Location: Melton (Hybrid)

Working Hours: 09:00 17:30

Salary: up to £50,000

The purpose of this role is to solve complex business problems and technical challenges through the design and development of frontend applications. This role will contribute directly towards exciting technology opportunities in the public health sector; specifically in general practice. You will be responsible for designing, developing, and maintaining high-quality, scalable, and responsive user interfaces.

Key Tasks

Design and Development

Design, develop, and maintain complex, highly responsive, and user-friendly web applications using modern JavaScript frameworks (e.g. React)

Drive technical design and architectural decisions for the frontend, ensuring scalability, maintainability, and security

Develop modular, reusable components and libraries

Collaborate closely with UX/UI designers to translate wireframes and design mockups into functional interfaces.

Partner with other members of the development team to define and integrate necessary APIs (REST)

Technical Leadership

Promote and demonstrate software engineering best practices and principles

Participate in architectural and design discussions

Stay abreast of the latest technologies and industry trends

Diagnose and troubleshoot complex technical issues

Research and advocate for new technologies, tooling, and development processes to continuously improve the teams tech stack and efficiency

Contribute to technical documentation and knowledge sharing across the team

Quality Assurance and Compliance

Ensure all applications adhere to accessibility (a11y) and cross-browser compatibility standards

Write clean, maintainable, and well-tested code with a strong emphasis on quality and performance

Conduct code reviews and provide constructive feedback to uphold team coding standards and patterns

Comply with X-ons Health & Safety, Data Protection, Information Security, PCI & DSP policies and procedures.

Skills Required

Essential

Proven experience in designing, building, and maintaining scalable, modular, and high-performance front-end architectures (e.g., micro-frontends, design systems, component libraries)

Proven experience with a major front-end framework/library (e.g. React)

Experience with state management libraries

Expert-level knowledge of HTML5 semantics, accessibility standards (WCAG), and modern CSS (e.g., CSS Grid, Flexbox, pre-processors like Sass/Less).

Experience working with RESTful APIs

Knowledge of the product development lifecycle

Source control (e.g. GitLab)

Strong knowledge of software design patterns and object-oriented design principles

Working experience of unit test frameworks and test automation

Excellent communication and teamwork skills

Desirable

Strong expertise in Agile methodologies (e.g. Scrum / Kanban) and tools

Healthcare industry experience (NHS)

VOIP call handling

Benefits

25 Days Holiday plus an additional day for your birthday/equivalent

Cycle to Work Scheme

Winter Flu Jabs

Free On-Site Parking

Learning and development budget with Professional Qualification Support

£1,000 employee referral bonus

Social benefits (paid social events)

Buy Holiday Scheme

Employee Assistance Program

Discount on Health Insurance

Annual Salary Review

Enhanced Company Sick Pay

Monthly pizza in the office (Hybrid employees) / coffee voucher (Remote employees)

SCG mobile benefit

SCG is proud to be an equal opportunities employer. We welcome applications from all parts of the community and are committed to upholding the principles of the Equality Act 2010.

We are committed to supporting applicants with disabilities. We will endeavour to make necessary adjustments to ensure a fair and accessible recruitment process

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