Senior Front End Developer
2017-04-05 17:11:11
2018-01-01 00:00:00
- London, London
- £50,000 YEAR
- 1st Jan ’18
- Closed
The Company
Founded in 2008, they engage over one million active users in personal development and lifelong learning. They currently have offices in San Francisco, London and Sydney and are proud to have inspired over 250 million positive actions across four continents.
After 8 years in the education sector, it was time to apply their technology to a wider range of human experiences. In 2016 they launched VivoMe and VivoHeart, their consumer and corporate solutions.
The Role
My client is looking for an experienced Front-End Web Developer to join its growing team in central London. We are seeking to recruit an experienced and enthusiastic Web Developer with strong technical and communication skills to join a small team.
Reporting to the CTO, the candidate will be able to demonstrate an established track record for creating exceptional performance, cross-platform code and smart, beautiful and frictionless user journeys.
They are undergoing significant growth and expansion but currently are a relatively small and closely-knit team. They are a fast-paced, team-oriented, results-driven commercial company which demands excellent organisational skills and the ability to thrive with ambiguity, change and dotted line reporting relationships.
Benefits:
- A highly-competitive salary and benefits
- An entrepreneurial, ambitious and growing company with an inspiring mission
- 26 days annual leave plus bank holidays, leave between Christmas and New Year
- Opportunity for travel to the US
- Continuing professional development in a life-long learning culture
Responsibilities:
- Work in a creative team environment to develop responsive html, CSS or JavaScript (jQuery) code to form page templates, prototypes and production code, that is performant and accessible across all common browsers
- Provide diligent user testing and ensure your work delivers an intuitive and memorable user experience
- Advise on user interface best practices to meet performance and client requirements
- Develop images for courseware through image creation and manipulation software packages
- Contribute to continuous improvement
Requirements:
- 4 to 6+years Front-End Web Development experience
- Experience in a B2C company
- Strong HTML5 and CSS3 semantic, hand-coding skills
- Proficient in SASS, CSS, Ninja, and Angularjs
- Demonstrated experience in developing responsive, cross-browser websites
- Experience in working collaboratively using technical specifications for interactive websites
- Proven understanding of web and mobile technologies and standards
- Demonstrable experience of usabilityaccessibility best practices
- Excellent project management, organisational and interpersonal skills
Attitudes:
- Motivated, enthusiastic and has a positive attitude to work
- Proactive and seeks to make improvements
- Approachable, able to inspire confidence
- Natural ability to build good working relationships with people
- Creative thinker, always willing to offer new suggestions and ideas
- Diplomatic and professional at all times