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Aqovia
Lead Front End Engineer
London
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Description
Aqovia is looking for a ‘hands-on’ Technical Lead to work on clients’ and our own Research and development projects.
Aqovians live and breathe agile, thrive in an eXtreme Programming environment and are passionate about software development as a craft, as well as an engineering discipline. We love learning new skills and keeping up to date with the latest industry trends. We advocate for the best tools and practices and are enthusiastic about pair programming.
Here’s what you’ll do:
Serve as a ‘hands-on’ software engineering leader Act as technical design authority and architect, ensure alignment with other Aqovia and client teams and initiatives Guide customers and clients on solution options, including the inter-play between off-the-shelf and bespoke components. Contribute to Aqovia’s Research & Development programme Evaluate new technologies for adoption Be able to explain complex technical issues in simple terms Agile coach: Ensure smooth running of agile ceremonies (including planning, retrospectives, stand-ups) Advocate for agile principles and guide the development team, and customer stakeholders on practices. Support the client Product Owner in managing the product roadmap and backlog Team management: Support appraisals of engineering staff Ensure timely resolution of support issues, including handling escalations Production and dissemination of basic team reports Line management of technical squad. Timesheet approval.
We’re looking for someone who:
Experience of working in a professional and agile software development environment. Experience of managing stakeholders through the development process. Have the mindset and desire to drive, architecturally, adoption and integration of a new off-the-shelf system. Strong Agile Coaching skills Holding Scrum ceremonies An ability to explain complex technical issues in simple terms. An aptitude for solving tough problems Strong knowledge of HTML5, ECMASprint 6+, CSS3 and the Web Platform. Experience of component-based web development in JavaScript or TypeScript using Web Components built using Lit-html / lit-element (similar to React, Angular or Vue) ideally using the OWA generators. Professional communication skills are essential. Candidates must possess excellent English communication skills, both written and verbal, to effectively manage business interactions and maintain a professional tone in all commercial correspondence. In-depth experience in at least one of the following areas: Offline-first, mobile-first Progressive Web Applications. Micro-frontend architectures. Performance monitoring and optimisation of browser-based applications.
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Aqovia
Lead Front End Engineer
London
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