Senior Front End Developer

Senior Front End Engineer

Studio Technology

Permanent | Full Time

Office location: White City, London | Hybrid

Hiring range: £70,000 - £80,000

Your work matters to millions.

Shaping culture is in the DNA of ITV. So, it’s not surprising that you’ll find us in every home in the UK, our productions are famous all over the world and we’re at the forefront of the digital streaming revolution. 

When you join us, you enter a fun working environment. With opportunities to learn, to grow and make a real difference. Small enough that your impact’s felt in the business, but big enough that your impact reaches millions of people. 

Come develop your skills, change TV and the course of your career. Don’t just watch it. Be part of it. Join ITV.

Your impact sends ripples.

The team

We’re global and local, producing in 13 countries across 60+ labels in the UK, US, Australia, France, Germany, The Nordics, Italy and more. Together with creators, producers, global networks and streamers, we’re behind the scenes of some of the greatest genres. Bringing thousands of hours of entertainment to everyone everywhere.

The role

We are currently looking for a Senior Front Eng Engineer to join ITV’s Studio Technology team.

The role will entail but not be limited to:

Provide technical leadership to front-end developers in Studio’s Innovation. 

Work with Product Owner, UX/UI designers and backend developers to translate requirements and product features into manageable components/tasks, estimate timings and resources, suggest solutions and identify possible risks

Specify, design and implement components that are efficient, reusable, accessible and well abstracted.

Build comprehensive unit, integration and functional test coverage using automated test-driven techniques to ensure code quality.

Collaborate with UX/UI Designers to review and understand wireframes and prototypes

Collaborate with the cross-functional teams on refining the process, defining acceptance criteria and participating in retros

Learn new technologies and keep abreast of existing technologies and be able to apply these to a variety of projects as applicable.

Contribute towards best practices for application development.

Contribute to in-house coding style and style guide

Skills you’ll need (minimum criteria)

Excellent JavaScript – Both bespoke authored and use of 3rd party libraries

React

Experience with React features such as Context, Lazy, Memo and hooks

Modern frontend tooling (npm / yarn, Webpack / Create React App, Babel, PostCSS, esLint)

Experience mentoring more junior engineers

Other things we’re looking for (key criteria)

TypeScript in React

ReactQuery

Experience in Line Management or Coaching