Lead Front End Developer
Salary: £70,000-£80,000 per annum (pro rata), plus company benefits
Contract: 3-month fixed term contract (with the potential to extend), full time
Shifts: 37.5 hours per week, Mon-Fri 9am-6pm, with a 1-hour unpaid lunch
Work model: Fully remote
Williams Lea seeks an experienced Lead Front End Developer to join our team!
Williams Lea is the leading global provider of tech-enabled business and marketing services helping clients manage and transform processes through resilient, scalable 24/7 operations. We combine deep expertise, agentic AI-embedded workflows, and a global delivery model into a tech-enabled, seamless human expert-in-the-loop experience that helps clients achieve superior business outcomes.
Built on a strong heritage and great client relationships, we harness deep industry expertise, emerging technology and our global “Optishore™” delivery model to plan, build, execute and measure business processes, driving operational agility and digital transformation at speed and scale.
Williams Lea, an RRD company, serves clients in 20 countries across four continents and has 15,000 employees worldwide.
Purpose of the Role
Williams Lea is looking for an experienced Front End Developer. The successful candidate will be working in a dedicated Web Development Team within a fast-moving and growing Technology function.
As a Lead Front End Developer, you will work in a team of developers to build a website for a public sector department in the UK. Experience with Agile software development frameworks is a must.
The main skills required for this role are Front End Development technologies including but not limited to JavaScript, jQuery, HTML5 & CSS. A working knowledge of Python is also expected and Apache web servers and/or AWS is an advantage.
The Technology Change & Development function in Williams Lea EMEA is responsible for executing the delivery and implementation of client-centric high quality technology services using a broad range of market leading software to enable both bespoke client solutions and configuring multi-tenanted products. The function comprises sub-teams of Change Management, Testing and multiple Development teams aligning to software/capability skillsets, who underpin delivery of both transformational projects delivering new capability and business as usual (BAU) changes to existing solutions.
Key Competencies
Key Activities
Key Technologies
Experience in the following technologies is required:
Experience in the following technologies is desirable:
Qualifications and Experience
Rewards and Benefits
We believe in supporting our employees in both their professional and personal lives. As part of our commitment to your well-being, we offer a comprehensive benefits package, including but not limited to:
25 days holiday, plus bank holidays(pro-rata for part time roles)
Salary sacrifice schemes, retail vouchers – including our TechScheme which can be used on a range of gadgets such as Smart TV’s, laptops and computers or household appliances.
Life Assurance
Private Medical Insurance
Dental Insurance
Health Assessments
Cycle-to-work scheme
Discounted gym memberships
Referral Scheme
You will also have the opportunity to work for a global employer who is dedicated to offering each and every employee an enjoyable, challenging and rewarding career with future career development prospects!
Equality and Diversity
The Company values the differences that a diverse workforce brings to the organisation and will not discriminate because of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race (which includes colour, nationality and ethnic or national origins), religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation (each of these being a “protected characteristic” in discrimination law). It will not discriminate because of any other irrelevant factor and will build a culture that values openness, fairness and transparency.
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