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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Senior Front End Developer - **Company:** Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) - **Location:** Birmingham, UK - **Experience:** Expert - **Salary:** £57,946.0 - £80,664.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** HTML, JavaScript (Programming Language), Artificial Intelligence, Browser Compatibility, Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), Node.Js, Open Source Technology, Systems Integration, TypeScript, User-Centered Design, Web Content Accessibility Guidelines, Web Standards, Backend, Build Management, Front End Software Development, Software Library - **Published:** August 6, 2026 - **Apply:** https://uk.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=8585ad5d47dc2e80 ## About the Role Our Senior Front-End Developers are experts in Front-End development, with proven experience in the design and build of software products at scale., * Expert knowledge and extensive experience of open-source technologies including HTML, CSS, client and server-side JavaScript, TypeScript, Node. * Experience in building accessible compliant user interfaces, WCAG 2.2 compliance and of delivering highly tested, accessible, robust and predictable code. * Experience integrating with a wide range of technical systems including back-end systems and able to identify appropriate technology and approaches. * Experience of leading the technical direction ensuring quality and consistency whilst promoting standards and best practice. * Strong experience leading a multi-disciplinary agile team ensuring quality and consistency whilst promoting standards and best practice as well as creating a coaching and mentor culture. 4. Technical statement (up to 250 words). The following statement is aligned to the required technical skill of Technical Breadth. This statement should be used to provide example(s) of how you meet the criterion below: * Expert in Front-End development of enterprise level, large scale systems and a strong leadership experience., Successful candidates must undergo a basic (or equivalent) criminal record check. People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks. ## Description Are you an advocate and an expert Front-End Developer? Capable of leading the development of products that help other teams design and deliver services? We’re recruiting senior Front-End Developers to be part of both our amazing team(s) and community. The 2022-25 DWP Digital Strategy "Our Digital Future" identified the Design System as a key product in delivering our goals. The DWP Design System helps to deliver consistent customer and colleague experiences faster and with less rework, by codifying design standards into reusable interface patterns. We are looking for passionate experts in Front-End development to support and lead the build across many of our Front- End systems. The role extends beyond expert technical knowledge to encompass effective communication and advocacy, driving adoption of best practice design. As a Senior Front-End Developer, you will share your expert knowledge and experience with the team to lead delivery and provide frontend leadership., * Lead and promote the technical direction and development of reusable patterns and components. * Release, maintain and support the deployment of products and code packages. * Ensure we developer accessible user interfaces for DWP services which work effectively across multiple devices and browsers. * Input into, promote and ensure design standardisation processes. * Coach and mentor colleagues. * Engage with teams across different levels and capabilities. * Be an enabler for multiple teams, driving consistency, standards, pace and quality, resolving technical blockers, and promoting re-use and collaboration through the wider communities. * Engage with and contribute to the engineering and user-centred design communities. * Have an excellent ability to self-organise and define priorities. * Use modern tooling and development techniques to write and share test-driven code iteratively delivering. * Work with cross-functional teams to integrate into the back-end services to ensure that they are built to the same high standards. * Have strong knowledge of modern web development stacks, web standards, user experience, progressive enhancement, performance, accessibility, browser compatibility, tooling and pipelines. * Responsible for ensuring the design system team are adhering to WCAG 2.2 AA standards. * Responsible for driving the building, maintaining and sharing of reusable libraries of Front-end code. Responsible for taking a leading role contributing to cross-government code libraries. * Accountable for Identifying and understanding technical and business constraints, and ensuring that Front-end Developers works within them whilst contributing back to and driving change within existing government frameworks. As part of the role, you may be required to travel regularly to the other digital hubs. The frequency of this will be discussed further should you be successful., Ensure that all examples provided in your statements are taken directly from your own experience and that you describe the examples in your own words. If you choose to use gen-AI to support your statements, you must follow the guidelines outlined in the Artificial intelligence and recruitment guide. The sift panel will use the information in your employment history, personal statement, and technical statement to assess your experience, skills and knowledge. An initial sift will be conducted using the technical statement. Candidates who pass the initial sift will be progressed to a full sift. If you do progress to a full sift, you will be provided with one combined overall assessment score for both your employment history and Personal Statement. For Hints and Tips on completing your application visit Applying for jobs at DWP Digital. Important Information * You will be asked to complete your employment history. Any information that you would customarily share on a CV should therefore be entered onto the application form. * Personal details that could be used to identify you including your name, contact details and address must be removed for your application to be considered. * If your employment history, personal statement or technical statement contain any personal details your application will be withdrawn. Stage 2: Coding Test Candidates who are successful at the sift stage will be sent a coding test to complete remotely. The exercise will focus on the technical elements listed in the Essential Criteria in this advert. Full details will be sent to candidates when the exercise is issued. Candidates will have 7 days to complete the test from the date of receipt. Candidates that are not successful in the technical exercise will not progress to the interview stage. Please add Digital.EngineeringRecruitment@dwp.gov.uk to your safe senders list or monitor your spam folder to ensure safe receipt of the code test via email. The code test must be completed by the candidate using their skillset without using any AI or generative tools. Stage 3: Interview If you’re successful at the coding test, you’ll be invited to a video interview via Microsoft Teams. During the interview, you’ll be assessed against the experience criteria listed under both the essential criteria and technical skill. You will also be asked to review and extend upon your offline coding test., * UK nationals * nationals of the Republic of Ireland * nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK * nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) * nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) * individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020 * Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service ## Related Videos - [The Resilience of the World Wide Web](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1281-the-resilience-of-the-world-wide-web) - [Stop using Node.js like in 2020! 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