We're looking for a talented, experienced, and enthusiastic Front End Developer to join our growing team. You'll be working with our development team to build WordPress websites for a wide range of clients, primarily within the competition industry. You'll be utilising our established toolbox of WordPress plugins to build websites that wow.
Requirements
You'll 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.
We're looking for experience, but the capacity to learn quickly and keep on learning is even more valuable. If you're the type of person who wants to hit the ground running, then you'll fit in just fine.
You'll 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 you'll 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
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 we're looking for:
You'll have a first-rate knowledge of HTML, SCSS, JavaScript and jQuery. You'll also know MySQL and Rest APIs inside-out
You've 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, you'll have a keen desire to develop your skills across the board
You'll have experience with custom post types
You'll know all about creating responsive and adaptive websites
You'll have a strong understanding of the web development cycle, as well as programming techniques and tools
You'll be well versed in GIT-based workflows, and how to implement them into a system
You'll have a focus on efficiency, user experience, and process improvement
You'll be a fast and efficient worker with great time management skills
You'll be a team player, able to work and communicate effectively with other team members
You'll 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 company's 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
We're 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)
You'll 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
You'll also get full private BUPA Healthcare coverage
We're a pension-providing employer
What's next?
We know what it's like not to know what's going on with a job application. Here's how our hiring process usually works:
We'll review your application and portfolio
If we love what we see, we'll 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
We'll set you a short WordPress-related task - so you can show you know your stuff
Then, we'll 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, we'll send you an offer!
