Contract Full-Stack JavaScript Developer - React & Node

Contract Node.js & React Engineer
6 month contract (extensions likely)
£400 per day - Inside IR35
60% Hybrid - Newcastle, London, Leeds or Blackpool

Opus is working with a leading consultancy delivering high impact services for a UK Government department.
We're looking for a Node.js & React Engineer with Nunjucks experience to help build and evolve accessible, high volume digital systems.

What You'll Be Doing

• Building user facing features using React & TypeScript
• Developing Server Side functionality with Node.js
• Working with Nunjucks templating for government service patterns
• Supporting high traffic, transactional systems
• Writing clean, test driven code (TDD/Jest)
• Improving CI/CD pipelines and development automation
• Contributing to ever greening and modernisation
• Ensuring WCAG compliant accessibility
• Collaborating across multiple agile delivery teams

Required Experience

• Strong JavaScript experience (Front End & Back End)
• React with modern Front End practices
• Node.js
• Nunjucks templating experience
• TypeScript
• TDD and automated testing
• CI/CD tooling (GitLab CI, Jenkins or GitHub Actions)
• Experience delivering large scale digital services

Nice to Have

• CASA or GOV.UK Design System experience
• SQL/NoSQL databases
• Redis or similar caching tools
• API & microservices integration
• Cloud platforms (AWS or Azure)
• Docker/containerisation exposure
• SC eligibility (not mandatory)

Apply now or get in touch to discuss suitability and team fit.