Senior Front-End Developer

The Role We're looking for a Senior Front End Developer to join our IT Development team, reporting to the Digital Transformation Manager and CDO. You'll be the front-end specialist in a team of 3 (2 mid-level devs, 1 principal dev), building and modernising the systems that power our business. This is a hands-on role for a "Senior" developer, someone who's solidified in their senior skillset and is ready to take ownership of our front-end architecture while supporting and coaching mid-level developers.

You'll lead by example, not by title. What You'll Be Doing Day to day, you'll:

• Build new features for our three core custom systems a sales quoting tool, customer portal, and digital onboarding platform
• Work alongside back-end developers on API endpoints, to support data being delivery to the front end.
• Migrate our legacy j. Query-based code to Vue 3 (a current modernisation project)
• Create and maintain reusable Vue 3 component libraries to bring alignment across our systems
• Build a robust front-end ecosystem that our backend team can efficiently integrate with. This would include
• Build a component library, with references and documenting components for the team to use.
• Optimizing current components and making them modular while making sure legacy logic is not lost.
• Making sure front end assets and component libraries are up to date. In your first 6 months, you'll:
• Establish our Vue 3 component architecture, introduce reusable, well documented components that eliminate duplication across systems
• Be the front-end authority become the go to expert that our 3 backend developers collaborate with on API design and integration
• Lead the FE for our system migration drive the technical approach and execution of moving from j. Query to Vue 3, setting the standard for future modernisation work Coaching & Collaboration
• Support and mentor our two mid-level developers through code reviews, pair programming, and technical guidance
• Champion best practices in component architecture, performance, and accessibility
• Document front end patterns and standards to upskill the wider team What We're Looking For
• Essential Experience
• 5+ years of professional front end development experience
• 2+ years working with Vue 3 composition API in production applications
• Strong Tailwind CSS skills building responsive, maintainable UIs at scale
• Strong understanding of HTML markup Making sure the HTML is valid, confirms wc3 rules and is accessible for users.
• Proven experience creating reusable component libraries or design systems
• Laravel Blade templating experience you'll need to navigate and enhance existing Blade views
• API development - comfortable writing Laravel endpoints or strong ability to collaborate with backend developers on API design
• j. Query experience you'll be migrating it, so you need to understand what you're replacing
• Coaching or mentoring experience supporting junior to mid-level developers Technical Skills
• JavaScript/TypeScript (ES6+)
• HTML5 and modern CSS/SCSS/SASS
• Using Version control Git (how to merge, resolve merge conflicts and create and push branches)
• Git workflow and CI/CD basics
• Understanding of performance optimisation techniques About You
• You enjoy building stuff right - creating scalable, reusable solutions that last
• You're a collaborator, not a siloed coder our backend team needs your expertise
• You're patient and supportive coaching mid-level devs energises you, rather than frustrates you
• You're productive remotely self-motivated and communicative
• You balance pragmatism with quality you know when to perfect and when to ship Desirable (Nice to Have)
• Experience with Laravel ecosystem (e.g., Laravel Mix, Vite, Sanctum)
• Docker/ WAMP/LAMP
• Able to write and maintain API endpoints to support front end functionality
• Pinia or other Vue state management
• Vee. Validate
• Accessibility (WCAG) expertise
• Have used or have experience within Maizzle
• AI/ML application interfaces
• UI Design experience background
• UX Making sure the experience for the user is as slick as possible
• Able to rapidly prototype
• Testing frameworks (Jest, Vitest, or Cypress)