Senior Frontend Developer

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.

As the Senior Frontend Developer, you will be a key technical hands-on contributor, playing a vital role in the development, implementation, and quality assurance of accessible, robust, and scalable interfaces.

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