Frontend Developer (Node.js/TypeScript)

Frontend Developer (Node.js/TypeScript)

Location:Newcastle, Leeds or Manchester
Contract Type: Permanent, Full-Time
Salary: £75,000 per annum, plus benefits
Security Clearance: BPSS check required
Start Date: ASAP

The Role

We're looking for an experienced Frontend Developer to build accessible, high-quality digital services for UK government clients. You'll work in a multidisciplinary agile team, using JavaScript, TypeScript and Node.js to build the user-facing layer of services and the APIs behind it, in line with GDS standards and patterns.

Key Responsibilities

• Build and maintain accessible, responsive user interfaces and Server Side applications using JavaScript, TypeScript and Node.js.

• Develop with Express or Fastify, and with Nunjucks templates where the service uses them.

• Build and consume API microservices.

• Work with SQL or NoSQL databases, and use Redis for caching and session handling.

• Write automated tests with Jest or Mocha, and practise test-driven development.

• Follow the GOV.UK Design System and GDS standards and patterns, and meet the GDS Service Standard.

• Make sure services meet WCAG accessibility standards, and test with assistive technology.

• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines, and deploy services on AWS and Azure.

• Review code, s...