Frontend Developer (SFIA 3)

AI overview

Contribute to user-focused software development in an Agile environment, mentoring junior colleagues and enhancing best practices while working on impactful projects.

Zaizi is looking for a Front End Developer with solid technology skills, who are also passionate about improving outcomes and the user experience. You will be confident in your own skills with a proven track record of delivering high quality software in demanding environments. You will be passionate about new technologies and keen to share it across the organisation.

Our work culture is inclusive, modern, friendly, and democratic. We look for bright, positive-thinking individuals with a can-do attitude. Our people enjoy challenging themselves to be the best at what they do – if that sounds like you, you'll fit right in!

Requirements

Role Objectives:

  • Develop software to meet user needs
  • Follow best-practice guidelines and help to improve those guidelines
  • Write clean, secure and well-tested code
  • Coach and mentor junior colleagues
  • Engage with other members in an Agile team to improve software and outcomes

Ways of working:

  • Demonstrable experience working in Agile teams
  • Demonstrable experience working on product development environments based on observation, experimentation and user research
  • Demonstrable experience working in multi-disciplinary/DevOps teams which include product owner/manager, UX designers, UX researchers, Developers, Platform engineers, etc
  • Demonstrable experience working on continuous integration environments

Requirements

Coding and testing:

  • Strong REACT experience
  • HTML / CSS / JavaScript
  • TypeScript
  • Testing experience-(Unit testing/End to End testing - e.g Jest/NightwatchJS etc)
  • Experience with AA Standard accessibility
  • Experience with restful API’s
  • Experience developing for all major currently used browsers e.g Chrome, Edge etc.
  • Strong performance optimisation awareness

Nice to have skills:

  • Working with UK Government or public sector
  • AWS
  • Building component libraries
  • Appreciation of security principals
  • Demonstration of scalability and reusability
  • An appreciation for UX

You don’t meet all the requirements?

Studies show that women and black, Asian and minority ethnic people are less likely to apply for a job unless they meet every qualification. So if you’re excited about this role but your experience doesn’t align perfectly with the job description, we’d love you to still apply. You might just be the perfect person for this role, or another role here at Zaizi.

We strongly encourage applicants from people of colour, the LGBTQ + community, people with disabilities, neurodivergent people, parents, carers and people from lower socio-economic backgrounds.

If there's anything we can do to accommodate your specific situation, please let us know.

SC Clearance:

Zaizi works with UK Central Government departments on a range of projects. To be able to work on our customer projects, employees must be Security Cleared to a standard acceptable to our Government customers. Due to this restriction we can currently only recruit candidates who have the right to work in the UK without sponsorship and who have lived in the UK for the last 5+ years continuously.

Benefits

25 days paid holiday, plus bank holidays

Vitality medical insurance
Workplace Pension 5% employer contribution
Group Life Assurance
Cyclescheme
5 days a year for approved Training
WFH equipment allowance
Buy / Sell Holiday
2 days paid volunteering days


Other benefits:
Flexible working
Work on exciting projects - make a difference
Empowered to make decisions
Encouraged to fail fast and learn quickly

For further information contact

Nat Hinds-Head of Talent: [email protected]

Kayla Kirby-Talent Acquisition Specialist: [email protected]

Perks & Benefits Extracted with AI

  • Flexible Work Hours: Flexible working
  • Health Insurance: Vitality medical insurance
  • Home Office Stipend: WFH equipment allowance
  • Paid volunteering days: 2 days paid volunteering days
  • Paid Time Off: 25 days paid holiday, plus bank holidays

All roles are 100% remote for the foreseeable future. We will accept applications from anywhere in the UK.We design, build and operate great digital services that has user needs at the centre. Our mission is to "realise potential" - whether that's unleashing the potential of our clients or our employees.As a digital consultancy that works on large and complex central government projects using the latest methods and technologies, our people are the key to our success. To attract, engage and retain diverse, passionate and able people, we’ve established a great culture and close knit community of people who work hard but also play hard too. Watch our video: Our culture is inclusive, modern, friendly, smart and innovative – we seek to employ bright, positive thinking individuals with a can-do attitude. Our people enjoy challenging themselves to be the best at what they do – if that sounds like you, you'll fit right in!

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