Senior React Developer

Position: Senior React Developer
Salary: c.£72,500 per annum
Location: Bedford
Hybrid Working:(on site twice a week)
Contract Length:18 months with the possibility of extension or permanency

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About MaPS

At MaPS, we help people - particularly those most in need - to improve their financial wellbeing and build a better, more confident future. Working collaboratively across the UK, we make sure customers can access high-quality money and pensions guidance and debt advice throughout their lives, however and whenever they need it.

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The Purpose of the Role

We’re building a modern front-end tech stack for our digital products using Next.js, React and consuming content from Adobe Experience Manager with GraphQL. You will be working as part of a collaborative cross-functional team; writing, maintaining and reviewing clean, tested and accessible code.

You will be up to date and passionate about engineering best practices and be able to advocate new technologies and practices into the team.

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Key Accountabilities

• Developing our digital products using React/Next.js with a focus on writing efficient, modular and maintainable code
• Following a component-driven development practice, using a content management system, shared component libraries, and shared design principles, to work efficiently while providing a clear and consistent user experience
• Producing testable code complete with unit/integration tests
• Collaborating within an agile team, working closely with other developers, designers, editors, product owners and testers to deliver the best possible digital experiences
• Collaborating with other digital disciplines (eg. UX, Analytics) to produce accessible digital experiences.
• Engaging collaboratively with Architecture and DevOps on solutions design and implementation to ensure robust and well supported software
• Collaborating with other digital disciplines (eg. UX, Analytics) to produce accessible digital experiences
• Following GDS guidelines for Government Digital Services
• Writing and reviewing technical documentation
• Participating in our agile planning, estimation and delivery processes
• Peer reviewing code developed as part of our workflow
• Able to self manage including keeping technical knowledge up to date
• Actively participating within the wider community of practice; advocating engineering best practices and sharing knowledge/experience
• Mentoring and providing guidance to other developers

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Skills & Experience

Essential

• Demonstrable experience in front-end development, with strong knowledge of JavaScript, TypeScript and React
• Experience writing unit, integration and e2e tests (e.g. Jest, React Testing Library, Cypress)
• A strong understanding of REST APIs and GraphQL
• Experience producing mobile-first, responsive CSS and familiarity with CSS frameworks such as Tailwind
• Demonstrable commitment to high quality, robust engineering practices
• Experience working within an agile development team
• Experience of productive collaboration with design, testing, product and other digital delivery colleagues

Desirable

• Experience with Next.js and developing full-stack applications
• Experience building and working within design systems
• Experience with Storybook
• Experience implementing Content Management Systems (we use Adobe Experience Manager) and headless integration approaches
• Experience with CI/CD development practices, and working with cloud platforms
• Experience with accessibility; semantic HTML and ARIA
• Experience optimising for user experience / performance (Core Web Vitals)

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At the heart of the Money and Pensions Service are our values - caring, connecting and transforming, which are the foundation of our success. They permeate every area of our work and define all our business relationships and the way we work with each other. We’re not only looking for the best people in and around Bedford to come and work for us, but we need people who align themselves to our values: -

• Caring
  We care about our colleagues and people whose lives we are here to transform.
• Connecting
  We will transform lives through our ability to make positive connections.
• Transforming
  We are committed to transforming lives and make a positive societal impact.

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Our inclusive working environment

By fostering our values, we are immensely proud of the inclusive working environment that we have created. The diversity of our people is a strength that we embrace and wish to build upon, so we are committed to attracting people of all backgrounds.

We work hard to ensure that we have a progressive approach to inclusion, equity and belonging. We really do want our colleagues to "bring their whole selves to work."

By way of brief example, we have an enviable ethnic diversity mix, equal gender balance with a zero mean gender pay gap and thriving colleague and ally networks, including LGBTQ+, neurodiversity, women’s health, men's health, ethnicity, and diversity.

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What Money and Pensions Service can offer you?

• Generous Annual Leave - 30 days plus Bank Holidays
• Pension scheme - contributions matched 2 to 1 (up to 10% of your salary)
• Interest-free loan to help you buy season tickets for buses and trains
• Cycle to work Scheme
• Subsidised eye test & flu jabs
• Life assurance scheme
• Give as you earn scheme
• Employee assistance programme (EAP)
• PAM Assist and PAM Life scheme (Wellbeing)
• Enhanced family and sick pay
• Paid volunteering (2 days a year)
• Recognition Scheme
• Discounts portal to numerous retailers

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At MaPS, we take pride in our flexible approach to work. Most of our roles can operate on a hybrid basis with a minimum of 2 days in the office per week. Hybrid working is a voluntary, noncontractual arrangement and your office will be your contractual place of work. The number of days that anyone will be able to work at home will be determined primarily by business needs, but personal and other relevant circumstances will also be considered. If you are successful, any opportunities for hybrid working, including whether a hybrid working arrangemen