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Lead Frontend EngineerPermanentOffice location: 200 Grays Inn Road/ very flexible Home Office optionsWhy you should join usWe connect with millions of people every day, make content they can't get enough of and reflect and shape the world we live in and we do all this through the power of creativity.We will be a digitally led entertainment and media company that creates and brings brilliant content to audiences, wherever, whenever and however they choose.This role entailsYoull be kick-starting a cloud project from scratch including establishing the quality and engineering practices, building and leading the team comprising internal and external members from our technology partner, and helping us shape a supportive, learning, inclusive engineering culture. You will work in the following areas:Process and cultureHelp design and implement quality and cross-functional software development processes and have a role in defining and enabling a good engineering cultureRecruitment and line managementRecruit and on-board front end engineers in the teamLine manage team members both internal and external from our near-shore partnersSoftware engineering and devopsLead and contribute to software design and implementation and lead software optimisation effortsDefine and follow software standards and processes from peer code reviews to coding standardsFollow best DevOps and DevSecOps practices, to ensure successful delivery, observability, operation and security of software in productionWork with test and operations teams to troubleshoot and resolve issues. Write unit and automated functional testsTo be considered for this opportunity you will need to demonstrate the following skills:Minimum role criteria:Stack: JavaScript, React Native, Node.js, GraphQLSSO solutions such as Cognito, OktaKnowledge and experience of agile/lean processes and methodologiesCI/CD pipelines, e.g. CircleCI,Security tools, e.g. Snyk,Quality, metrics and reporting toolsITV strongly encourages applications for this role from candidates with a disability and as a Disability Confident Leader if you meet the minimum criteria for a role and you have declared that you have a disability, well guarantee youll get to the next stage*.(minimum criteria above)The Key role criteria is as follows:Experience of TDD and BDD with Cucumber and GherkinWorked with source control systems such as Github and flows such as Github FlowKnowledge of the UK broadcast industry & broadcast/OTT advertising marketKnowledge of digital marketing and advertising industryTechnical skills:AWSTest automation tools such as SeleniumTypeScriptWe're happy to discuss any support/personalisation you may need during our application process as part of our reasonable adjustments approach. So we encourage you to get in touch with us if you require anything.