Senior Frontend Developer - Glasgow Regional Centre - Atlantic Square
2 days ago
Glasgow
About the job Job summary Discover a career in your hands at HMRC. Whether you're seeking purpose, growth, or a workplace that gives you a true sense of belonging, hear from some of our employees as they share their story about what it's really like to work at HMRC. Visit our YouTube channel to watch the full series and come and discover your potential. At HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) we are committed to creating a great place to work for all our colleagues; an inclusive and respectful environment that reflects the diversity of the society we serve. We want to maximise the potential of everyone who chooses to work for us, and we offer a range of flexible working patterns and support to make a fulfilling career at HMRC accessible to you. Diverse perspectives and experiences are critical to our success, and we welcome applications from all people from all backgrounds with the experience and skills needed to perform this role. HMRC is one of the UK's largest government departments and one of the country's biggest organisations. Almost every individual and business in the country is a direct customer of HMRC. We collect more than £500 billion a year in revenue from over 50 million customers across the UK. This is an exciting time to join HMRC as we continue our journey to become one of the most digitally advanced tax authorities in the world. To achieve our ambition, we are investing in ground-breaking initiatives and programmes to transform our tax systems, building a dynamic organisation with a culture that focuses on, and significantly invests in, the continual development of our people. At UBS People, Process & Technology (PPT), we update, manage and continually improve many key products to enable colleagues to focus on work that matters. As a member of the team, you'll design and shape user‑centred software that simplifies HR, finance and procurement services across the Unity platform, adding more automation into many of our existing processes, integrating system complexities, and improving user experiences at scale. If you're motivated by evidence‑led, agile delivery and want to use low code no code ways of working to make a real difference for public service, then a PPT Frontend developer role could be the ideal for you. Job description As a Senior Frontend Developer, you will design, build, and improve user facing platform services to meet user needs and government standards. You will provide hands-on technical leadership, help set frontend direction and design, and ensure services are accessible, secure, and performant. We are seeking a skilled Frontend low code no code developer to help design and deliver high-quality, enterprise-level solutions. In this role, you will collaborate with a diverse range of stakeholders - including user researchers, product managers, designers, business analysts, delivery managers, and solution architects - to improve corporate services through innovative, modern technology solutions. You will contribute to platform enhancements, vendor led updates, and continuous improvement across a wide range of enterprise applications and tools, supporting our commitment to delivering better services and fostering ongoing learning and development led updates, and continuous improvement across a wide range of enterprise Platforms & Technologies. The tools and platforms you are likely to work with are mainly, but not limited to: SAP BTP, BDApp, Microsoft Power Platform (Power Apps, Power Automate, Power BI, Power Virtual Agents). Person specification As a Senior Frontend Developer. Design, build, maintain, and document high-quality low code/no code and solutions in line with best practice and internal standards. Design, develop, test, and maintain complex frontend applications using modern web technologies and progressive enhancement principles. Support clear articulation of user needs vs business needs, balancing user accessibility, performance and long-term maintainability. Set, uphold, and promote code quality standards and WCAG through peer review, testing, documentation, and quality assurance activities. Provide technical and non-technical knowledge share dependent on audience visualising prototypes to other frontend developers and business colleagues. Collaborate with designers, user researchers, product managers, and other delivery roles to translate user needs and user stories into effective technical solutions. Contribute to communities of practice and continuous improvement across platforms, tools, and delivery approaches. Ensure product security, data confidentiality, and integrity, proactively identifying and escalating risks where appropriate. Skills & Experience: Strong analytical and problem-solving skills. Broad knowledge of enterprise technologies including cloud hosting, systems integration, and source control. Understanding of relational database (e.g. MS SQL, Dataverse). Working knowledge of APIs, integration patterns, and cloud environments. Experience of mentoring, coaching or leading other developers. Familiarity and ability to upskill with modern tools, development techniques, and delivery practices. Strong attention to detail and continuous improvement mindset. Understanding of common security issues and mitigation strategies. Effective communication and collaboration with both technical and non-technical stakeholders. Essential Criteria: Experience developing and deploying enterprise low code solutions using Microsoft Power Platform. An understanding of developing through Power Automate, SQL and C# Basic training and knowledge of SAP BTP low code solutioning Desirable Criteria: Knowledge of developer languages including but not limited to; VB.NET, Java, Python, Ruby, HTML, JSON, XML, and XAML Familiarity with Microsoft 365 ecosystem including SharePoint, OneDrive, and Excel. Transitional Sites For more information on where you might be working, review this information on our locations. If your location preference is for one of the following sites, it's important to note that these are not long-term sites for HMRC and we will require you to move to a new building in the future, subject to our location strategy and the applicable employee policies at that time. These sites are: • Managing a Quality Service, • Changing and Improving, • Pension - We make contributions to our colleagues' Alpha pension equal to at least 28.97% of their salary., • Family friendly policies., • Personal support., • A name-blind CV including your job history., • UK nationals, • nationals of the Republic of Ireland, • nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK, • nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window), • nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS), • individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020