FrontEnd Engineer, Deloitte Digital, Consulting, Bristol

Job Description

Want to shape the future of online experiences So do we. Your opportunityPart Business. Part Creative. Part Technology. One hundred per cent digital. At Deloitte Digital, we connect creativity with technology for business. Bringing empathy, ideas, and experience into digital transformation. Together with all of Deloitte, we create connections across the breadth of our people, organisation, and ecosystems to make an impact that matters to our clients and to society. We’re a new type of creative digital consultancy that fuses strategy, tech and design to identify where businesses need to be, then get them there. Fast. Want to help us shape the future We’re looking for experienced practitioners from a consulting, design, tech or business background who can show our clients what’s next, then work with our mixed-discipline team to make it happen. As part of our Consultancy practice, your career with Deloitte Digital can take multiple paths. Including: customer and channel strategy, customer experience design, designing new service capabilities and operations, mobile, online and contact centre technology solutions, and related technology and operational change programmes. We embrace the strengths of diverse talent within our team. You may have a brilliant mind, be a confident communicator or a nerd for all things digital, or you may have an impeccable business instinct, a collaborative outlook and a flair for big ideas We encourage consideration of flexible ways of working, both formal and informal arrangements that allow for the best outcomes for our people and our clients. If this opportunity is of interest to you with some flexibility, please do discuss with us. Are you looking to return to the workplace after an extended career break For this role we can offer coaching and support designed for returners to refresh your knowledge and skills, and help your transition back into the workplace after a career break of 2 years or more. If this is relevant for you, just let your recruiter know when you make your application. Your role We’re expanding fast, so we’re looking for people who are, by which we mean natural initiative-takers who bring out the best in others, are brilliant listeners and can grow our business without compromising standards, integrity or culture. You will work with outstanding digital talent across disciplines to innovate and create great solutions for iconic brands. You will be working in cross functional teams together with strategists, UI designers, visual designers, full-stack and back-end developers. You will be responsible for translating great concept & design into code to create quick-loading and accessible UX, used by hundreds of thousands. General expectations: Working independently within your core technical skillset. Applying relevant good practice design and coding standards to your own work. Formulating designs for components and small solutions, working with more senior developers to obtain ideas and feedback. Being self-driven in terms of quality and process. Identifying and escalating risks appropriately. Actively and constructively participating in delivery processes and ceremonies such as planning sessions, retrospectives, and reviews. Supporting and mentoring more junior developers. Engaging with and contributing to the wider practice outside of the immediate project. Work effectively in diverse teams within an inclusive team culture where people are recognised for their contribution Technical expectations: Awareness of relevant design patterns. Deep understanding of object-orientated programming, data structures, and algorithms. Writing effective automated unit and integration tests. Understanding RESTful web services. Understanding core agile practices such as Scrum and Kanban. Being familiar with Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery. Comfortably using version control system such as git. Your work, your choice At Deloitte we believe the best impact is the value we add, not the hours we sit at our desk. We carefully consider agile ways of working, both formal and informal, that allow for the best impact for our people and our clients. Please speak to your recruiter about the working pattern that works best for you. LocationJoin Our South West Team Located in the heart of Bristol, a top 10 city in Europe for tech, you will be joining a team that will comprise of analysts, creative designers, front-end engineers, solution engineers and testers, that will provide creative digital and technology services for our clients in the South West and beyond. Work pattern: This is a permanent contract opportunity. The role can be worked on a full-time basis. Our team members work a variety of agile working patterns. Tell us what arrangement works for you and we’ll try to accommodate. Your professional experience Overall, you’re an ideas person and problem solver as well as a hands-on doer â€" that’s important. You know it takes a mix of people to do amazing work, so you love collaborating with and learning from people with different skills, backgrounds and perspectives. If you have an interesting or unusual mix of skills yourself, even better. You have useful, core skills in one or more technologies that you can apply in a project context, and you are starting to move beyond the precise practices you were taught, gaining a better understanding of the underlying principles that make them work. You will take responsibility for your own productivity, and begin to take ownership over components within an overall solution. It’s also likely that you will also start to manage and mentor some more junior people on your project. As a front-end engineer we’d like you to: Have previous experience with front-end development Have a clear understanding of JavaScript ES6 and the JavaScript Event Loop Be familiar with WAI-ARIA, WCAG 2.0, and accessibility in general Know when to use float, inline-block, flex or CSS grid Know how to git Have previously worked with React/Redux, Vue/Vuex or similar Have a good understanding of visual and user centred design Are proactive and believe team effort is everything Admire new thinking and ground-breaking ideas Your service line: Consulting Our people and the way we work are the two things that set us apart in the consulting universe. For us, collaboration is fundamental to success, along with an unrivalled depth and breadth of expertise. We work closely with our clients and each other, at every stage of every project, solving our clients’ trickiest problems with a mix of knowledge, creativity and intellectual rigour. A hugely diverse range of clients rely on us to deliver the kind of change that adds genuine, lasting value to their business. Personal independence Regulation and controls are standard practice in our industry and Deloitte is no exception. These controls provide important legal protection for both you and the firm. We are subject to a number of audit regulations, one of whic