front end react with nodeJS

Job Description

Responsible for the design, development and maintenance of high quality software applications.

Participation in design workshops, peer code reviews, unit testing, test-driven development and refactoring.

Development of exciting new software applications using modern, best practice development techniques, design patterns and quality standards.

• Participating in solution designs, designs workshops and peer code reviews
• The unit testing and refactoring of new and existing web applications
• Applying best practice development techniques, including patterns and coding standards
• Active participation in user story and acceptance criteria creation, estimation and testing.
• Active participation in all aspects of the Scrum framework, including Sprint Goals, Sprint Planning, Sprint Reviews, Daily Stand-ups and Retrospectives
• Actively learning new technologies to satisfy business and architectural demands

Essential skills and experience:

• A strong handle on design Patterns such as MVC, MVVM
• Excellent JavaScript knowledge with a solid understanding of composition
• Strong experience with Front End development using JavaScript and related frameworks (e.g., React, Angular, Vue)
• A very strong understanding of state management, such as Redux
• Experience with Material UI or similar front end libraries
• Best practice around implementing responsive design
• Deep understanding of web standards and architecture
• Strong HTML5, CSS and Typescript/JavaScript skills
• Experience in front end deployment and using build tools
• Experience in writing good quality, tested code with good Unit Test coverage
• Experience implementing feature toggles for continuous deployment
• Exposure and application of UX design principles
• Experience of Visual Studio Code
• Web Services, REST, XML, JSON
• Knowledge and experience of agile development methods (e.g. XP, Scrum, Kanban)
• Knowledge and experience of agile practices (e.g. Continuous Integration, Continuous Deployment, Refactoring)
• An aptitude and interest in seeking out and applying new technologies
• An enthusiastic and inspirational approach to software development
• A track record of delivering software to agreed quality and cost
• Working within a Scrum team
• A keenness to challenge, innovate and champion new ideas
• Excellent communication and written skills

Desirable skills and experience:

• Experience building NodeJS server side apps and Microservices experience
• Experience building serverless functions in Cloud solutions such as AWS.
• An understanding of databases – PostgreSQL.
• Secure programming practices, really a general understanding of Web security
• The Atlassian toolset including JIRA, Confluence, Bamboo, GIT and BitBucket.
• Healthcare domain knowledge.