Senior Frontend Developer - UK

Job Description

Role: Senior Frontend Developer

Rate: £480 Inside IR35

Location: Remote

Contract: 12 months

BPPS required

About the role

Our Central Government client is seeking an experienced Senior Frontend Developer to join the team to accelerate the delivery of user-facing digital services.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and implement modern frontend components and architectures utilising JavaScript (ReactJS, Node.js) and related technical standards.
• Support the presentation and justification of frontend designs, templating strategies, and technical decisions to governance forums.
• Communicate complex technical UI/UX decisions clearly to engineering peers and diverse stakeholder groups.
• Assure the quality of frontend systems, ensuring robust CI/CD pipeline integration and compliance with accessibility guidelines.
• Provide technical guidance, code reviews, and mentorship to junior and mid-weight developers within the delivery team

Essential Skills & Experience

• Proven track record as a Senior Frontend Developer, operating within a public sector or government environment.
• Deep experience in core frontend technologies, including HTML5, CSS3, modern JavaScript, ReactJS, and Node.js.
• Strong proficiency with styling and templating frameworks, specifically SASS, LESS, Bootstrap, Nunjucks, and Freemarker.
• Solid CI/CD capability with hands-on experience maintaining technical quality via Git, GitLab CI, Jenkins, and SonarQube.
• Strong collaboration and stakeholder management skills, with a demonstrable ability to work effectively across multidisciplinary teams, including full-stack and backend peers

Desirable

• Practical knowledge or experience with AWS cloud infrastructure