JavaScript UI Developer

Polytec Personnel Ltd ,
Gloucester, Gloucestershire

Overview

Are you passionate about designing and developing User Interfaces? Would you like to create remarkable user experiences and user interfaces? If you want to design and develop innovative and intuitive front ends for a wide variety of clients then this is the job for you. As a JavaScript UI developer, you'll drive all aspects of UI development for a number of products and services for high profile clients. Working within an agile scrum team you will deliver top-notch solutions that make a real difference to people. You will get to work with teams of software engineers, front-end developers, user experience and service designers, mathematicians, tests engineers and DevOps specialists. You will work with other front end and UI developers and technical leaders to grow capability in excellent UI development tools, processes and techniques. Minimum requirements: Essential • A good degree in a relevant subject • Experience of front end design and development • Solid understanding and recent experience of HTML5 and CSS3 • Demonstrable JavaScript coding skills including knowledge of frameworks such as React and Angular • Experience of building single page applications in the browser • Hands-on experience integrating Web applications with REST or GraphQL services • Knowledge of unit testing and test automation tools and techniques for browser-based user interfaces • Experience of continuous integration and deployment systems • A Passion for elegant and intuitive user interfaces Desirable • Experience with bleeding-edge APIs such as BLE, USB, WebGL, Service Workers • App development (iOS/Android/Hybrid) • Interest in Usability and UX (web application wireframing skills would be an advantage) • Creativity and a great eye for design • Familiarity with standard tools such as Photoshop, Illustrator & Sketch