Front End Developer

Your new company
You will be working for a well-known organisation. The role is working remotely with the occasional travel into the office in London 1-2 days a month. The rate is up to £600 per day depending on experience and is inside scope of IR35. The role requires someone who is a British National who has had no more than 28 consecutive days outside the UK.
Your new role
Role Responsibilities

• Collaborate and work closely with other disciplines to develop designs and working prototypes based on user needs and in support of organisational aims.
• Develop software components that form part of a product to meet user needs.
• Write clean, well-tested code that follows web standards.
• Coach and mentor more junior colleagues.
• Build user interfaces that meet a predefined set of standards.
• Champion accessibility to internal stakeholders.
• Offer design feedback to mitigate the risk of failing accessibility testing.
• Offer recommendations on the best tools and methods to use when accessibility testing.
• Work collaboratively in a group and build relationships with others.
• Identify issues through Agile 'health checks' and work with others to address them.
• Manage stakeholder expectations.

Required Capabilities

• Core requirements: Front-end development, clean/tested code, web standards, UI development, accessibility, accessibility testing, Agile working, stakeholder management, mentoring/coaching.
• Technologies: JavaScript/TypeScript, React, HTML5/CSS3, WCAG/WAI-ARIA, Git, automated testing and Azure/Azure DevOps.
• Be flexible and capable of proactive and reactive communication.
• Host or moderate difficult discussions within the team or with senior stakeholders.
• Work collaboratively in a group, actively networking with others.
• Adapt feedback to ensure it is effective and lasting.
• Use your initiative to identify problems or issues in the team dynamic and rectify them.
• Identify issues through Agile 'health checks' with the team, and help to stimulate the right responses.
• Understand impact of decisions.
• Make decisions characterised by different levels of risk and complexity.
• Resolve technical disputes between wider peers and indirect stakeholders, taking into account all views and opinions.
• Apply modern development standards and support others in applying them.
• Contribute to the development of strategy and policies.

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