Lead Front end developer

Randstad is a global leader in the HR services industry and the largest recruitment agency in the world. By combining our passion for people with the power of today’s intelligent machines, we support people and organizations in realizing their true potential.

The front-end developer (lead) is part of the Orbit core team and is the single point of contact for all related front-end activities. On a daily basis, you make sure that all the front-end activities are being done properly and you develop components yourself as well. Together with other parties, you are involved in decision making when it comes to the overall architecture and direction of the design system code.

Orbit is the Global Design System of Randstad. Their vision is to have a consistent brand experience on all digital products, for any brand. Their mission is to enable teams to create better digital products, more consistently and efficiently. They do this by giving access to a single source of truth in design & code. They mainly focus on the global central platform (e.g. https://randstad.co.uk). This website is being built with Orbit. Take a look at what it is: https://randstad.design/

The team

• We work with an international team, with different time zones
• A dedicated team for the design system with a Product Owner and Developers
• We closely work with the feature teams in Global and the Netherlands
• Currently Dutch speaking design system team
• Single point of contact for all front-end operations within the design system team
• Responsible for the overall architecture of the Orbit Design System, including multi-theme.
• Responsible for making releases every sprint (bi-weekly) (repository version and NPM package)
• Responsible for the development and improvement of components
• Translating design requests into front-end solutions and advising the design team on & code governance

The candidate will at least need to have experience with:

• A strong feeling for the styling part of the front-end, rather than the functional/technical part.
• Experienced in the following languages: SCSS, HTML, nunjucks, gulp, nodeJS, and (vanilla) Javascript
• Experienced in GIT version control
• Familiar with visual regression testing (backstopJS, cypress snapshots)  
• Familiar with an agile way of working, SCRUM.

Skills and competencies the candidate will need are:

• Dutch speaking
• Excellent organizational and leadership abilities.
• Highly analytical mindset, with an ability to see both the big picture and the details.
• Strong communication and presentation skills

*Start date December 1st, 2020

*Assignment till June 1st, 2021 with an option to extend

*Hours a week: 32/40