Javascript Engineer

Job description

Javascript Developer
Manchester

Are you a solid Javascript developer looking for something new? Do you want to work in a collaborative, Agile environment at the fore front of tech? Want to redefine the future of finance? The Channels Engineering team would love to hear from you. As part of the team in Manchester city center, you'll be working on creating the ultimate in online banking customer interaction. Want to get involved?

What will you be doing?

• Working as an E2E Javascript Engineer in order to create a groundbreaking Front End experience for our customers
• Working within a CI/CD environment using the latest tools and technologies
• Assisting with our push towards a fully Agile environment within our uniquely collaborative development environment
• Be a champion innovation by recognising newly arising opportunities for improving customer satisfaction, achieving technical excellence and improving the delivery of a software product.
• Managing business requirements to understand how system requirements fit within overall business solution
• Challenging any requirements that are incomplete or do not provide sufficient clarity to support effective software development.
• Managing requirements to understand how both functional and non-functional aspects (e.g. capacity, availability, response times, etc.) need to be met.
• Strong experience in explaining, advocating and expressing facts and ideas in a variety of settings orally, in presentations and in writing.
• Providing succinct details in written format and verbally to Stakeholders

What we're looking for:

• Strong experience in Javascript (preferably ES6)
• Experience or great understanding of modern frameworks including React / VueJS
• Some experience building large scale web applications and progressive web apps.
• Exposure to automation testing tools such as Jest, Karma, Mocha, Chai, Enzyme, Nightwatch (or if you're really on the money tell us what you know about Cypress)

Skills that will help you in the role:

• Knowledge or experience of Build Tools, including; Grunt, Gulp, npm, babel, webpack
• Development experience with React Native
• Ionic and Browserstack

Where will you be working?

Barclays Digital, Manchester: Where the best meet to build careers full of scope, variety and reward. Creating the technical solutions that meet today's demands, answer tomorrow's questions, and redefines the future of finance. Our Digital office is based in the heart of Spinningfields: we're close by to shops, restaurants, bars; as well as having good transport links to towns and cities across the North West.

Interested and want to know more about Barclays? Visit home.barclays/who-we-are/ for more details.

Our Values

Everything we do is shaped by the five values of Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence and Stewardship. Our values inform the foundations of our relationships with customers and clients, but they also shape how we measure and reward the performance of our colleagues. Simply put, success is not just about what you achieve, but about how you achieve it.

Our Diversity

We aim to foster a culture where individuals of all backgrounds feel confident in bringing their whole selves to work, feel included and their talents are nurtured, empowering them to contribute fully to our vision and goals.

Our Benefits

Our customers are unique. The same goes for our colleagues. That's why at Barclays we offer a range of benefits, allowing every colleague to choose the best options for their personal circumstances. These include a competitive salary and pension, health care and all the tools, technology and support to help you become the very best you can be. We are proud of our dynamic working options for colleagues. If you have a need for flexibility then please discuss