Software Developer

Anonymous ,
Gloucester, Gloucestershire
Salary: £22000 - £28000 per annum

Overview

Title: Software Developer Location: Cambridge Salary: £22,000.00 - £28,000.00 REED Technology have the pleasure to be working with a global not for profit organisation in their search for a Software Developer to join their team in Cambridge. This company does some amazing work in tackling one of the biggest issues of our time and is at the forefront of helping to ensure that the future is bright for future generations. They work across a variety of projects that provide solutions to the private sector, governmental bodies and other not for profit organisations. The successful candidate in this role will liaise with the product manager, UX designer and full stack developers to implement responsive, accessible, dynamic and engaging biodiversity informatics web applications. Some of the key responsibilities for this role will consist of: Work closely with the UX designer and development team to design and implement context relevant web applications Ensure all applications are responsive (unless decided otherwise based on specific use cases), cross-browser functional and as accessible as possible Ensure a consistently high level of quality in the front-end implementation of all our applications Provide thought leadership to the team on front end implementation best practice. Maintain and update existing websites Work closely with developers, scientists and geospatial experts as part of the building process Contribute to open source projects The ideal candidate for this role will have a Minimum of 2 years commercial experience with HTML, JavaScript and CSS, experience in implementing responsive front-end web designs and experience in integrating front end code with back end technologies (preferably Ruby on Rails). On top of this the ideal candidate will preferably, but not essentially, have the following: Experience with working with SVG's Uses version control systems such as GIT Is passionate about clean and elegant code Uses frameworks such as jQuery, React.JS and Angular Likes contributing to and working with open source technologies. Has worked with geospatial data. Most of our sites have maps. Likes to work as part of an agile team On top of the benefits package, this role offers the opportunity to work from home at least one day a week as well as flexible working arrangements, there is also free parking on site and a 12 % non-contributory pension scheme. If you meet the above criteria for the Software Developer role we would love to hear from you. Upload your CV for immediate consideration and please be assured that your CV will be treated with the strictest of confidence and not sent anywhere without your consent. For more information please contact Chris Maurice on 01223 463307 . Reed Technology are an equal opportunities employer that are operating as a recruitment agency. This job was originally posted as www.totaljobs.com/job/89910066