Job Vacancy Senior Front end Developer - Intellectual Property Office - SEO
Newport
Government Digital & Data
Job position Senior Front end Developer - Intellectual Property Office - SEO
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Main duties consist of but are not limited to:
Technical
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
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
Implement toolkits and APIs for purposes such as integration, performance optimisation, security and scalability
Keeping an open mind and exploring innovative ways to solve problems, working in a fail-fast fashion to provide required functionality
Proactively apply HMG IA technical security controls according to ISO 27001 & the Security Policy Framework (SPF)
Behavioural
Understanding yourself to be a leader (and the impact of your behaviour on others in a project team focused on results)
Engaging Stakeholders (for mutually beneficial collaborative relationships outside of the team)
Share knowledge and expertise with your wider team, aspire to be a role model within the organisation, champion our culture of learning, development, cross-company collaboration and teamwork
Work across a few multi-disciplinary teams to deliver highly focused and successful digital services
Provide project / delivery management support when required
Effective management and delegation of tasks within the team
Embrace a continuous improvement ethos
Applies “progress over perfection” principle
Takes full responsibility for decisions and delivers on commitment
Maintain inner composure, recovering quickly from setbacks and learning from the experience
Highly driven and inspires others to move things along and make things happen
Personal and Team Development
Drive your own training and self-development, keeping skills up to date and learning new skills
Take responsibility for ensuring that the team test and build activities follow agreed governance and processes
Promote and display the IPO and Civil Service Values
Guide more junior members in their personal development
Coach and mentor colleagues
Continuously improves technical knowledge and stays abreast of latest trends
Candidate profile
Essential Experience
Has been a key player in delivering technical solutions as part of a large projects
Experienced with modern delivery models such as Scrum and Agile
Experience of working with cloud technologies including Azure
Working knowledge of Azure DevOps
Experience with Git
Advocate of DevOps principles
Essential Technical
Excellent understanding of React and experience with Next JS.
Excellent understanding of Node JS
Experience working with RESTful web services
Has a good understanding of architectural principals with design patterns such as SOA and Micro-Services
Working environment
Newport NP10 8QQ
About the jobJob summarySenior Front End Developer
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 some 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. You will be expected to be proactive and take accountability for the teams assigned deliverables. The role will also require the investigation, diagnosis and fix of any system issues. A Senior Developer is expected to contribute to the technical strategy for the department.
As a multi-skilled individual with strong front end and UX skills, you will have the opportunity to develop and mature your skills even further and extend your skills 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.
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Senior Front end Developer - Intellectual Property Office - SEO
Government Digital & Data