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Senior Front End Developer - FTC

UKTV
London, GBR
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Senior
Hybrid
Discovered 1 months ago
TypeScriptReactHTMLCSSJavaScriptPreact

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What we would like you to bring to the role….key experience, knowledge, skills & personal qualities

  • Experience in UI development on a direct-to-consumer product
  • Experience writing code for connected tv applications for partners such as Amazon Fire, Samsung, LG, Freeview Play etc.
  • Strong demonstrable skills of TypeScript and React
  • Proficiency in HTML, CSS, JavaScript and TypeScript.
  • Experienced with state management
  • Comfortable writing in cutting edge technologies as well as legacy code
  • Familiarity with design patterns and object-orientated programming
  • Understanding of version control e.g. Git.
  • Understanding of unit testing and/or test-driven development
  • Experience working in an agile development environment, in either Scrum or Kanban (recognising the importance of soft skills to positively impact the wider team)
  • Experience of Preact in some capacity
  • Knowledge of CI/CD e.g. GitHub Actions
  • Good understanding of single page applications
  • Knowledge of video playback, encoding and DRM
  • Knowledge of front-end best practises
  • Experience in carbon footprint reduction techniques for development
  • Knowledge of Next.js, React Native framework
  • Have the commitment and passion to know the product inside out and strive to constantly improve and iterate
  • A solution focussed mindset, thinking differently and taking a creative view to resolve any issues
  • A team player, collaborating with colleagues in your squad and across the business, to deliver successful projects
  • Be aware of ongoing strategic and consumer research and how it affects the evolution of the digital strategy and the broader digital landscape
  • Relish participating in multiple projects concurrently requiring excellent organisational skills and being adaptable to changing priorities
  • Strong communication skills, knowing when to loop in other teams and escalate issues
  • Recognise the importance of soft skills, to positively impact the wider team and facilitate a psychologically safe environment
  • A growth mindset, always looking to develop, improve and build on your knowledge

What you will get to work on….key outputs and responsibilities of the role

  • Be seen as the in-house expert in CTV ensuring the highest level of quality and maintainability
  • Build well-formed and logical code for new functionality and bug fixes across our U platform primarily for connected tv
  • Implement accessibility features across our app(s)
  • Work from supplied designs with a keen attention to detail
  • Work with our platform partners to address technical issues
  • Undertake code reviews where requested, driving high quality standards
  • Work to Agile principles and contribute to stand ups, retrospectives, planning sessions and sprint reviews
  • Keep the lead front end developer regularly informed with progress and issues
  • Gain and share development experience and knowledge from other front-end members of the team as well as external resources
  • The opportunity to responsibly write code using AI

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