Senior Front End Developer

Posted 29 November 2022
Salary £50000 - £65000 per annum
LocationLeeds
Job type Permanent
Discipline Development
ReferenceAD-94-2
Contact NameAna Da Silva

Job description

To apply for this vacancy you must have the legal right to live and work in the UK. We do NOT offer sponsorship.

About the company - 
I'm on the hunt for a Front End Lead Developer to join one of the most unexpectedly all-around capable communications agencies that have been on the go for years – 1980 to be precise. Since then, they've made it their mission to make anything possible for their many and varied clients. They've grown a lot, but they've kept everything that made them great, back from the very day they first started out. They are a friendly team and really, REALLY welcome anyone who wants to become part of an awesome
company. If you’re a passionate individual with a cracking drive to deliver on their ‘anything’s possible’ mindset,
I'd love to hear from you!

Role - Senior Front End Developer
Location - Hybrid - Manchester/Hartlebury - once/twice a week in the office
Salary - Up to £65k + Benefits 

About you -
You are passionate about creating cool digital things with an eye for detail and a great
amount of pride in what you do. As cliché as it sounds, teamwork makes the dream work, and to help further this amazing
team, you’re hungry for new skills and professional development. Your interpersonal skills are something to be proud of, as is your ability to work with and communicate digital solutions to non-IT personnel. You may undertake other related commercial duties both in the UK and overseas so flexibility is key!

About the role -
• Lead the direction and collaboratively set the standards of front-end across the digital
department
• Technical leadership delivering multiple projects
• Providing consultancy and innovative solutions to problems
• Estimating and creating technical requirements from client briefs
• Developing small interactive components for responsive applications using JavaScript and
TypeScript
• Mentoring less experienced members of the team
• Complete comfort when it comes to writing clean performant JavaScript and TypeScript using
one or more major JavaScript frameworks such as React or VueJS
• A super-solid understanding of core React concepts such as functional components, routing,
life-cycle events, advanced hooks, mounting, and props
• A fabulous familiarity with other JavaScript libraries, such as ThreeJS
• Impressive experience writing tests for your code with frameworks like Jest or Cyprus
• An unbeatable understanding of bundling tools such as NPM, Yarn, Webpack, and Babel
• Exceptional experience working with in-house standards and linting for consistency
• Enviable understanding of less/sass
• Remarkably knowledgeable on both common CSS frameworks, such as Bootstrap,
Git, GitLab, and CI/CD, as well as cross-browser compatibility issues and workarounds
• Impressive familiarity with profiling and debugging tools

If you’d like to be considered for this position, you must have the legal right to live and work in the UK. Please apply with your CV. We will be in touch if your skills match the requirements.