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Company Overview
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Role Overview
As a Senior Front-End Developer, you will play a key role in shaping our digital products and driving innovation in our front-end engineering. You will help deliver outstanding front-end solutions by setting high coding standards, designing the architecture, and guiding engineering practices. You will be instrumental in leading our team through exciting and complex technical challenges on our platform and product teams.
Hybrid role from either London or Glasgow Studio.
Responsibilities
* Lead and deliver features end-to-end, converting designs into production-grade code.
* Set front-end architecture and coding standards, define patterns, assure quality, and drive component reuse.
* Own the testing strategy across unit, integration, and end-to-end levels to keep coverage reliable and meaningful.
* Optimize performance and accessibility to meet Core Web Vitals targets and WCAG 2.2 AA.
* Operate product in production by maintaining CI/CD pipelines, monitoring health, handling incidents, and preventing regressions.
* Collaborate with designers, product managers, QA, and back‑end engineers to deliver small, reversible increments.
* Set realistic commitments, surface risks early, and keep stakeholders aligned on scope and timelines.
* Manage feature flags, canary releases, and rollback plans.
* Seek and apply feedback, share domain knowledge, maintain documentation, and strengthen team learning.
Essential Requirements
* 6+ years of professional front-end experience.
* Expert-level knowledge of React, including hooks, context, performance optimisation, and modern patterns.
* Proficient in TypeScript for scalable, type-safe codebases.
* Solid experience with Next.js framework and its ecosystem (SSR, SSG, ISR).
* Deep knowledge of front-end engineering practices: state management, code splitting, bundle optimisation.
* Strong testing and debugging skills with Playwright, Jest, Cypress, or similar.
* Proven mentoring and cross‑functional collaboration delivering user‑centric software.
* Strong understanding of design systems and component libraries, partnering with UX/UI.
* Track record of technical leadership guiding delivery across multi‑environment projects.
* Experience shaping solutions during discovery and advising on technical feasibility.
* Experience with Git and modern branching strategies, including conflict resolution and peer PR reviews.
Desirable Skills
* Cloud‑native delivery on AWS or Azure, serverless or containers.
* GOV.UK Design System and Service Standard experience.
* Storybook ownership for UI documentation and visual review.
* Figma for collaboration and Mural for workshops.
* Front‑end security basics, including XSS and CSRF protections, dependency risk scanning, and secret handling.
Security Clearance
* Active UK Security Check (SC) required, or eligible for SC with required residency.
* Must meet residency requirements for SC transfer.
Benefits
* Private Medical Cover funded by NEC for Employees (with option to add family members at an additional cost).
* 25 days paid holiday with the option to buy/sell (FTE).
* 4x basic salary life assurance cover funded by NEC (with option to increase cover at an additional cost).
* A Group Pension Plan with fantastic employer contributions up to a maximum of 8.5%.
* A selection of flexible benefits to suit your individual needs.
* Free access to LinkedIn Learning for all colleagues.
Equal Opportunity
NEC Software Solutions is an equal opportunities employer, welcoming applications from all communities.
If you require any reasonable adjustments or have specific accessibility needs during the recruitment or interview process, please feel free to share these with us. We are committed to ensuring an inclusive and accommodating experience for all candidates.
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