Senior Front-End Developer
ZDS Recruit
About the Opportunity
Our client, a growing digital transformation and technology consulting business, is looking to appoint a Senior Front-End Developer to join their team and help deliver high-quality, enterprise-grade digital solutions for clients operating in the financial services and regulated industries space.
This is an exciting opportunity for a strong front-end developer with solid Salesforce Experience Cloud and Lightning Web Components (LWC) experience, combined with exposure to modern JavaScript frameworks and a passion for building secure, scalable, customer-facing applications.
The successful candidate will play a key role in designing, building and optimising front-end applications used in high-impact environments where usability, performance, security and data accuracy are critical.
The Role
As the Senior Front-End Developer, you will work closely with architects, stakeholders and delivery teams to design and build sophisticated front-end solutions that are scalable, maintainable and aligned to enterprise best practice.
You will contribute across the full front-end delivery lifecycle - from technical design and development through to optimisation, troubleshooting, collaboration and mentoring.
This role will suit someone who is technically strong, detail-oriented, comfortable operating in a consulting or enterprise delivery environment, and able to balance hands-on development with collaboration and technical leadership.
Key Responsibilities
Your responsibilities will include, but will not be limited to:
- Designing and developing sophisticated front-end solutions using Lightning Web Components (LWC) and modern web technologies
- Building and enhancing responsive, enterprise-level front-end applications
- Developing clean, maintainable and well-documented code in line with coding standards and best practice
- Collaborating with solution architects, UX/UI teams and business stakeholders to deliver scalable and intuitive digital experiences
- Optimising applications for performance, speed, usability and scalability
- Implementing accessible and user-friendly interfaces aligned to modern web standards
- Troubleshooting, debugging and resolving complex front-end issues
- Performing code reviews and contributing to quality assurance and technical best practice
- Participating in Agile ceremonies and contributing to technical planning and estimation
- Mentoring junior developers and supporting knowledge sharing across the team
- Championing front-end best practice across development, testing, accessibility and security
Minimum Requirements
To be considered for this role, you should meet the following core requirements:
- 5+ years’ professional front-end development experience
- Strong experience building complex, enterprise-level web applications
- Solid experience with Salesforce Experience Cloud
- Strong hands-on development experience with Lightning Web Components (LWC)
- Advanced working knowledge of:
- JavaScript / ES6+
- HTML5
- CSS3 / SASS / LESS
- React.js or Angular
- Git / version control
- Strong understanding of:
- Salesforce Lightning Design System (SLDS)
- Salesforce Lightning Component Framework
- Responsive design principles
- Cross-browser compatibility and debugging
- Web accessibility standards (WCAG)
- Agile delivery methodologies
- Web security best practice
- Proven ability to build customer-facing solutions in a structured, quality-driven development environment
- Strong communication skills and the ability to collaborate effectively with technical and non-technical stakeholders
Highly Advantageous Experience
The following experience will be highly beneficial:
- Experience building secure customer-facing portals in regulated industries
- Exposure to financial services platforms, banking, wealth, insurance or similarly regulated environments
- Understanding of data privacy, secure sessions, PII handling and compliance-driven UI/UX
- Experience working on applications where data accuracy, security and auditability are critical
- Exposure to modern front-end tooling and frameworks such as:
- TypeScript
- Redux
- Jest / testing frameworks
- Node.js
- Webpack
- CI/CD pipelines
- Salesforce DX
- Broader experience with frameworks such as Vue.js or Next.js
- OOP / server-side exposure in technologies such as Java, C# or PHP
- Relational database knowledge
- Salesforce certifications such as:
- Salesforce Platform Developer I / II
- Salesforce JavaScript Developer I
What’s on Offer
This is a great opportunity to join a business delivering meaningful digital transformation work for established clients in the financial services and enterprise space.
You’ll have the opportunity to:
- Work on enterprise-grade, customer-facing digital platforms
- Build solutions in environments where quality, security and user experience matter
- Deepen your exposure to Salesforce Experience Cloud, LWC, and modern front-end delivery
- Work alongside strong architects, delivery professionals and technical stakeholders
- Contribute beyond coding by helping shape quality, standards and front-end best practice
- Grow your technical leadership capability while mentoring others and contributing to team success
Location / Working Model
- Johannesburg or Cape Town
- Hybrid working model
Package
- R30 000 – R40 000 CTC
To Apply
If you are a skilled front-end developer with strong Salesforce front-end capability and would like to explore this opportunity further, please apply online or send your CV to ***email_hidden***