Senior Front End Developer

Salary: £80,000 - 80,000 per year

Requirements:

• Expert knowledge and significant experience developing with modern front-end technologies, including HTML, CSS, JavaScript, TypeScript, Node.js and open-source frameworks.
• Proven experience designing and delivering accessible, user-centred interfaces that meet WCAG 2.2 standards, with a focus on producing well-tested, robust and maintainable code.
• Strong experience integrating front-end applications with back-end services and other technical systems, selecting appropriate technologies and approaches to solve complex challenges.
• Demonstrable experience providing technical leadership, setting direction and driving quality, consistency, standards and best practices across development teams.
• Experience leading multidisciplinary agile teams, collaborating and ensuring the successful delivery of high-quality digital products.
• A passion for coaching and mentoring others, creating an inclusive learning culture that supports capability growth and continuous improvement.

Responsibilities:

• Lead the development of reusable front-end patterns, components and code libraries, helping to shape the technical direction of the Design System and contributing to cross-government standards and shared solutions.
• Build, release, maintain and support front-end products and code packages using modern tooling, test-driven development and iterative delivery practices.
• Work closely with multidisciplinary teams to ensure front-end solutions integrate effectively with back-end services and deliver a seamless experience across devices, browsers and platforms.
• Champion accessibility, user experience and design consistency, ensuring products and components meet WCAG 2.2 AA standards and align with established design and engineering principles.
• Mentor colleagues, engage with engineering and user-centred design communities, and help teams overcome technical challenges.
• Identify and manage technical and business constraints, set priorities effectively, and contribute to the continuous improvement of government frameworks, standards and ways of working.

Technologies:

• CSS
• Support
• JavaScript
• TypeScript
• NodeJS
• Frontend

More:

We are DWP Digital, offering a Senior Front End Developer role with up to £80,664, a 28.97% employer pension contribution, hybrid working, flexible hours and a strong work-life balance. You will join one of our digital hubs in Blackpool, Birmingham, Leeds, Manchester, Newcastle or Sheffield, with the flexibility to work from home and collaborate face to face in a hub. We offer a generous leave package starting at 25 days rising to 30 days, up to 3 extra days off a month on flexi-time, a broad benefits package, professional development opportunities, and an award-winning inclusive culture. We have been recognised for diversity, inclusion and being one of the best places to work in digital, and our application process has two stages: apply and interview.

last updated 32 week of 2026