Senior Front-end Developer

We need Front End Engineers who will work within our Working Age Services team who are responsible for one of the core benefits service, Universal Credit. Our DWP Digital teams use fresh ideas and leading-edge tech to build and maintain digital solutions that will be used by nearly every person in the UK, every day and at key moments in their lives.

DWP is the UK's largest government department. We help people into work and make payments worth over £195bn a year to support and empower millions of people. The scale of what we do is extraordinary, the problems we have to solve are rich and complex, and our purpose is unique. We'd love you to join us.

What skills, knowledge and experience will you need?

• Significant demonstrable expertise in Front-end development of large-scale systems dealing with high numbers of users, transactions and business processes.
• Detailed working knowledge and extensive experience of open-source technologies including HTML, CSS, client and server-side JavaScript, TypeScript, Node.js and other modern front-end frameworks and templating languages.
• Experience in building accessible compliant user interfaces.
• Proven ability in delivering thorough unit level test coverage using common testing frameworks such as Jest or Mocha.
• Experience integrating with a wide range of technical systems including database technologies (SQL or NoSQL), caching tools such as Redis and API Microservices, all deploying into cloud-based infrastructure (AWS or Azure).
• Influential and able to lead front-end activities, set and develop best practice for an agile team and contribute across multiple teams.

You will ensure consistency whilst promoting standards as well as creating a coaching and mentoring culture.

You and your role

As a Front End Developer you'll be part of our brilliant Engineering community. You will need strong knowledge of modern web development stacks, web standards, user experience, progressive enhancement, performance, accessibility, browser compatibility, tooling and pipelines. You will be working with cross-functional teams to integrate into the back-end services to ensure that they are built to the same high standards. Whilst ensuring we develop accessible user interfaces for DWP services which work effectively across multiple devices and browsers.

You will be leading and promoting the technical direction and development of reusable patterns and components. You will be using modern tooling and development techniques to write and share test-driven code, which we deliver iteratively. Your work will be an enabler for multiple teams, driving consistency, standards, pace and quality, resolving technical blockers, and promoting re-use and collaboration through the wider communities.

Details. Wages. Perks.

Location: You'll join us in one of our brilliant digital hubs in Leeds, London, Manchester or Newcastle-upon-Tyne, whichever is most convenient for you.

Hybrid Working: We work a hybrid model - you'll spend some time working at home and sometime collaborating face to face in a hub.

Pay: We offer pay of up to £73,350.

Pension: You'll get a brilliant civil service pension with employer contributions worth 28.97%, worth up to £16,094 per year.

Holidays: A generous leave package starting at 26 days and rising to 31 days over time. You can also take up to 3 extra days off a month on flexi-time. You'll also get all the usual public holidays.

We have a broad benefits package built around your work-life balance which includes:

• An award-winning environment and culture: Employer of the Year 2023 (Women In IT Awards), Founders Award for Outstanding Digital Leadership 2023 (Digital 100)
• Flexible working including flexible hours and flex-friendly policies
• Time off volunteering and charitable giving
• Bring your authentic self to work with 'I Can Be Me in DWP'
• Discounts and savings on shopping, fun days out and more
• Interest-free loans to buy a bike or a season ticket, so it's even easier for you to get to work and start making a difference
• Sports and social activities
• Professional development, coaching, mentoring and career progression opportunities.

Process

We know your time is valuable, so our application and selection process is just two stages:

• Apply: complete your application on Civil Service Jobs. There'll be full instructions when you click through.
• Interview: a single stage interview online.

CLICK APPLY for more information and to start your application.