Software Engineering Senior Front End Developer - Public Sector Professional

At IBM CIC, we deliver deep technical and industry expertise to a wide range of public and private sector clients in the UK.

A career in IBM CIC means you’ll have the opportunity to work with visionaries across multiple industries to improve the hybrid cloud and AI journey for the most innovative and valuable companies in the world. Your ability to accelerate impact and make meaningful change for your clients is enabled by our strategic partner ecosystem and our robust technology platforms across the IBM portfolio.

Curiosity and a constant quest for knowledge serve as the foundation to success here. You’ll be encouraged to challenge the norm, investigate ideas outside of your role, and come up with creative solutions which impact a wide network of clients, whom may be at their site or one of our CIC or IBM locations. Our culture of evolution centres on long‑term career growth and development opportunities in an environment that embraces your unique skills and experience.

We offer:

• Many training opportunities from classroom to e‑learning, mentoring and coaching programs and the chance to gain industry recognised certifications
• Regular and frequent promotion opportunities to ensure you can drive and develop your career with us
• Feedback and checkpoints throughout the year
• Diversity & Inclusion as an essential and authentic component of our culture through our policies and process as well as our Employee Champion teams and support networks
• A culture where your ideas for growth and innovation are always welcome
• Internal recognition programmes for peer‑to‑peer appreciation as well as from manager to employees
• Tools and policies to support your work‑life balance from flexible working approaches, sabbatical programmes, paid paternity leave, maternity leave and an innovative maternity returners scheme
• More traditional benefits, such as 25 days holiday (in addition to public holidays), online shopping discounts, an Employee Assistance Programme, a group personal pension plan of an additional 5% of your base salary paid by us monthly to save for your future.

In this role, you'll work in one of our IBM Consulting Client Innovation Centers (Delivery Centers), where we deliver deep technical and industry expertise to a wide range of public and private sector clients around the world. Our delivery centres offer our clients locally based skills and technical expertise to drive innovation and adoption of new technology.

As a Senior Front End Developer, you'll be at the forefront of our digital product development, driving innovation and excellence in front‑end engineering. You will be responsible for delivering high‑quality frontend solutions by setting the coding standard, shaping the architecture, guiding engineering practices, and lead the team through complex technical challenges in large scale digital transformation projects. As part of a project senior technical leadership team, you will also contribute to stakeholder management and strategic planning at account level.

• Define technical architecture, patterns, and practices for scalable, maintainable, and high‑performing frontend solutions.
• Act as technical lead on projects — setting direction, ensuring code quality, and aligning delivery with client needs.
• Mentor and support junior and mid‑level developers, promoting a culture of learning, quality, and continuous improvement.
• Collaborate closely with designers, backend developers, Dev Ops, QA, and other stakeholders to drive end‑to‑end delivery.
• Collaborate closely with stakeholders to translate business requirements into clear technical design and requirements, and in turn into compelling user experiences.
• Define and lead implementation of development workflows, CI/CD pipelines, testing strategies, and release processes.
• Communicate technical decisions and trade‑offs clearly to clients and internal stakeholders.

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Bachelor’s Degree

• Strong understanding of design systems, component libraries, and working closely with UX/UI teams.
• Proven track record in technical leadership roles, leading…