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
ITV is for everyone.
ITV strongly encourages applications for this role from disabled people. As a Disability Confident Leader, if you meet the minimum criteria for a role and you have declared that you are disabled, we'll guarantee to take you to the next stage* (minimum criteria above).
We're happy to discuss any support/personalisation you may need during our application and selection process as part of our reasonable adjustments. Drop us a line if you require anything at talkingcareers@itv.com.
Find out more about applying with a disability.
* There may be a few exceptions where we are not able to take all eligible candidates to the next stage due to the volume of applications.
Because those who make an impact deserve to be rewarded for it.
ITV offers some great rewards and benefits including
- Flexible working with a range of options to suit everyone
- Generous holiday allowance, plus you can buy more
- Annual bonus opportunity
- Competitive pension contribution
- Save as you earn - with an opportunity to buy ITV shares
- Wellbeing and volunteering days plus a wide range of opportunities to help you live a balanced and healthy life