Front-end developer (UI/design system) – Contract

We’re looking for a frontend developer to help us set the standards for frontend development across the public sector. You’ll work as part of our first digital delivery team, helping the team to research, design and build simple, clean, understandable, inclusive and modern interfaces that meet the needs of the people who use them. 

This is a hands-on role in a multidisciplinary digital delivery team. You’ll help the team test and ship code quickly to users of digital services. This is an opportunity to shape how GovTech delivers technology to its citizens from day one. You’ll be helping people see the value of clean, reusable code. You’ll be pragmatic and understand that moving quickly to win trust and get buy-in from stakeholders is important in this environment.

Prior experience working as part of a multidisciplinary team in a government or similar complex setting is essential. As demonstrated by prior experience, building reusable components and patterns as part of a design system. The ability to coach and inspire others, document and talk about the work you're doing, will be a benefit to successful candidates. 

What you do

• Build modern, responsive, and accessible UIs
• Work with interaction and content designers to implement features that meet user needs
• Help establish frontend coding standards and CI/CD pipelines
• Leave behind clean, documented code for future teams

What you’ll bring

• Experience delivering digital services that are centred on the needs of users
• Proficiency in modern component-based front-end frameworks (React, Vue, etc.)
• Experience in producing code that meets accessibility standards (WCAG)
• Experience in agile, multidisciplinary teams, in a complex environment
• Experience, interest, and opinion about the use of AI in your work and how AI can be used to benefit digital delivery
• Experience working on codebases that support multiple services, aligning to org-wide standards and practices, or with front-end design systems

What you’ll deliver

• Accessible user interfaces that you iterate and improve
• Reusable UI components and design patterns
• Clear developer documentation
• Upskilling and sharing knowledge with other members of the team

Contract details

• Contract role, 3–6 months, 3-4 days a week, with potential to extend
• Day rates are dependent on SFIA experience levels
• Level 4 - Enable: USD $400–600
• Level 5 - Ensure, advise: USD $600–850
• Level 6 - Initiate, influence: USD $850–1200
• Remote-first, with occasional expense-reimbursable in-person sessions in Barbados

Reporting to

Mark Boyce, CEO, GovTech Barbados

Terms of Reference

Terms of Reference for this contract are available on request from recruitment@govtech.bb

Closing date for applications Friday 18th July