Front End Developer

Front End Developer - Design System

Location: UK-based, with some travel to Taunton
Contract Type: Permanent, Full-Time
Salary: £60,000 - £65,000 per annum, plus benefits
Security Clearance: BPSS required
Start Date: ASAP

The Role

We're looking for a Front End Developer who specialises in design systems to help build, maintain and drive adoption of a government design system. You'll create accessible, reusable components that teams across the programme can rely on, and you'll support their rollout through documentation, communication and hands‑on adoption help.

This is a Front End specialist role. We want someone who has built or maintained component libraries and cares about accessibility, performance and developer experience

What You'll Be Doing

• Build and maintain a government-standard component library and design system.

• Audit and remediate components to WCAG 2.2 AA.

• Develop Front End components in the design system's existing stack, packaged and versioned for reuse.

• Work with designers using Figma (including Dev Mode and Figma Make) to turn designs into production components.

• Support change, communications and adoption activity for design system rollout across delivery teams.

• Write and maintain automated tests, with component testing through Storybook and Chromatic.

• Maintain automated build, test and deployment pipelines using Azure DevOps and YAML.

• Maintain documentation sites and release notes, including migration guides for breaking changes.

What We're Looking For

Essential:

• Proven experience building or maintaining government design systems or component libraries, not just consuming them.

• Strong experience auditing and remediating to WCAG 2.2 AA, including the tools and methods you use.

• Strong Front End skills in JavaScript, TypeScript, HTML and CSS, with React and/or Angular.

• Experience with Figma Dev Mode/Figma Make.

• Experience supporting change, communications and adoption for a design system or similar shared product.

• Experience writing code that calls APIs.

• Experience with Azure DevOps and YAML pipelines.

• Experience writing test scripts and building automated build and test pipelines.

• Fluent English and clear written and verbal communication.

• Experience with DAST tooling.

Desirable:

• Web components, Storybook and npm packaging.

• Theming and re-skinning components, including design tokens and CSS architecture.

• Responsive design across desktop, tablet and mobile.

• Semantic versioning, with breaking-change and migration guidance.

• Performance optimisation for low-bandwidth users, including asset and icon-set optimisation.

• Experience building documentation sites.

Why Join Scrumconnect Ltd?

At Scrumconnect, we are more than just a consultancy. We are a collaborative team focused on delivering impactful digital transformation services across government and enterprise organisations.

As part of our team, you will benefit from:

• Exposure to major public sector digital transformation programmes.

• A collaborative and inclusive working culture.

• Hands‑on experience working within agile delivery environments.

Scrumconnect Ltd is committed to creating an inclusive workplace and welcomes applications from individuals of all backgrounds and experiences.