Job role model · Web
Front-end Developer
v1.0Builds the interface a designer drew, tests it and ships it.
Builds, tests and ships the interface a designer drew.
Reference ROLE-WEB-001 · Due for review 2027-03-31
Essential to the role
3 capabilities. A level belongs to the skill, not to the person — and a missing record is not a claim that someone lacks the skill.
The build is the job.
L2 CaterpillarL2 looks like this: You build a responsive page against a design system, with the states handled, and can explain the structure you chose.
You decide when a release is safe, not just whether it runs.
L2 CaterpillarL2 looks like this: You test a release against its requirements, report what you find so it can be reproduced, and say whether it blocks.
The interface is only as good as the data reaching it.
L2 CaterpillarL2 looks like this: You integrate an external API into an application, handling failures, retries and rate limits rather than hoping.
Desirable
Worth holding, but the role can be done without them.
L1 LarvaL1 looks like this: You can lay out a screen using patterns that already exist.
L1 LarvaL1 looks like this: You can name the faults that most often stop assistive technology from using an interface.
L1 LarvaL1 looks like this: You can break a piece of work into the tasks it needs.