Lead Developer - Shopify
Founded by Jamie Mitchell and Mark Callaby in 2011, Ohh Deer is an independent, fast-growing start-up company selling greeting cards, stationery and gifts.
Greeting Cards remain our main product but over the years we have diversified our offering and now make and sell other stationery and gift items.
We have become firmly established within our industry selling to retailers across the world, direct to customers online and via our subscription boxes: Papergang, Artful, Put A Sock In It, Jewel + the Gang and Barry's Cactus Club.
We're passionate about what we do and aim to be the leaders in our craft. We source the best artists, suppliers and staff to help us meet these expectations.
We continue to be ambitious and want to grow the business further which this role will play an important part in supporting.
About the role:
We're looking for someone to manage and lead our development team to ensure that our e-commerce platforms and technology meet the needs for our business and future growth.
You will work closely on developing our strategy and ensuring that expectations are met. We have several websites at Ohh Deer including sites for Artful, Papergang, Ohh Deer, Barry's Cactus Club, Jewel + the Gang, Put a Sock in it as well as our direct to business side of the company.
We use Shopify Plus and experience with this platform would be desirable.
The role is also responsible for ensuring that our internal systems and technology are fit for purpose.
About you:
You should be very competent with web development and know how to get the best results within the shortest timeframes. As you will be responsible for leading and delivering our strategy for web development you need to be able to manage a team of developers and work closely with key stakeholders in and out of the business.
Communication skills are essential and ensuring that relevant teams are kept up to date with your development schedule.
You should be able to scope out a project from start to finish and identify potential pitfalls early on to eliminate the need of pushing deadlines.
You should be the leader of your craft and want to be a driving force in helping Ohh Deer become and remain the market leaders for all its brands.
What's on offer:
* An excellent staff discount scheme (40% off with free greeting cards)
* Flexible working. We have core working hours (10am-4pm) & you can be flexible either side of this
* To cover counselling for up to 10 sessions for whatever reason
* A relaxed, dog friendly, working environment with free tea and coffee
* Social gatherings, including an annual Summer and Christmas party
* Increased annual leave entitlement with longevity
* Opportunities for your personal development
Duties and Responsibilities:
Build and deliver a development strategy for the company ensuring that projects are fully scoped and meet expectations and deadlines. Lead the development and maintenance of the business' e-commerce platforms ensuring they are fit for purpose, user-friendly, technically robust, maximise sales opportunities and reflect the overall brand identity.
* Build and deliver a development strategy for the company that ensures our e-commerce platforms are fit for purpose and help generate the best return on investment
* Lead the development and maintenance of the Company's websites and other online applications in accordance with business requirements and instructions, in order to ensure they are fit for purpose
* Ensure that our backend development, creating and maintaining robust solutions and integrations, allow the company to work at peak efficiency
* Manage payment systems in accordance with business requirements to ensure effective and user-friendly payment collection can be achieved at all times
* Provide insight and user guidance for new developments and software relevant to each department
* Lead and drive system improvements, providing insight into better working practices and solutions, and providing costed project plans for implementation
* Execute end to end testing /debugging of all builds for website/system development
Qualifications, Knowledge and Experience:
* Experience with Shopify/Shopify Plus
* Good knowledge of HTML & CSS (SASS)
* Working knowledge of Javascript (jQuery, AJAX)
* Good knowledge of PHP (Ability to write bespoke scripts, OOP+)
* Experience with Laravel or similar framework
* Experience working with external APIs
* Good CLI (Command Line Interface) knowledge
* Version Control - Git (We use Beanstalk to deploy to Shopify and GitHub for custom projects)
* Grasp of SEO best practices (Technical SEO desirable)
Desirable
* 2+ years industry experience (can be self-employed experience, if substantial client portfolio and/or examples provided)
* Experience working with XML / Json
* Webpack / Gulp / Tree-Shaking
* Experience working and interacting with API's (Node.js desirable)
* Experience with Bootstrap / Spectre frameworks
* Experience managing and maintaining servers (NGINX, PHP-FPM + other technologies)
* Experience with Cloudflare
Sounds interesting? Click APPLY to send your CV for immediate consideration.
Candidates with previous experience or job titles including; Shopify Developer, PHP Developer, PHP Engineer, Wordpress Developer, Web Development, PHP Developer, HTML, CSS, Web Developer, Wordpress Developer, Web Designer, Wordpress Web Designer, Wordpress Web Developer, Full Stack Developer may also be considered for this role
Greeting Cards remain our main product but over the years we have diversified our offering and now make and sell other stationery and gift items.
