Overview
We are seeking a Senior Front End Developer to join a financial services organization's digital transformation initiative on a six-month, fully remote contract. The successful contractor will play a key role in building a modern customer portal using Next.js, React, TypeScript, and JavaScript, collaborating closely with internal teams to shape technical decisions and ensure a secure application framework.
Responsibilities
- Design, develop and maintain a customer-facing portal using Next.js, React and TypeScript.
- Help define the front-end architecture and make considered contributions to technical decisions, coding practices and development standards.
- Build reliable integrations between the new application and existing legacy systems through secure APIs.
- Implement appropriate authentication and authorisation measures, applying security best practices throughout the development lifecycle.
- Work collaboratively with internal developers and relevant technical stakeholders to deliver a well-structured, maintainable application.
- Document key technical decisions and implementation details so the solution can be supported and developed effectively.
- Establish a strong foundation for the application as it progresses towards production.
Requirements
- Strong commercial experience developing applications with Next.js, React, TypeScript and JavaScript.
- Track record of building greenfield applications from initial development through to production.
- Experience designing or implementing secure API integrations.
- Practical understanding of authentication, authorisation and application security.
- Ability to collaborate with developers and technical stakeholders effectively.
- Experience with Microsoft Azure, .NET, SQL Server, API gateway security or financial services systems is beneficial but not essential.