Company Description

.Come join us and make a difference in the world!

We’re NEC Software Solutions (part of global tech giant NEC Corporation). While you read this ad, our software is helping to dispatch ambulances, support families, keep trains on the move, locate missing people and even test the hearing of newborn babies.

Working with us, you’ll be helping our 3,000+ employees push the boundaries of what’s possible and support amazing public services.

We work with governments, hospitals, police forces, housing providers, local authorities and more. We help them pay financial support faster, speed up treatments for patients and respond to emergencies in the right way. The more we do, the more our customers can do for others. And together, we make a world of difference.

We’d love your help. And we’ll support you all the way.

Discover more at www.necsws.com

Job Description

What you will be doing:

As a Front End Developer you will be part of a very competent team that works on mission - critical applications contributing in all phases of the development process. You will be responsible for the front end Angular development, supporting business objectives while providing expertise in the full software development lifecycle, from concept and design, to testing.

Core Responsibilities

• A Senior Front End Engineer is expected to spend most of their time hands-on in the production of software for NECSWS products
• Discuss, establish and maintain the front end solution, including good software design, framework selections and direction of the codebase
• Solve problems with little supervision
• Provide engineering options, with unbiased pros and cons to meet problems shared by the business
• Develop UI according to mockups following UX guidelines
• Work with the team to refine and break down stories to levels implementable by development
• Work with members of the business teams to ensure customer-centric development of features
• Develop and improve the confirmation testing strategies (unit test, integration testing) using suitable front end testing libraries
• Code reviews for team and other teams
• Support and coach junior developers.

Additional Responsibilities

• Research projects, including prototyping, to explore future opportunities
• Investigate new technologies
• Optimise the development process through the use of automation, in-house and open source solutions
• Responsive support to the customer-facing colleagues
• Analysis of logs to identify issues and provide solutions
• Proactively engage with customer-facing colleagues to avoid exposing NECSWS customers to issues.

Qualifications

Who Are You?

An experienced Angular Developer with expert hands-on knowledge and the ability to lead by example, offer solutions and contribute to an expanding team.

In particular, we are looking for:

• Demonstrable JavaScript programming ability (including TypeScript), with a specialism in Angular and its associated ecosystem
• Utilisation and early adoption of modern techniques and features in JavaScript
• Demonstrable experience of developing and deploying JavaScript web applications into a high usage environment
• A track record of delivering software features into production
• Solid understanding of Software Development Life Cycle
• Experience of design and integration with backend technologies, such as REST APIs, Websockets, GraphQL utilising suitable data structures and stores
• Demonstrable experience with CSS (including SASS or SCSS), using modern standards
• Agile methodologies such as Kanban and Scrum
• Experience of at least one of the following cloud technologies: Amazon Web Service, Google Cloud Platform, Microsoft Azure knowledge.

Personal/Team Growth and Development

• Develop new skills by working with other members of the team
• Work with the Team Lead and Manager to identify training goals
• Lead and partake in technical discussions within the team
• Actively identify and complete opportunities for self-training and external training
• Drive the team’s process of continual improvement

Personal attributes that will help you

• Problem solving - recognition of problems and recasting difficult-to-solve problems in order to find unique and innovative solutions
• Inquisitiveness - digging into problems and solutions to understand the underlying technology
• Autonomy - ability to work on a task and solve problems independently
• Motivation - sets personal challenges and constantly looking to stretch themselves
• Integrity - honest and transparent in dealing, open to voice and accept criticism, is trustworthy and builds credibility through actions
• Detail focussed - pays attention to the details and can make a conscious effort to understand causes instead of just the effects
• Big picture aware - understands the scope and impact of a problem or solution

Additional Information

We are proud of the benefits we offer employees of NEC Software Solutions 

• Private Medical Cover funded by NEC for Employees (with the option to add family members at an additional cost)
• 25 days paid holiday with the option to buy/ sell 
• 4 x basic salary life assurance cover funded by NEC (with the option to increase cover at an additional cost)
• A Group Pension Plan with fantastic employer contributions up to a maximum of 8.5%
• A fantastic selection of flexible benefits to suit your individual needs
• We are an employer who cares, we have a invaluable employee assistance programme which can help in every area of your life
• All colleagues get free access to LinkedIn Learning. Over 15000 courses covering a huge breadth of subjects. Learn about what you like, when you like, how you like.

Other Information

Candidates must be able to demonstrate a pre-existing right to work and travel within the UK. Documentary evidence will be required.

All offers are subject to satisfactory vetting and reference checks. A Disclosure Barring Service (DBS) check will be required and dependent on the role further checks may be required. 

NEC is an equal opportunities employer, welcoming applications from all communities.

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