Senior Front End Developer

Job Description

Job Title: Senior Front End Developer

Location: Hybrid (West Midlands)

Type: Permanent (SC Eligible - please note you will need to be eligible for SC Clearance, with 5 continuous years of living permanently in the UK)

Our Technology Division has been trusted for more than a decade to deliver mission-critical digital development projects to a range of industries around the world. Our projects cover the entire delivery lifecycle from capturing initial business requirements, through to code development, QA activities – all the way through to release and ongoing production support.

The Senior Front End Developer will provide high-quality software development expertise within TXP internal teams and on customer-facing application development projects. The role focuses primarily on React and associated modern front-end frameworks, tools, and best practices.

You will play a key role across the full software development lifecycle, contributing to planning, design, development, testing, and deployment, while ensuring adherence to TXP technical and service standards. As a senior member of the team, you will also support and mentor others, helping to build capability and maintain high standards of delivery.

• Client Focus – We put our clients at the heart of every decision.
• Adaptability – We embrace change and thrive in dynamic environments.
• Responsibility – We take ownership and deliver with integrity.
• Excellence in Delivery – We are committed to delivering outstanding results.
• Success & Celebration – We celebrate achievements and learn from every experience.

As a Senior Front End Developer, you will embody these values in your leadership, decision-making, and client interactions.

• Provides guidance and accountability for the agreed technical delivery of self, and support other team members.
• Bring to bear development experience in the production of high quality, systematic technical products to meet both the demands for new or changed Application systems and services.
• Ensuring all assigned development activities are performed to agreed quality, functionality and time objectives, escalating where appropriate to the Development Manager/Project Manager/Scrum Master if the activities are not going to meet the required objectives.
• Prioritisation of own development workload according to priority and required project delivery dates.
• To implement best-practise in support of external and internal project initiatives.
• Participation in Sprint-based development initiatives and provision of support for all associated rituals
• Work with TXP and customers to deliver business commitments
• Direct or indirect involvement in the development of policies, standards and guidelines that support the selection, development, implementation and use of Information Technology within the enterprise
• To maintain excellent customer relationships and ensure good communication
• To build excellent relationships with key TXP and customer contacts
• Mentor and monitor the work of junior staff and contractors and support the internal appraisal process where appropriate
• Build employee knowledge and skills in specific areas of expertise

• Extensive experience in and knowledge of React and other JS frameworks including Remix and React Router.
• In-depth knowledge of construction and consumption of REST API’s.
• Server-side-rendering (SSR) and the importance of progressive enhancement.
• Significant experience of MUI React component library.
• In-depth knowledge of Type Script and JavaScript.
• End-to-End testing (E2e) of applications using modern E2E, notably Playwright.
• Good experience of Scrum-based approaches, Sprint planning and rituals
• A good understanding of the principles of software design, implementation and deployment
• Systems thinking - the ability to see how parts interact with the whole ("big picture"-thinking)
• An insight into some of the business verticals for TXP customers for whom applications are being developed/enhanced
• Demonstrable experience in quality control of solution and application developments
• Exposure to and an understanding of some…