Frontend Engineer - Design Systems & Accessibility

Scrumconnect Limited; United States; Remote; USD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Scrumconnect Ltd is seeking a Frontend Developer to design, build and improve high-volume, user-centred frontends for UK government clients. You will collaborate with designers, researchers and engineers to grow design systems and reusable components, ensuring accessibility and security-by-design.

You will work in an agile, multi-supplier environment, delivering to the Service Standard and WCAG 2.2 AA, with experience in Angular, React, TypeScript and .NET Core microservices.

Qualifications

• BPSS clearance (or ability to obtain)
• Proven experience building design systems and component libraries
• Accessibility expertise, including auditing and remediating WCAG 2.2 AA
• Working knowledge of Figma (Dev Mode)
• Experience calling APIs and working with RESTful microservices
• Hands-on experience with Azure DevOps YAML pipelines, automated testing (Jest, Cypress or Playwright) and DAST tools
• Experience delivering services to the Service Standard in complex government environments
• Clear communicator able to explain technical progress to any audience
• Experience with GOV.UK Design System or a departmental design system
• Familiarity with legacy .NET and migrating away
• Experience integrating with GOV.UK One Login, Pay or Notify
• Familiarity with Azure serverless, IaC (Terraform or Bicep) and observability

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain user-centred frontends, design systems and component libraries using Angular, React and TypeScript, integrating with APIs and .NET Core microservices.
• Collaborate with designers in Figma to turn designs into reusable components, and set frontend standards others follow.
• Ensure services meet the Service Standard, WCAG 2.2 AA and secure-by-design principles, including auditing and fixing accessibility issues.
• Help delivery teams adopt the design system through clear documentation, guidance and hands-on support.
• Build and maintain automated build and test pipelines in Azure DevOps, including automated and DAST security testing.
• Work in blended, multi-supplier agile teams, contributing to service assessments, code reviews and coaching.

Skills

BPSS clearance

Design systems

Accessibility (WCAG 2.2 AA)

Figma (Dev Mode)

APIs & RESTful microservices

Azure DevOps pipelines

Automated testing (Jest, Cypress, Play

Security testing (DAST)

Service Standard delivery

Clear communicator

GOV.UK Design System

Legacy .NET migration

GOV.UK One Login/Pay/Notify

Azure serverless / IaC (Terraform, Bce

Tools

Angular

React

TypeScript

Figma

Azure DevOps

Jest

Cypress

Playwright

DAST tools

.NET Core

Terraform

Bicep

Job description

Scrumconnect Ltd is seeking a Frontend Developer to design, build and improve high-volume, user-centred frontends for UK government clients. You will collaborate with designers, researchers and engineers to grow design systems and reusable components, ensuring accessibility and security-by-design.

You will work in an agile, multi-supplier environment, delivering to the Service Standard and WCAG 2.2 AA, with experience in Angular, React, TypeScript and .NET Core microservices.