Front End Developer


Company:	Hays Specialist Recruitment
Salary:	£575 to £600 a day
Hours:	Full-time
Location:	London, E1 7AA
Job type:	Contract
Posting date:	25 Sept 2026
Closing date:	2 Oct 2026

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Summary

Your new company

You will be working for a well-known organisation. The role is working remotely with the occasional travel into the office in London 1-2 days a month. The rate is up to £600 per day depending on experience and is inside scope of IR35. The role requires someone who is a British National who has had no more than 28 consecutive days outside the UK.

Your new role

Role Responsibilities

Collaborate and work closely with other disciplines to develop designs and working prototypes based on user needs and in support of organisational aims.

Develop software components that form part of a product to meet user needs.

Write clean, well-tested code that follows web standards.

Coach and mentor more junior colleagues.

Build user interfaces that meet a predefined set of standards.

Champion accessibility to internal stakeholders.

Offer design feedback to mitigate the risk of failing accessibility testing.

Offer recommendations on the best tools and methods to use when accessibility testing.

Work collaboratively in a group and build relationships with others.

Identify issues through Agile 'health checks' and work with others to address them.

Manage stakeholder expectations.

Required Capabilities

Core requirements: Front-end development, clean/tested code, web standards, UI development, accessibility, accessibility testing, Agile working, stakeholder management, mentoring/coaching.

Technologies: JavaScript/TypeScript, React, HTML5/CSS3, WCAG/WAI-ARIA, Git, automated testing and Azure/Azure DevOps.

Be flexible and capable of proactive and reactive communication.

Host or moderate difficult discussions within the team or with senior stakeholders.

Work collaboratively in a group, actively networking with others.

Adapt feedback to ensure it is effective and lasting.

Use your initiative to identify problems or issues in the team dynamic and rectify them.

Identify issues through Agile 'health checks' with the team, and help to stimulate the right responses.

Understand impact of decisions.

Make decisions characterised by different levels of risk and complexity.

Resolve technical disputes between wider peers and indirect stakeholders, taking into account all views and opinions.

Apply modern development standards and support others in applying them.

Contribute to the development of strategy and policies.

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