At a Glance
- Tasks: Develop modern web applications using JavaScript, React, and TypeScript in a collaborative Agile team.
- Company: Join Amber Labs, a forward-thinking digital consultancy transforming the UK public sector.
- Benefits: Enjoy a competitive salary, flexible hybrid work, and opportunities for professional growth.
- Other info: Be part of a dynamic team with excellent career advancement opportunities.
- Why this job: Make a real impact on digital services while working with cutting-edge technologies.
- Qualifications: Experience in JavaScript, React, and TypeScript, with a focus on user-centred design.
The predicted salary is between 50000 - 65000 £ per year.
Location: Hybrid (approximately 2 days per month required onsite in London)
Contract Type: Permanent or initial 12-Month Fixed Term Contract (FTC)
Employer: Amber Labs – Digital Consultancy
Clearance: Active SC Clearance Required
Start Date: Immediate
About Amber Labs
Amber Labs is a forward-thinking digital consultancy delivering innovative cloud, data, and DevOps solutions across the UK public sector. We specialise in helping organisations achieve digital transformation at pace while maintaining the highest security and governance standards.
We are seeking a Frontend Developer to join a multidisciplinary Agile delivery team developing modern, user-centred digital services.
Role Overview
This role is ideally suited to someone with previous UK Government or public sector experience, who is comfortable working within regulated delivery environments and collaborating across multidisciplinary teams. The successful candidate will have strong commercial experience building responsive, accessible web applications using JavaScript, React, and TypeScript. They will contribute to the development of scalable frontend solutions, working closely with UX designers, backend developers, testers, and business stakeholders to deliver high-quality digital services.
Key Responsibilities
- Develop and maintain modern frontend applications using JavaScript, React, and TypeScript
- Build reusable, accessible, and responsive UI components
- Collaborate with UX designers to deliver user-centred digital services
- Integrate frontend applications with backend APIs
- Participate in code reviews and contribute to engineering best practices
- Troubleshoot and resolve application defects and performance issues
- Contribute to Agile ceremonies and collaborative delivery planning
- Ensure applications meet accessibility, usability, and quality standards
Essential Skills & Experience
- JavaScript (Essential)
- Strong commercial experience developing production-grade applications using modern JavaScript (ES6+)
- Excellent understanding of asynchronous programming (Promises, async/await), modules and package management, DOM manipulation, event handling, and modern browser APIs
- Experience writing clean, maintainable, and reusable code following industry best practices
- React (Essential)
- Proven hands-on experience with React
- Strong understanding of functional components, React Hooks, component composition, state management, Context API, and performance optimisation techniques
- Experience developing scalable single-page applications (SPAs)
- Ability to build reusable, maintainable component libraries
- TypeScript (Essential)
- Strong commercial experience developing applications using TypeScript
- Experience working within fully typed codebases
- Strong understanding of interfaces, type aliases, generics, utility types, and type inference
- Experience integrating TypeScript into modern build and CI/CD pipelines
- Frontend Engineering
- Experience developing responsive, accessible, and performant user interfaces
- Understanding of component-driven development, client-side routing, API integration, state management patterns, and frontend performance optimisation
- Ability to consume RESTful APIs and integrate with backend services
Apply Now and help shape the future of UK digital services with Amber Labs.
Frontend Developer (Active SC Clearance Required) in City of London employer: Amber Labs
Amber Labs is an exceptional employer that fosters a collaborative and innovative work culture, ideal for Frontend Developers looking to make a meaningful impact in the UK public sector. With a strong focus on employee growth, we offer opportunities to work on cutting-edge digital transformation projects while maintaining a commitment to security and governance. Our hybrid working model allows for flexibility, with just two days a month required onsite in London, making it an attractive choice for those seeking a balance between professional development and personal life.
