Senior Digital Developer at Hastings Direct leading software lifecycle processes and mentoring junior developers for a digitally focused insurance provider.
Responsibilities
Providing technical leadership, making informed decisions on behalf of the team, and effectively managing stakeholder expectations.
Designing, building, and modifying complex software systems in line with agreed standards and best practices.
Estimating engineering tasks and offering guidance to peers to ensure efficient delivery.
Quickly and effectively debugging and testing complex code to maintain performance and reliability.
Mentoring junior team members, offering support, sharing knowledge, and helping them grow in their roles.
Requirements
Hands on experience in an IT role supporting and developing enterprise-level, customer and employee-facing web applications.
Expertise in JavaScript, with a strong focus on React JS, this is essential.
UI/UX development experience, with a keen eye for design and usability.
Extensive knowledge of front-end technologies including HTML/HTML5, XML, DHTML, CSS/CSS3, SASS, LESS, JavaScript, React JS, Redux, Flex, jQuery, JSON, Bootstrap.
Strong proficiency in JavaScript fundamentals, including object models, DOM manipulation, event handling, data structures, algorithms, and JSX.
Current experience with ReactJS workflows such as Flux, Redux, Create React App, and data structure libraries.
Solid understanding of RESTful APIs and token-based authentication (e.g., JWT).
Familiarity with popular frontend development tools such as Node, NPM, CI/CD pipelines, DevOps practices, and performance testing frameworks like Jest and React Testing Library.
Experience with performance and memory tuning using relevant tools.
Benefits
Competitive Bonus Scheme - All colleagues are eligible for our annual 4Cs performance bonus, which is usually paid in March.
Flexible Working - We champion a flexible and hybrid working approach so please speak to your recruiter to discuss in more detail, including days in the office and at home.
Physical Wellbeing – We like to help our colleagues take a proactive approach in keeping themselves well, that’s why we fund our colleagues to be able to claim against everyday health care through our healthcare cash plan.
Financial Wellbeing – As well as providing you with 4x your salary with our life assurance cover and income protection at no extra cost, pension contribution match up to 10%.
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