Senior Front-End Developer

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Full time
Location: City of London
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Category: IT & Technology
Starr Insurance Companies is a leading insurance and investment organization, providing commercial property and casualty insurance, including travel and accident coverage, to almost every imaginable business and industry in virtually every part of the world.

Cornelius Vander Starr established his first insurance company in Shanghai, China in 1919. Today, we are one of the world’s fastest growing insurance organizations, capable of writing in 128 countries on 6 continents. Roles & Responsibilities Form strong business relationships with Business Systems Analysts to understand technical requirements and how they translate into application features. Liaise with Solution Architects to design system solutions that meet business requirements. Write high-quality source code, adopting test driven development, to develop application features. Independently and proactively troubleshoot, research and resolve challenging problems. Ensure all code changes are unit tested before being passed on to Code Review / QA Testing. Adhere to development team’s coding standards, procedures and best practices. Author technical documents / handbooks that accurately represent the application architecture. Evaluate existing application architecture to identify components which may require re-coding and/or updating with the aim of reducing technical debt. Estimate, prioritise, plan and coordinate development activities. Ensure timely completion of project milestones with help from the Software Development Lead, identify scope creep, anticipate bottlenecks and escalate as appropriate. Experience Commercial experience with Angular 2+ including Angular Routing and Modules Experience with JavaScript / TypeScript. Experience with HTML5, CSS3 & Saas or SCSS. Experience with State Management libraries such as NgRx Experience with Jasmine, Karma or Jest Strong understanding of RESTful APIs and asynchronous requests, Ability to use version control software such as GIT. Working knowledge of C#, SQL Server and an understanding of Blazor (nice-to-have). Experience in coaching and mentioring junior front-end developers. Experience with all areas of the Software Development Lifecycle. Experience with Scrum/Agile development methodologies and comfortable working in both Agile and Waterfall environments. Skills Strong technical understanding of Microsoft Azure cloud development stack and Asure DevOps tool for work prioritisaiton, code management, continuous integration and delivery. Excellent communication skills: verbal and written; Pro-active, self-organiser who can plan detail of work to be undertaken and act to ensure it happens. Keen eye for detail, ability to scrutinise, think critically, and ask the right questions. Innovative mind-set with rigorous standards of quality; Problem analysis – identify root cause of issues and what impact this has on the systems / data. Starr is an equal opportunity employer, which means we'll consider all suitably qualified applicants regardless of gender identity or expression, ethnic origin, nationality, religion or beliefs, age, sexual orientation, disability status or any other protected characteristic. We recruit and develop our people based on merit and we're committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We offer first class training and development opportunities to all employees. Our aim is to grow our own talent and bring out the best in people.

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