Front-End Developer

Summary: The Front-End Developer role involves designing, building, and maintaining Front End components using JavaScript and CSS while ensuring compliance with accessibility standards. The position requires collaboration with various design and research professionals and emphasizes best practices in technical decision-making and development methodologies. Additionally, the role includes mentoring other developers and supporting DevOps practices. The position is based in London and classified as inside IR35.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design, build and maintain Front End components using JavaScript, CSS and progressive enhancement
• Ensure all Front End work meets WCAG accessibility standards
• Use and extend the GOV.UK Design System and GOV.UK Frontend
• Collaborate with User Researchers, Service Designers and UX/Interaction Designers
• Contribute to technical decision-making, architectural discussions and Front End best practice
• Apply TDD, pair programming and CI/CD practices
• Build and maintain automated tests using Playwright
• Support DevOps practices including Terraform and continuous delivery pipelines
• Coach or mentor other developers and contribute to the wider engineering community

Key Skills:

• Proficiency in JavaScript and CSS
• Experience with WCAG accessibility standards
• Familiarity with the GOV.UK Design System and GOV.UK Frontend
• Collaboration skills with User Researchers and Designers
• Knowledge of TDD, pair programming, and CI/CD practices
• Experience with automated testing tools like Playwright
• Understanding of DevOps practices including Terraform
• Mentoring and coaching abilities

Salary (Rate): £440 per day

City: London

Country: UK

Working Arrangements: undetermined

IR35 Status: inside IR35

Seniority Level: undetermined

Industry: IT

Detailed Description From Employer:

Job Spec:

• Design, build and maintain Front End components using JavaScript, CSS and progressive enhancement
• Ensure all Front End work meets WCAG accessibility standards
• Use and extend the GOV.UK Design System and GOV.UK Frontend
• Collaborate with User Researchers, Service Designers and UX/Interaction Designers
• Contribute to technical decision-making, architectural discussions and Front End best practice
• Apply TDD, pair programming and CI/CD practices
• Build and maintain automated tests using Playwright
• Support DevOps practices including Terraform and continuous delivery pipelines
• Coach or mentor other developers and contribute to the wider engineering community

Reasonable Adjustments:

Respect and equality are core values to us. We are proud of the diverse and inclusive community we have built, and we welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and perspectives. Our success is driven by our people, united by the spirit of partnership to deliver the best resourcing solutions for our clients.

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