Were looking for a talented, experienced, and enthusiastic Front End Developer to join our growing team. Youll be working with our development team to build WordPress websites for a wide range of clients, primarily within the competition industry. Youll be utilising our established toolbox of WordPress plugins to build websites that wow.
Requirements
Youll be a confident creative with plenty of ideas and the gumption to speak them out. Our nimble team is perfect for someone who enjoys creating their niche and taking initiative.
Were looking for experience, but the capacity to learn quickly and keep on learning is even more valuable. If youre the type of person who wants to hit the ground running, then youll fit in just fine.
Youll also be working closely, not just with the Dev team but with creatives across all of our teams. A collaborative mentality is a must, whether producing great work or just wading into the conversation on our team channels.
Work composition
50% Front End Development
30% Testing / Quality Assurance
20% Dealing directly with Clients
What youll be up to:
Using a variety of markup languages to develop websites that are responsive, comprehensive and really good-looking
Making sure that all web development is optimised for mobile devices
Ensuring your code is reusable and future-proof
Optimising web pages for speed, scalability and traffic
Creating documentation outlining efficient processes
Assisting and training junior team members in the creation and maintenance of websites
Taking the lead on front end aspects of development where necessary
Developing more technically-challenging functionality, such as AJAX-loaded content
Snagging and testing websites to ensure a high standard
What were looking for:
Youll have a first-rate knowledge of HTML, SCSS, JavaScript and jQuery. Youll also know MySQL and Rest APIs inside-out
Youve have a minimum of 2 years experience in using PHP to render WordPress websites
A very strong understanding of WooCommerce, with experience of building sites on the platform.
Equally as important, youll have a keen desire to develop your skills across the board
Youll have experience with custom post types.
Youll know all about creating responsive and adaptive websites
Youll have a strong understanding of the web development cycle, as well as programming techniques and tools
Youll be well versed in GIT-based workflows, and how to implement them into a system
Youll have a focus on efficiency, user experience, and process improvement
Youll be a fast and efficient worker with great time management skills
Youll be a team player, able to work and communicate effectively with other team members
Youll be a strong solo artist too, being able to take ownership of a project and finish it in a timely manner
Benefits
Between £40,000 - £45,000, but is negotiable and dependent on experience.
Company Bonus 10% of salary once company goals are met or at the companys discretion, which has been the past 5 years in a row.
Service Bonus of £1,000 per annum paid into your monthly salary up to 5 years / £5,000.
We operate on a flexible hours system. That means that while your usual hours will be during normal business hours, you have plenty of flexibility within that. Want to take a long lunch break? No worries. Do your best work at 6 am? Go for it.
Were a fully remote team, so no 8 am commutes into work.
Work hard, play hard we offer a minimum of 34 holidays a year (2 weeks of which can be taken over Christmas).
Youll also get an extra day off for your birthday, so no awkward work birthday parties.
We have a monthly all-team meeting, which ends in a monthly all-team social.
We are Best Place to Work Certified company
We supply any remote working tools and equipment you need.
Youll also get full private BUPA Healthcare coverage.
Were a pension-providing employer.
Whats next?
We know what its like not to know whats going on with a job application. Heres how our hiring process usually works:
Well review your application and portfolio.
If we love what we see, well set up a call with our Head of Web and Head of Backend Development so we can get to know you; you can get to know us and see if we're a good fit for each other.
Well set you a short WordPress-related task so you can show you know your stuff.
Then, well get another interview to discuss the task and answer any of your questions. Our Digital Director and Founder will join that call.
As long as everything goes well, well send you an offer!
NO RECRUITMENT AGENCIES, PLEASE
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