Front End Developer Department for Work and Pensions
Reference
1563907
Location
Leeds, Blackpool, Newcastle
Salary
Up to £38,700* - *Additional allowance may be payable based on capability/skills.
Work hours
37
Employment type
Permanent
Closing date
1 January 2018
Job description
DWP is the UK’s largest Government department. We deliver products and services to 22 million people across the UK and we’re looking to add stellar Front End Developers to our User Experience Design teams nationwide.
We have a number of projects coming up and we need experienced front-end developers to join our multi-disciplinary agile teams. We work within a test driven development (TDD) environment with modern web development tech stacks. If you have experience working with TypeScript, ES6, Node and similar, we’d like to hear from you.
Our Front-end Developers play an important part in delivering quality services to people who interact with DWP. We’re looking for people who can deliver coherent, accessible, fast, well-tested and easy-to-maintain services. The role involves writing and sharing test-driven code, using modern frameworks and development techniques.
We are very interested in hearing from Front End Developers with experience of:
• working with HTML, CSS and Javascript within Continuous Delivery
• front-end architecture and server-side frameworks
• working at pace within and Agile multidisciplinary teams with a user-centered design approach
Desirable skills:
• experience working with government frameworks
• experience with Continuous integration – Puppet, Jenkins
• experience writing automated tests for code quality
• experience manual testing for inclusion, access and use, across browsers, devices and assistive technologies
• experience working within TDD
• experience working with recent Front-end Javascript frameworks such as Typescript, ES6, Node
As a Front End Developer you can also look forward to benefits including a very competitive salary of up to £38,700 a generous leave allowance and a great pension. We also have a flexible benefits package which includes interest-free loans to buy a bike or a season ticket. Get in touch to discuss our full range of benefits.
We believe the work we do really matters, and we’re serious about investing in our team’s development. You’d have access to a huge suite of training and learning opportunities to complement your existing skills and experience and those you’ll pick up on the job. You’d be part of our Product Design practice and Digital communities, where you’d get plenty of support, including the chance to learn and share knowledge through coaching and mentoring.
If you want to work in empowered, multi-disciplinary teams in an environment which values passion and talent over hierarchy, we’d love to hear from you today.
Complete the enquiry form below to find out more and register your interest or get in touch via joe.groom@dwp.gsi.gov.uk.