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Senior Front-End Engineer Must be SC cleared

Web Development Contractor
ID: #1804
Posted: 2026-03-19
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Location: Hybrid – 2 days per week in the MOD offices in London and / or Bristol Contract: Salaried 12-month FTC with full company benefits (NOT day rate) Clearance: Must hold active SC clearance and have UK government / public sector experience • ** We are unable to consider candidates who don't have SC*** The Company At Amber Labs , we're a cutting-edge UK and European technology consultancy that empowers autonomy, promotes experimentation, and drives rapid learning to deliver exceptional value to our clients. Collaboration sits at the heart of our culture — every team member, regardless of role, works together to minimise risk and accelerate delivery. Our teams consist of highly skilled engineers, designers, analysts, and consultants dedicated to building world-class digital services for government and enterprise clients. About the Role We're seeking an experienced Senior Front-End Engineer to lead the development, modification, and maintenance of the front-end elements that users interact with across our government service platforms. You'll work in multidisciplinary teams, collaborating with designers, developers, and user researchers to deliver accessible, performant, and standards-compliant services that meet the needs of real users and align with government digital standards. This role is about setting the bar for front-end quality, defining best practices, ensuring accessibility and performance, and applying modern development techniques. You'll champion progressive enhancement, responsive design, and usability across multiple browsers and devices. Key Responsibilities • Lead front-end development across multiple digital service projects. • Build accessible, responsive user interfaces that meet GDS accessibility and usability standards. • Ensure products are built with modern web development techniques and principles. • Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams, including UX designers, back-end developers, and testers. • Maintain high code quality through code reviews, testing, and documentation. • Optimise web performance and maintain browser/device compatibility. • Mentor junior developers and promote a culture of continuous improvement. • Contribute to design system evolution and reusable component libraries. Key Skills & Experience • Proven experience as a front-end developer in production and prototype environments. • Strong proficiency in HTML5 , CSS3 , and JavaScript (including Node.js , ReactJS , ExpressJS , Mongoose ). • Experience with templating and UI frameworks such as Nunjucks , Freemarker , Bootstrap , LESS , and SASS . • Working knowledge of CI/CD tooling such as Git , GitLab CI , Jenkins , SonarQube , Nexus , and Artifactory . • Deep understanding of accessibility, progressive enhancement, and performance optimisation. • Experience building services that perform efficiently across multiple devices and browsers. • Strong understanding of UX principles and user-centred design. • Experience working in Agile delivery teams. Clearance Requirement • Must hold active SC clearance • We are unable to consider candidates requiring visa sponsorship at this time. Benefits • Competitive salary and performance-based bonus structure. • Opportunity to work on impactful government digital services. • Hybrid and flexible working arrangements. • Private medical insurance (Aviva). • Company pension plan (Nest). • 25 days annual leave plus UK bank holidays. • Access to Perkbox – employee discounts, perks, and wellbeing resources. • Inclusive and collaborative company culture that values experimentation and innovation. • Choice of device – PC or Mac.

Hard Skills 15
Skill Source Confidence
HTML llm_hard
100%
CSS llm_hard
100%
JavaScript llm_hard
100%
Sass llm_hard
100%
Less llm_hard
100%
Bootstrap llm_hard
100%
Responsive Web Design llm_hard
100%
React llm_hard
100%
Git llm_hard
100%
UI/UX Design Principles llm_hard
100%
Accessibility (a11y) llm_hard
100%
Performance Optimization llm_hard
100%
Express.js (Node.js) llm_hard
100%
CI/CD llm_hard
100%
Jenkins llm_hard
100%
Soft Skills 6
Skill Source Confidence
Mentoring llm_soft
100%
Teamwork llm_soft
100%
Collaboration llm_soft
100%
Documentation llm_soft
80%
Attention to Detail llm_soft
80%
Continuous Improvement llm_soft
80%
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