Front End Developer

Agile Recruitment Ltd ,
Manchester, Greater Manchester
Salary: £40000 - £50000 per annum

Overview

Front End Developer, My client is urgently lookinng for an experienced front end developer who prides themselves on delivering well designed and crafted solutions. You will be the kind of person who loves a challenge and continually asks if there is a better way to solve a problem. You will report to the lead developer and lead in planning and implementing projects that will directly improve the success of the business. Working additionally with other developers, agencies and freelancers, you will advocate the adoption of well tested, high- quality solutions that adhere to our coding standards. The position will play a crucial role in helping to steer and shape the future of the business. As such, you will be the kind of person who enjoys researching various technologies that can drive our systems forward. You will determine what tech to incorporate based upon suitability and alignment to business goals. In addition to maintaining and enhancing our existing applications, there will be plenty of opportunity for working on greenfield projects. You will proactively collaborate with team members across all departments to identify ways we can improve our applications and services. As a representative of the development team, you will listen to the challenges faced by staff, clients and customers and communicate how developments will directly benefit them in their roles helping to foster a positive, open, optimistic culture. You will Plan and lead projects, maintain and develop system applications and APIs, deliver high-quality solutions that provide an intuitive workflow for staff and external users. You will also be expected to collaborate on application architecture, design and UX to develop solutions that are usable, accessible and make a strong visual impact. As a Senior Front End Developer you will represent the development team at internal and external meetings, and maintain and contribute to internal/external documentation. Technically you will have extensive knowledge and experience of delivery and development leveraging React, JavaScript (ES6), HTML & CSS, along with experience using Git as a version control system in a team context (i.e. using Gitflow as a workflow strategy) The ability to contribute high-quality code and contribute to peer reviews offering constructive feedback on code style, naming and design is also essential. You must have knowledge of some or all tools and methods such as build tools (Webpack/Gulp/Grunt), Node, CSS Frameworks, Continuous Integration, Atlassian Suite, SASS, BEM, Atomic Design and Pattern Libraries, along with cross-browser/device testing and responsive transactional and marketing emails Desirable but not essential: Any experiene with familiarity with PHP and backend frameworks such as Yii or Symfony. and UI/UX design skills, experience working on multilingual applications, and experience designing and developing CMS (i.e. WordPress) themes. These are urgent roles, and my client is actively recruiting even at this difficult time, if you woudl be interested in hearing more, please send me a copy of your cv along with an indication of your availability and salary expectations and you will be contacted by return. This job was originally posted as www.totaljobs.com/job/89891485