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Frontend Developer - Vue.JS version 3
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You will be working for a well-known organisation on a contract basis. This role is inside scope of IR35 and working remotely with the odd travel into the office in London. My clients are looking for a Frontend Developer who ideally has experience with working on an NHS app and/or Vue.JS version 3 experience.
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Frontend Developer
The NHS App is a hybrid mobile application developed and run by the National Health Service (NHS) of England.
The app provides users across England the ability to manage their healthcare digitally and is strategically at the centre of the NHS' 10-year plan as being the front-door to accessing health care.
We are looking for an experienced Frontend Developer to design, build, and maintain an accessible, secure, and user-centred application. The successful candidate will work with a multi-disciplinary Agile team to develop and maintain the application.
The role will focus on creating a responsive, accessible, and performant frontend experience, while adhering to Government GOVUK/NHS digital standards, security requirements, and accessibility regulations.
Key responsibilities
Frontend Development
- Build and maintain modern web applications using the frontend framework (VueJS version 3).
- Develop reusable UI components and scalable frontend architecture.
- Ensure the application is responsive across desktop, tablet, and mobile.
- Optimise frontend performance, accessibility, and usability.
- Write and actively maintain technical documentation.
- Understand and involve yourself in the end-to-end development lifecycle.
Accessibility & Standards
- Develop reusable UI components and scalable frontend architecture.
- Apply inclusive design principles throughout development.
- Ensure applications comply with digital service standards and governance requirements.
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Collaboration
- Work closely with designers, backend developers, product owners, business analysts, testers, and delivery managers.
- Engage in Agile ceremonies including stand-ups, Sprint planning, retrospectives, and refinement sessions.
- Contribute to technical contributions, code reviews, and design/architecture decisions.
Quality & Testing
- Write maintainable, well-documented, and testable code.
- Implement automated testing using tools such as Jest and Playwright.
- Support continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI/CD) practices.
Security & Compliance
- Follow secure coding practices and security policies.
- Ensure development practices align with data protection and privacy regulations.
- Support vulnerability remediation and dependency management.
Continuous Improvements
- Contribute to frontend standards, coding guidelines, and design systems.
- Mentor/coach junior developers (where appropriate).
- Ensure development practices align with data protection and privacy regulations.
- Stay up to date with emerging frontend technologies and best practices.
Essential skills and experience
Technical Skills
- Experience using the frontend framework VueJS (Version 3)
- Strong experience with JavaScript (ES6)
- Solid understanding of HTML5, CSS3 (SASS), responsive design, and web standards.
- Experience with integrating RESTful APIs and backend services.
- Good understanding of state management approaches.
- Experience using GIT and development workflows
- Knowledge of CI/CD pipelines (Azure DevOps)
- Developed automated unit tests using Jest
- Implemented automated end-to-end tests with frameworks like Cypress/Playwright
- Understanding of frontend build tools and package managers.
Accessibility & User Centred Design
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- Knowledge of developing for accessibility (latest WCAG AA accessibility standards)
- Experience building accessible and inclusive digital services
- Understanding of usability and user-centred design principles.
Agile Delivery
- Experience working in an Agile delivery team.
- Understanding of iterative development and continuous improvement.
Communication
- Able to communicate technical concepts concisely to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Strong collaboration and problem-solving/debugging skills.
Desirable skills and experience
- Experience working with government, healthcare, and other public sector organisations.
- Familiarity with the GOVUK/NHS Design System or other equivalent design frameworks.
- Experience with using the Azure Cloud platform.
- Developing reusable components for a frontend component library.
- Experience with using security tools such as SonarCloud and Dependabot.
- Understanding of microservices or API first architecture.
- Experience with using performance monitoring and analytics tools (Adobe Analytics)
- Familiar with using containerisation technologies such as Docker.
- Exposure to Native Mobile Development (Swift/Kotlin)
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