Description
Role: Full Stack/JavaScript Developer
Length: 6 months
IR35 status: Inside using an umbrella
Hybrid: Up to 1 days a week onsite in Manchester
IT Services at our clients is a vibrant and fast-moving department, focusing on delivering excellent customer service and quality to the clients users. Visit our website to find out more about our organisation and our values. You can also watch a video about why our people like working here.
Our Team and the Portal Platform Project
The Platforms and Innovation function is responsible for delivery of innovative new solutions utilising cloud platform technologies and modern development approaches. Sitting within the Automation Engineering Team, the Portal Platform project will deliver an entirely new web portal for users and set a template for modern web development to be utilised throughout IT Services.
To do this, the agile delivery team will use modern web frameworks, such as Vue and Tailwind, supported by an Express Back End, all hosted on the client's Azure cloud platform. Working closely with the business teams, they will support design activities, build proof of concepts through to eventual live deployment of features and ongoing development and support of the service.
This is a new expansion to the team, with a new approach to delivery of IT solutions, and is an exciting opportunity for someone to make their mark on the future of IT at the client.
The Role
Working closely with the design team, the Delivery Manager, and the other developers, you will develop Front End and Back End feature designs utilising the chosen technology framework.
As a key member of the development team, you will lead on the development of individual features or collaborate with other developers and designers to ensure deployed solutions meet the highest possible quality standards for code quality, adherence to architectural principles and UX, UI and accessibility standards.
You will use modern web development technologies to build these solutions, including JavaScript Front End frameworks such as Vue, Back End features build in Node and Express and many other technologies as required by the solution. In the IT estate is highly varied and a successful candidate will have many opportunities for exposure to different technologies and enterprise systems.
We are looking for an IT professional with enthusiasm, excellent development skills, and a passion for learning new technologies in an ever-evolving workplace. The ideal candidate will have significant experience of developing web solutions, a proven record of professional technical development and experience of working with users to design and deliver solutions. You will be familiar with modern web development technologies, including JavaScript frameworks such as Vue, Node applications written in Express and provision and consumption of REST API endpoints.
Key Responsibilities
* Working at the direction of the Delivery Manager, lead or collaborate on the development and defect resolution of features for the target digital platform.
* Work collaboratively with the design team to ensure that developed solutions meet design specifications and UX, UI and accessibility standards.
* Provide input into technical standards discussion, including future technology choices for development and review of existing code.
* Act as technical advisor to the Delivery Manager, Product Owners, and the design team to aid in feasibility planning.
* Works under own initiative, taking ownership of tasks, developments and other deliverables as required.
Essential Criteria
* Significant experience of developing web solutions utilising JavaScript frameworks, such as Vue.
* Knowledge of development in Node and Express.
* Knowledge of CSS and/or CSS frameworks, such as Tailwind.
* Experience with TDD and/or testing frameworks, such as Jest.
* A history of working with design and development teams to deliver large-scale solutions.
* Experience in a broad range of delivery methodologies, including waterfall and agile.
* Strong written and verbal communication skills.
Desirable Criteria
* Experience of using Azure or other cloud hosting platforms to deliver Paas and FaaS solutions.
* Experience of working in a University or a Higher Education environment.
Certes IT Service solutions and our client are an equal opportunities employer we welcome applicants from all sections of the community regardless of gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation and transgender status. All appointments are made on merit.
Certes Computing (and all of its subsidiary companies) is committed to promoting equality and diversity in its business operations.