Contract Front End Developer – Edinburgh

A contract position for a senior front end developer in Edinburgh involves designing and building single-page applications using React, TypeScript, and modern build tools, with a focus on performance, accessibility, and usability. The role requires integrating real-time data streams and AI features via WebSockets and SDKs, alongside implementing secure authentication workflows. Responsibilities include optimising application performance through techniques like code splitting and lazy loading, deploying with Docker, CI/CD pipelines, and AWS cloud services, and ensuring high-quality standards through testing and accessibility compliance. Collaboration with diverse teams such as AI, backend, product, and design is essential to delivering polished frontend experiences. Candidates should have extensive experience with React, TypeScript, modern build environments, and real-time application development, with a collaborative outlook and a keen eye for secure, efficient, and scalable code. Familiarity with DevOps practices and modern state management tools is advantageous, as is active security clearance and experience with advanced platforms.