Lead Front End Developer

Lead Front End Developer: Pay up to £89,995 plus 28.97% employer pension contributions, hybrid home working, flexible hours, and great work life balance.

DWP. Digital with Purpose.

We have an exciting opportunity for a Lead Front End Developer to join our Design Systems Team.

The DWP Design System helps to deliver consistent customer and colleague experiences faster and with less rework, by codifying design standards into reusable interface patterns.

DWP is UK's largest department, every year we pay over £120 billion to 18million DWP customers.

DWP services cover everything from helping children & families right through to supporting relatives of lost loved ones.

We help people find jobs, support people financially when they are unable to work due to health conditions and make ensure everybody has the money they need to live during their retirement years.

The scale of what we do is outstanding, and our purpose is unique. We'd love you to join us.

What skills, knowledge and experience will you need to show us in your application?

• Expert in front-end development with strong leadership experience, able to communicate technical concepts and to influence and mentor others
• Expert knowledge and extensive experience of open-source technologies including HTML, CSS, client and server-side JavaScript
• Knowledge of WCAG 2.2 compliance and extensive experience of delivering highly tested, accessible, robust and predictable code
• Expertise in making and communicating effective technical decisions and giving advice based on evidence, a consideration of alternative options, and understanding of risk
• Experience of using or integrating with a wide range of technical systems, and able to identify appropriate technology and approaches to solve problems
• Experience of leading the technical direction across multiple products, ensuring development quality and consistency by promoting standards and best practice.

You and your role

As a Lead Front End Developer you will lead the delivery of the DWP Design System and provide frontend leadership.

You've got the skills, experience and leadership to help us make real advances in our engineering practices and capabilities. You will share your expert knowledge and experience with the team and define how we do Front End Development in DWP.

We want you to be an enabler for multiple teams, driving consistency, standards, pace and quality.

You'll resolve technical blockers and promote re-use and collaboration through our wider engineering community.

Details. Wages. Perks.

Location: You'll join us in your choice of one our brilliant digital hubs in Leeds, Manchester, Newcastle-upon-Tyne or Sheffield.

Hybrid Working: We have all the tools and tech we need to enable our people to work flexibly. We work a hybrid model with a mix of home working and sometime in the office.

Pay: In return for your skills, we offer competitive pay of up to £89,995 p.a.

Pension: You'll be eligible for a brilliant civil service pension with employer contributions worth 28.97% (Worth up to £22,500/year).

Holidays: You'll get a generous leave package starting at 26 days, rising to 31 days over time, plus all the usual bank holidays, and the option to take extra days off on flexi leave.

We also have a broad benefits package built around your work-life balance which includes:

• Flexible working, flexi hours and flexi days

• Hybrid working: some time in a hub with the team, some time at home

• Family-friendly policies

• Time off volunteering and charitable giving

• Bring your authentic self to work with 'I Can Be Me in DWP'

• Discounts and savings on shopping, fun days out and more

• Interest-free loans to buy a bike or a season ticket

• Sports and social activities

• Working in an award-winning environment and culture

• Professional development, coaching, mentoring and career progression opportunities.

Click 'Apply' for more information and to start an application on Civil Service Jobs.

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