Front End Developer - Vue.js

Leicester, England, United Kingdom

7/24/2025

Introduction

At IBM CIC, we deliver deep technical and industry expertise to a wide range of public and private sector clients in the UK.

A career in IBM CIC means you’ll have the opportunity to work with visionaries across multiple industries to improve the hybrid cloud and AI journey for the most innovative and valuable companies in the world. Your ability to accelerate impact and make meaningful change for your clients is enabled by our strategic partner ecosystem and our robust technology platforms across the IBM portfolio.

Curiosity and a constant quest for knowledge serve as the foundation to success here. You’ll be encouraged to challenge the norm, investigate ideas outside of your role, and come up with creative solutions which impact a wide network of clients, whom may be at their site or one of our CIC or IBM locations. Our culture of evolution centres on long-term career growth and development opportunities in an environment that embraces your unique skills and experience.

We Offer

• Many training opportunities from classroom to e-learning, mentoring and coaching programs and the chance to gain industry recognized certifications
• Regular and frequent promotion opportunities to ensure you can drive and develop your career with us
• Feedback and checkpoints throughout the year
• Diversity & Inclusion as an essential and authentic component of our culture through our policies and process as well as our Employee Champion teams and support networks
• A culture where your ideas for growth and innovation are always welcome
• Internal recognition programs for peer-to-peer appreciation as well as from manager to employees
• Tools and policies to support your work-life balance from flexible working approaches, sabbatical programs, paid paternity leave, maternity leave and an innovative maternity returners scheme
• More traditional benefits, such as 25 days holiday (in addition to public holidays), online shopping discounts, an Employee Assistance Program, a group personal pension plan of an additional 5% of your base salary paid by us monthly to save for your future.
  
  

Your Role And Responsibilities

We are seeking a dynamic and creative Front End Experience Application Developer to join our innovative team. As part of this role, you will be responsible for transforming visually stunning designs into fully functional, responsive web and mobile applications. By utilising cutting-edge technologies like CSS3, HTML5, JavaScript and associated libraries and frameworks, you'll be at the forefront of crafting intuitive user interfaces and seamless interactions. Your expertise will ensure our digital experiences are not only visually appealing but also technically robust and user-centric.

If you are a passionate front-end developer with a knack for creating high-quality, user-friendly web applications, and you want to work with one of the world's leading technology companies, we'd love to hear from you. Join us at IBM and help shape the future of technology!

Responsibilities

• Translate UI/UX designs into high-quality code, ensuring cross-browser compatibility and responsive design principles
• Collaborate with UX designers, back-end developers, and other team members to establish application functionality
• Develop application prototypes and conduct rigorous testing to identify and rectify usability issues
• Stay updated with the latest trends and advancements in front-end technologies and apply them to enhance application performance
• Maintain clean, efficient code and documentation for future reference and collaboration
• As the senior developer in a development team, mentor junior/graduate level developers on both technical and consulting skills.
  
  

Preferred Education

Bachelor's Degree

Required Technical And Professional Expertise

• Develop and implement new features using Vue.js framework, ensuring they align with our responsive design principles.
• Design and maintain scalable, reusable, and efficient frontend code.
• Collaborate with the backend team to integrate your frontend components with server-side logic.
• Ensure cross-browser compatibility and performance optimization.
• Implement design mockups and wireframes into functional, interactive HTML/CSS/JavaScript interfaces.
• Work on cloud platform integration, especially Azure, for hosting and scaling applications.
• Utilize design patterns and adhere to SOLID principles in all coding tasks.
• Contribute to continuous improvement of development workflows and team best practices.
  
  

As an equal opportunities’ employer, we welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds. However, for you to be eligible for this role, you must have the valid right to work in the UK. Unfortunately, we do not offer visa sponsorship and have no future plans to do so. You must be a resident in the UK and have been living continuously in the UK for the last 5 years. You must be able to hold or gain a UK government security clearance.

Preferred Technical And Professional Experience

• Proven experience in frontend development with a strong portfolio showcasing projects in Vue.js.
• Proficient understanding of HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, including modern ES6 syntax.
• Experience with Node.js and its ecosystem, especially for building APIs or managing frontend workflows.
• Familiarity with version control systems, preferably Git.
• Understanding of RESTful services and APIs.
• Experience with cloud platforms, particularly Microsoft Azure, is highly desirable.
• Knowledge of design patterns and adherence to SOLID principles.
• Experience working within the public sector or healthcare industry is beneficial but not required.
  
  

Desirable Certifications List

• Vue.js Certification
• Microsoft Certified: Azure Developer Associate
• JavaScript Institute's Certified Expert in JavaScript
• Certified Professional in Web Design
• HTML5 & CSS3 Certification
• Node.js Certification
• Responsive Web Design Certification