Junior Front End Developer

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When you join Capgemini, you don't just start a new job, you become something bigger.

Capgemini's purpose is to "unleash human energy through technology for an inclusive and sustainable future". Established in 1967 and now headquartered in Paris, we have become one of the largest technology consulting firms providing services to government, the environment, retail, health, manufacturing and aerospace. We live by our brand values: honesty, boldness, trust, freedom, fun, modesty and team spirit.

Group IT delivers a comprehensive portfolio of technology services to the entire Capgemini Group. We look after more than 340,000 employees in countries and continents across the world, around the clock. We work with a wide variety of business lines, each requiring specific IT solutions and support. With people from a diverse range of cultures, all collaborating to achieve a common set of goals.
The global User Experience team's mission is to make IT simple. We do this by focusing on the end-user with the aim of making their lives easier and more productive through outstanding UX and automation. We run monthly UX meetups for the whole company and host an annual conference.

Job Description

At Capgemini, we are in need to create and develop a new design system to be at the forefront of our brand identity. Our mission is to create a user-friendly and powerful conversational design system to be connected to a wide array of digital products within our ecosystem.

We are looking for a front-end developer who has a deep understanding of Atomic Design Principles (or similar design methodologies) for creating reusable UI components. Knowledgeable skills in making components accessible, including using tools like Storybook's Accessibility Add-on.
The assignment relates to building and updating our new design system in Storybook to support all digital products within our ecosystem. You will be responsible for Storybook and work closely with other front-end developers and UX designers who will provide you with designs in Figma, including variants and tokens to support light- and dark modes etc. You will also work closely with other teams outside our UX Tower to ensure a smooth handover and alignment on technical requirements.

The front-end developers role is crucial in building an intuitive conversational interface where solutions for tackling cohesive brands are central. From creating animations, loaders, and spinners to progressively rendering the output, the engineer's solutions will make a huge impact.

Your responsibilities

• Collaborate with UX designers to implement designs provided in Figma, ensuring variants and tokens support both light and dark modes.
• Implement intuitive components such as buttons, colors, typography, animations, loaders, and spinners to enhance user experience during latency periods.
• Optimize application for maximum speed and scalability.
• Write clean, maintainable, and efficient code while following best practices and industry standards.
• Testing built components to be accessible and compliant with the ecosystem.
• Troubleshoot and debug issues, providing timely resolutions to technical challenges.
• Stay updated with the latest trends and advancements in front-end development.
• Maintain a mindset of continuous learning and adaptation, staying updated with the latest trends and advancements in technology.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of proven experience as a front-end developer with expertise in Angular and similar frameworks.
• Strong understanding of HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.
• Experience with Figma (dev mode) for implementing UI designs (ability to translate designs into functional code).
• Proficiency in JavaScript and/or TypeScript, as Storybook is built for frontend frameworks.
• Experience with HTML, CSS, and preprocessors like SCSS/SASS.
• Familiarity with libraries like Material UI, Chakra UI, or Bootstrap, which you might use alongside Storybook.

• Experience with unit testing and visual regression testing using tools like: Jest, Testing Library, or Cypress for behavior tests.
• Ability to work collaboratively in a team environment and communicate effectively with cross-functional teams.
• Understanding of security best practices in web development.
• Commitment to continuous learning and staying updated with emerging technologies and trends.

We look forward hearing from you.

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Capgemini is a global business and technology transformation partner, helping organizations to accelerate their dual transition to a digital and sustainable world, while creating tangible impact for enterprises and society. It is a responsible and diverse group of 340,000 team members in more than 50 countries. With its strong over 55-year heritage, Capgemini is trusted by its clients to unlock the value of technology to address the entire breadth of their business needs. It delivers end-to-end services and solutions leveraging strengths from strategy and design to engineering, all fuelled by its market leading capabilities in AI, cloud and data, combined with its deep industry expertise and partner ecosystem. The Group reported 2023 global revenues of €22.5 billion.