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Lead Front End Developer

Newport
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Lead Front End Developer

Location - Newport (20% on site)

Will need to pass an SC Clearance (living in the UK for at least 5 years)

A modern organisation which depends on its IT services to operate and innovate effectively. In order to provide up to date services to our customers both nationally and internationally systems need to be developed, improved and maintained. You will have the opportunity to work on the latest cutting edge cloud technologies, use modern delivery processes and work on innovative projects some including the use of AI and ML.

Job description

Main duties consist of but are not limited to:

Be responsible for the design, coding, testing and documentation of small scale to large, complex or mission critical applications and solutions in a cloud first environment
Build web based Front End interfaces interacting with RESTful APIs using React, Next JS and other web technologies
Work closely with test engineers to reach a common understanding of acceptance criteria, the code base and test coverage
Implement toolkits and APIs for purposes such as integration, performance optimisation, security and scalability
Proactively investigate problems and opportunities in existing processes, evaluating and communicating findings and recommendations to stakeholders
Identify and manage problems, incidents, risks and issues in line with IPO standards
Work within a multi-disciplinary team to deliver highly user focused and successful digital services ensuring governance standards are adhered to
Keeping an open mind and exploring innovative ways to solve problems, working in a fail-fast fashion to provide required functionality

Person specification

Essential Experience

Has been a key player in delivering technical solutions as part of large projects
Experienced with modern delivery models such as Scrum and other Agile
Experience working in a Microsoft Azure Cloud first team
Experience with Azure DevOps
Experience writing Unit Tests, using tools such as MS Test, and an understanding of TDD principles

Essential Technical Skills

Experience working with RESTful web services
Excellent understanding of React and experience with Next JS
Excellent understanding of Node JS
Understanding of DevOps principles
Has a deep understanding of architectural principals such as SOA and Micro-Services

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