Here's what you'll be doing
npower Business Solutions (nBS), E.ON Industrial & Commercial (I&C), part of E.ON UK, is one of the largest suppliers of energy in the UK, currently serving over 22,000 customers and around 250,000 meter points.
nBS have their own website, in addition to multiple digital applications, all of which are managed from a front-end perspective by the Digital Team within the Marketing department. The ambition is to create one overall best-in-class digital experience for customers.
The Front-End Developer will play a crucial role in shaping the digital experience of nBS customers alongside the UX Lead. The primary focus will be on developing engaging and intuitive user interfaces, based on UX best-practice, ensuring they are both aesthetically pleasing and functionally robust. This position is suited for someone with a strong background in front-end technologies, a keen eye for design, and a passion for creating user-centric applications.
Responsibilities:
• Develop and maintain front-end for web and mobile apps, collaborating with back-end developers for seamless integration.
• Translate UX designs into innovative, responsive user interfaces, emphasizing adherence to best practices.
• Contribute to full software development lifecycle, prioritizing front-end design and development.
• Ensure best practices in front-end development, emphasizing performance and cross-browser compatibility.
• Actively participate in development processes, including planning, reviews, and continuous improvement cycles.
• Engage in constructive code reviews and share knowledge with the team.
• Proactively identify UI/UX technology trends and suggest improvements to the business.
What we need from you
- Responsible for creating and maintaining high-performance websites and web applications
- Collaborates with UX Lead to create innovative and user-friendly interfaces
- Implements responsive design and ensures compatibility across devices
- Maintains bug-free code through peer code reviews
- Integrates APIs and contributes to technical development roadmap
- Ensures timely project delivery, version control, and adherence to best practices
- Prioritizes user experience and design aesthetics
- Translates visuals into web templates
- Challenges the status quo and stays updated with frontend technologies and trends
- Possesses excellent communication skills and engages stakeholders effectively
- Collaborates seamlessly with UX Lead, Marketing Team, and third-party agencies
- Demonstrates strong problem-solving abilities and approaches design and development meticulously
- Troubleshoots and develops solutions for complex technical and creative challenges
- Previous experience as a Front-End Developer
- Technical skills: HTML, CSS/SCSS, Typescript, JavaScript, REST APIs, GitHub, QA, Testing (Cypress/Jest), React, Frameworks (Next JS/Remix JS), State management libraries (Redux/Zustand), Headless CMS, Databases (Redis, Mongo, MySQL), Creating and maintaining scalable and reusable JS/CSS component libraries, Experienced with version control tools
Here’s what you need to know
Our market-leading benefits package includes 26 days holiday + bank holidays, a generous pension scheme, life cover, bonus and the chance to choose from 20 flexible benefits with tax and/or NI savings. In fact, our benefits package recently won the Personnel Today Reward, Recognition and Benefits Award 2022!
As the only energy company to feature in The Inclusive Top 50 UK Employers (our 2022/23 ranking is 15th) we’ve proven that we’re committed to equal opportunities and actively promote a diverse and inclusive working environment, and fairness for everyone.
We realise the best people bring their energy at different times, so we’re happy to talk flexible working and offer a range of flexible working options, including full time, part time and job share.
As a Disability Confident Employer we interview every disabled applicant who meet the minimum criteria for the role.
We’ve exciting opportunities for everyone to develop their talent at E.ON. Our open access, inclusive talent networks provide networking, learning and development for all, building your skills, qualifications, and capabilities throughout your career.