Front End Developer

Knowledge, Skills and Experience

- Numerate and/or computing background with strong hands-on experience building modern, responsive, and maintainable web applications.

- Strong experience in HTML5, CSS, and TypeScript, with a solid understanding of semantic markup, responsive design, reusable styling, and browser compatibility.

- Strong hands-on experience with Angular 19, including component-based architecture, routing, reactive forms, services, RxJS patterns, modular design, and UI performance optimisation.

- Experience with Jest and front-end unit/component testing, with a strong focus on code quality, maintainability, and regression prevention.

- Experience building scalable front-end applications using Micro Front-End architecture principles, enabling modular development and independent deployment.

- Strong understanding of consuming backend APIs, handling asynchronous data flows, validating data, and presenting intuitive user interactions.

- Good awareness of front-end application performance, accessibility, maintainability, and secure coding practices.

- Experience with modern developer workflows using GitLab, including version control, merge requests, peer review, and CI/CD integration.

- Familiarity with Docker for local development and consistent runtime/container workflows across environments.

- Working knowledge of backend integration with Java 17+, Spring Boot 3.x.x, and Microservices ecosystems to collaborate effectively across the full delivery lifecycle.

- Experience working with PostgreSQL-backed applications from a UI integration perspective, including understanding data contracts and end-to-end user journeys.

- Experience participating in technical design, UX-aware implementation discussions, estimation, and sprint planning activities.

- Hands-on experience in Agile teams and using JIRA for backlog refinement, sprint tracking, defect management, and delivery transparency.

- Strong problem-solving skills with the ability to convert business and user requirements into clean, intuitive, and high-quality front-end solutions.

- Excellent communication skills, with the ability to explain UI behaviour, technical trade-offs, and implementation constraints clearly and effectively.