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Essential
4 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Experience
Proven and demonstrated experience building robust, cross-browser and cross-device user interfaces.
- Experience
Proven and demonstrated experience in building accessible interfaces that work for as many users as possible, regardless of their needs.
- Experience
Proven and demonstrated experience of using testing frameworks to validate software solutions.
- Skills/Knowledge
Proven and demonstrated experience of modern JavaScript, including libraries and frameworks such as ReactJS, NextJs, Vite, Nuqs
Desirable
1 listedAdditional qualities the employer would prefer.
- Experience
Proven and demonstrated experience working as part of a multi-disciplinary agile delivery team, through all phases of the software development lifecycle.
Job overview
This role qualifies for a 13% per annum recruitment and retention payment on top of the band 7 base salary.
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) is looking for a Senior Front‑End Developer to help design, build and improve the digital services that support the NHS and wider health and care system.
You will be a key contributor within an agile, multidisciplinary engineering team, developing accessible, high‑quality and performant front‑end applications used by millions of users. You will work closely with designers, researchers and back‑end developers, contributing to technical decisions and supporting the development of more junior colleagues.
Please note that this role may not be eligible for sponsorship under the Skilled Worker route. Please refer to the Direct Gov website for further information regarding eligibility.
Please note this vacancy may be closed early if sufficient suitable applications are received so we encourage an early application.
There are 2 fixed term vacancies available - 1 x FTC ending March 2028 and 1 x fixed term maternity-cover ending June 2027
Interviews will take place in-person, in our Manchester office, and will include a technical test as part of the interview process.
Main duties of the job
- Designing and building robust, secure, front end web applications.
- Writing maintainable, and well tested code using modern front end technologies such as React, NextJs, Vite, Nuqs
- Work collaboratively as part of an Agile, multidisciplinary delivery team
- Ensuring services meet accessibility standards (WCAG 2.2 AA) and follow NICE and GDS best practice.
- Participating in code reviews, knowledge sharing and mentoring activities.
- Supporting live services and helping identify and resolve technical issues.
- Working with the wider Engineering Team to prototype, evaluate and integrate emerging technologies such as generative AI into secure, reusable and production ready front end components.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To be considered for this role, you should be able to particularly demonstrate the person specification criteria in the job advert in your application. However, applicants should be able to demonstrate all essential criteria through the entirety of the recruitment process to be considered for the job. Please see job description attached for full list of responsibilities.
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This advert is for Senior Developer with National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) in Manchester, England. It is listed as a Band 7 Developer role. The advertised salary is £49,387 - £56,515 This role qualifies for a 13% per annum R&R Payment. The contract type is 19 months (Fixed term until 31st March 2028). The application deadline is 16 Sep 2026.
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