Location: This role Hybrid based at our Bristol location in UK 2 days per week.
Full Time, Permanent
Role Description
AST Reygar is seeking a Junior Front-End Developer to join our innovative team. Specialising in IoT and big data analytics, we provide remote monitoring systems for the maritime and industrial sectors, with customers around the globe.
We are looking for a front-end developer at the start of their career to help build the interfaces our customers use every day, in particular:
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Developing and maintaining user interfaces in React and TypeScript
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Presenting vessel data, KPIs, trends and alerts in dashboards that make sense to mariners and fleet operators
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Building responsive, accessible components that work reliably on shore and at sea
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Writing unit tests and taking part in peer code reviews, with support from senior developers
You will be part of a wider development team spanning cloud, edge and applied systems, and you will receive structured mentorship as you grow into the role.
The Person - Bringing your personality to AST Reygar.
Passionate about programming, you are self-motivated, eager to learn, and embrace innovative solutions. You may be a recent graduate, a career changer, or someone with up to two years of commercial experience. You adapt well to varying demands and thrive in a collaborative environment. You enjoy working out how something should look and behave for the person using it, you communicate clearly with colleagues both on site and remote, and you are comfortable asking questions when you need to.
Essential Experience / Qualifications / Educational attainments
Essential
HTML and CSS
JavaScript
Some exposure to React, whether commercial, academic or through personal projects
Version control (e.g. Git/Bitbucket)
Evidence of your own work: a portfolio, GitHub profile, coursework or personal project
Degree, HND, apprenticeship or equivalent in a technical subject such as computer science or software engineering, or demonstrable self-taught ability
Desirable
TypeScript
Experience with a component library or design system
Charting or data visualisation libraries (e.g. Recharts, D3, Chart.js)
Unit testing frameworks (e.g. Jest, Vitest, React Testing Library)
Consuming REST APIs
Interest in the maritime, offshore renewables or industrial IoT sectors
The Rewards
In addition to the role of a Junior Front-End Developer we offer an extensive range of career development opportunities, incentives, and benefits:
Career development and opportunity to learn and grow, including a named mentor and a clear route to a mid-level developer role
Competitive salary
Company pension scheme
Employee Assistance Programme
25 days Annual Leave (+ Bank Holidays)
Employee Events
The AST Reygar Story
AST Reygar provides robust and reliable performance monitoring and control solutions for both crewed and uncrewed vessels, of all sizes and functions, in the complex marine environment.
Founded in 2012 by Chris Huxley-Reynard and Felix Francis, to provide innovative, adaptable, and cost-effective solutions for a wide range of maritime operational challenges. Extensive experience in offshore renewables, maritime operations, and new marine technologies, creating a solution to support vessel operators running fleets more effectively and efficiently. Through their solid understanding of the practical challenges faced by mariners and vessel operators, coupled with their hands on approach to problem solving, they have created award-winning and simple to use technology, for remote connectivity and monitoring.
In March 2024 they partnered with industry leading satellite network solution provider, AST Networks, in order to help invest and grow the AST Reygar technologies and offerings. AST Reygar is a leading provider of remote monitoring solutions for commercial boats, leveraging IoT and big data analytics to help customers in the offshore market. For more Information visit https://ast-reygar.com
