Front End Developer - Newport

The IPO is 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 including the use of AI and ML.

Working alongside experts in their fields, you will have the opportunity to make valuable contributions without compromising on quality. You will need the appetite to learn new technologies and methodologies for delivering high quality IT services. In this role, you will work within a multi-disciplined team using several technologies to build enterprise grade services as well as mentoring and coaching team members. You will be expected to be proactive and take accountability for the team's assigned deliverables. The role will also require the investigation, diagnosis and fix of any system issues.

Opportunities to contribute to the technical strategy are also available. As a multi-skilled individual with front end and UX skills, you will have the opportunity to develop and mature your skills further and extend your skill set with those typically aligned to other role types. You will have a high level of input in defining which additional skills you can develop. Any back-end skills you have can also be utilised within this role.

Working Style

This role will be carried out in-line with IPO Hybrid working arrangements where staff are currently expected to spend at least 20% of their time working onsite from one of our offices. This role is based in our Newport Office. The requirement for attendance at an office location can vary by role so we would encourage candidates to discuss working arrangements with the recruiting manager to agree a reasonable balance between working from home and the office.

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.
• Assist in implementing 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.

Person specification

Essential Criteria

Essential Experience

• Experience in delivering technical solutions.
• Experience with modern delivery models such as Scrum and Agile.
• Understanding of DevOps principles.
• Experience of working with cloud technologies such as Azure.

Essential Technical

• Experience with web technologies and languages such as HTML, CSS, JavaScript.
• Experience of React and experience with Next JS.
• Experience of Node JS.
• Experience working with RESTful web services.

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £36,736, Intellectual Property Office contributes £10,642 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Benefits include:

• Unlimited Pluralsight video learning access.
• Access to Microsoft's ESI training suite.
• Hybrid working with no core hours.
• Substantial support for career progression.
• 25 days annual leave moving to 30 days in annual increments.
• 8 days public leave and 1 day privilege leave.

Please note that benefits may be subject to change.