAP.

Qualifications

• Frontend templating and styling frameworks experience.
• Strong Java 11 backend exposure.
• Experience with GOV.UK Design System is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Develop in Nunjucks against GOV.UK Design System and Freemarker templates.
• Build frontends with ReactJS and Node.js where needed.
• Integrate with Java 11 service layer using Spring Boot, Dropwizard, Jersey, CXF and Maven.
• Scale styling with Bootstrap, LESS and SASS.
• Maintain code quality through Git, GitLab CI, Jenkins and SonarQube.
• Collaborate with backend, design, content and user researchers in a multi-disciplinary team.

Skills

Nunjucks

Freemarker

ReactJS

Node.js

Bootstrap

LESS

SASS

Java 11

Spring Boot

Dropwizard

Jersey

CXF

Maven

Git

GitLab CI

Jenkins

SonarQube

AWS

WCAG

GOV.UK Design System

Tools

Git

GitLab CI

Jenkins

SonarQube

Maven

Jersey

CXF

Spring Boot

Dropwizard

AWS

Freemarker

Nunjucks

GOV.UK Design System

Job description

SENIOR SOFTWARE ENGINEER | FRONTEND, GOV.UK DESIGN SYSTEM | REMOTE, OCCASIONAL MANCHESTER

Central Government Digital Service — £500 per day inside IR35 — Start ASAP

THE ROLE

A frontend-weighted engineering seat on a public-facing government digital service built to the GOV.UK Design System, and it goes deeper than the front end. The client's own title for the role is Senior Frontend Developer, at SFIA 5. You will be working in Nunjucks and the GOV.UK pattern library, in React and Node where the service needs it, and into a Java service layer underneath.

If you have built a government service you will recognise the stack immediately. If you have not, the Java half of this will tell you quickly whether it is for you.

YOU WILL

• Work in Nunjucks against the GOV.UK Design System, and in Freemarker where the Java layer templates


• Develop in ReactJS and Node.js across the service


• Work into the Java 11 service layer — Spring Boot, Dropwizard, Jersey, CXF and Maven


• Manage styling at scale with Bootstrap, LESS and SASS


• Own your code through the pipeline — Git, GitLab CI, Jenkins and SonarQube quality gates


• Work alongside backend engineers, designers, content and user research in a multidisciplinary team

WHAT THEY ARE LOOKING FOR

• Frontend templating and styling frameworks — Nunjucks, Freemarker, Bootstrap, LESS and SASS


• Working Java 11, including Spring Boot, Dropwizard, Jersey, CXF and Maven


• CI tooling and quality gates — Git, GitLab CI, Jenkins and SonarQube


• Comfortable in a service with a Java backend rather than a pure frontend codebase


• UK central government delivery — essential on this programme

ADVANTAGEOUS

• AWS


• GOV.UK Design System and GOV.UK Frontend on a live public-facing service


• Accessibility to WCAG on a government service, and GDS service assessments

THE DETAIL

£500 per day inside IR35.

Remote, with occasional travel to Manchester.

Six months initially.

• Please note prior UK central government delivery is a requirement on this programme.