Frontend Engineer - Java & Open Source (Private & FS)

Version 1 has celebrated over 26 years in Technology Services and continues to be trusted by global brands to deliver solutions that drive customer success. Version 1 has several strategic technology partners including Microsoft, AWS, Oracle, Red Hat, OutSystems and Snowflake. We’re also an award-winning employer reflecting how employees are at the heart of Version 1. 

We’ve been awarded: Innovation Partner of the Year Winner 2023 Oracle EMEA Partner Awards, Global Microsoft Modernising Applications Partner of the Year Award 2023, AWS Collaboration Partner of the Year - EMEA 2023 and Best Workplaces for Women by Great Place To Work in UK and Ireland 2023. 

As a consultancy and service provider, Version 1 is a digital-first environment and we do things differently. We’re focused on our core values; using these we’ve seen significant growth across our practices and our Digital, Data and Cloud team is preparing for the next phase of expansion. This creates new opportunities for driven and skilled individuals to join one of the fastest-growing consultancies globally.

As a Front-End Developer, you'll collaborate closely with Product Owners, Business Analysts, Technical Architects, UX/UI Designers and other team members to understand business requirements and drive the solution design and development of our digital products. Your role involves ensuring that the code aligns with these requirements and adheres to our architectural and front-end coding standards. Performance optimisation is key, and you'll employ best practices to enhance our applications. Additionally, you'll stay proactive by suggesting upgrades and updates to maintain modern security standards and adhere to evolving best practices in development. Your contributions extend beyond individual projects; you'll help enrich our shared component libraries by crafting modular and reusable components. Furthermore, as a valued member of our team, you'll provide mentorship to junior members and actively share your expertise across the wider team. 

Responsibilities 

• Experience working closely with key stakeholders across the engineering team, including Architects, Product Owners and UX designers understanding and demonstrating how written requirements translate into a technical solution. 
• Develop interfaces for web and mobile applications and develop high-quality, efficient, reusable code and libraries for future use. 
• Collaborate with other team members to formulate and articulate end-to-end architecture and (non-) functional design 
• Responsible to take ownership of the Frontend digital and software platform 
• Ensure the use of Version 1’s’s Agile process and framework 
• Instil champion best practices within the team, including TDD, code reviews and pair programming 
• Mentor and bring on junior members of the team. 
• Design flexible and configurable software components 
• Produce well designed, testable, maintainable, secure and efficient code

• You will have an extensive background in front-end development with significant experience working with TypeScript and React. Any further experience with Next.js/Angular/Vue.js is beneficial 
• Experience with mobile development frameworks like React Native is beneficial. 
• Experience with GraphQL, preferably using Apollo Client with React for efficient data fetching and state management. 
• Experience in Unit Testing with Jest 
• Continuous Integration experience (Docker) 
• A passion for coding and keeping up to date with new technologies frameworks and techniques 
• Extensive experience in an Agile environment 
• Exceptional communication skills to interact with clients and onsite and near-shore development teams 
• Ability to prioritise and handle several tasks at once with multiple deadlines will be important 
• Experience in back-end integration and any experience with backend technologies like Java/Python is an advantage. 

Why Version 1?

At Version 1, we believe in providing our employees with a comprehensive benefits package that prioritises their wellbeing, professional growth, and financial stability.

• Share in our success with our Quarterly Performance-Related Profit Share Scheme, where employees collectively benefit from a share of our company's profits.
• Strong Career Progression & mentorship coaching through our Strength in Balance & Leadership schemes with a dedicated quarterly Pathways Career Development programme.
• Flexible/remote working, Version 1 is tremendously understanding of life events and people’s individual circumstances and offer flexibility to help achieve a healthy work life balance.
• Financial Wellbeing initiatives including; Pension, Private Healthcare Cover, Life Assurance, Financial advice and an Employee Discount scheme.
• Employee Wellbeing schemes including Gym Discounts, Bike to Work, Fitness classes, Mindfulness Workshops, Employee Assistance Programme and much more. Generous holiday allowance, enhanced maternity/paternity leave, marriage/civil partnership leave and special leave policies.
• Educational assistance, incentivised certifications, and accreditations, including AWS, Microsoft, Oracle, and Red Hat.
• Reward schemes including Version 1’s Annual Excellence Awards & ‘Call-Out’ platform.
• Environment, Social and Community First initiatives allow you to get involved in local fundraising and development opportunities as part of fostering our diversity, inclusion and belonging schemes.

And many more exciting benefits… drop us a note to find out more.