We have become firmly established within our industry selling to retailers across the world, direct to customers online and via our subscription boxes: Papergang, Artful, Put A Sock In It, Jewel + the Gang and Barry's Cactus Club.
We're passionate about what we do and aim to be the leaders in our craft. We source the best artists, suppliers and staff to help us meet these expectations.
We continue to be ambitious and want to grow the business further which this role will play an important part in supporting.
About the role:
We're looking for someone to manage and lead our development team to ensure that our e-commerce platforms and technology meet the needs for our business and future growth.
You will work closely on developing our strategy and ensuring that expectations are met. We have several websites at Ohh Deer including sites for Artful, Papergang, Ohh Deer, Barry's Cactus Club, Jewel + the Gang, Put a Sock in it as well as our direct to business side of the company.
We use Shopify Plus and experience with this platform would be desirable.
The role is also responsible for ensuring that our internal systems and technology are fit for purpose.
About you:
You should be very competent with web development and know how to get the best results within the shortest timeframes. As you will be responsible for leading and delivering our strategy for web development you need to be able to manage a team of developers and work closely with key stakeholders in and out of the business.
Communication skills are essential and ensuring that relevant teams are kept up to date with your development schedule.
You should be able to scope out a project from start to finish and identify potential pitfalls early on to eliminate the need of pushing deadlines.
You should be the leader of your craft and want to be a driving force in helping Ohh Deer become and remain the market leaders for all its brands.
What's on offer:
* An excellent staff discount scheme (40% off with free greeting cards)
* Flexible working. We have core working hours (10am-4pm) & you can be flexible either side of this
* To cover counselling for up to 10 sessions for whatever reason
* A relaxed, dog friendly, working environment with free tea and coffee
* Social gatherings, including an annual Summer and Christmas party
* Increased annual leave entitlement with longevity
* Opportunities for your personal development
Duties and Responsibilities:
Build and deliver a development strategy for the company ensuring that projects are fully scoped and meet expectations and deadlines. Lead the development and maintenance of the business' e-commerce platforms ensuring they are fit for purpose, user-friendly, technically robust, maximise sales opportunities and reflect the overall brand identity.
* Build and deliver a development strategy for the company that ensures our e-commerce platforms are fit for purpose and help generate the best return on investment
* Lead the development and maintenance of the Company's websites and other online applications in accordance with business requirements and instructions, in order to ensure they are fit for purpose
* Ensure that our backend development, creating and maintaining robust solutions and integrations, allow the company to work at peak efficiency
* Manage payment systems in accordance with business requirements to ensure effective and user-friendly payment collection can be achieved at all times
* Provide insight and user guidance for new developments and software relevant to each department
* Lead and drive system improvements, providing insight into better working practices and solutions, and providing costed project plans for implementation
* Execute end to end testing /debugging of all builds for website/system development
Qualifications, Knowledge and Experience:
* Experience with Shopify/Shopify Plus
* Good knowledge of HTML & CSS (SASS)
* Working knowledge of Javascript (jQuery, AJAX)
* Good knowledge of PHP (Ability to write bespoke scripts, OOP+)
* Experience with Laravel or similar framework
* Experience working with external APIs
* Good CLI (Command Line Interface) knowledge
* Version Control - Git (We use Beanstalk to deploy to Shopify and GitHub for custom projects)
* Grasp of SEO best practices (Technical SEO desirable)
Desirable
* 2+ years industry experience (can be self-employed experience, if substantial client portfolio and/or examples provided)
* Experience working with XML / Json
* Webpack / Gulp / Tree-Shaking
* Experience working and interacting with API's (Node.js desirable)
* Experience with Bootstrap / Spectre frameworks
* Experience managing and maintaining servers (NGINX, PHP-FPM + other technologies)
* Experience with Cloudflare
Sounds interesting? Click APPLY to send your CV for immediate consideration.
Candidates with previous experience or job titles including; Shopify Developer, PHP Developer, PHP Engineer, Wordpress Developer, Web Development, PHP Developer, HTML, CSS, Web Developer, Wordpress Developer, Web Designer, Wordpress Web Designer, Wordpress Web Developer, Full Stack Developer may also be considered for this role