Front End Developer - Manchester

Location
Manchester, Manchester
Salary
£32,000 - £37,000 per annum
Posted
25 Feb 2018
Closes
25 Mar 2018
Ref
1487255
Sectors
IT, Programming
Contract Type
Permanent
Hours
Full Time
Position: Front End Developer
Location: Manchester
Salary: £32000 - £37000 per annum
Job type: Permanent

Responsible for working with the Development team to write well designed, efficient code by using best software development practices.

Main duties of the post
Perform coding to agreed coding standards
Interpret business requirements and technical specification documents, deliver an appropriate technical solution to agreed quality and timelines
Provide progress reports on tasks and projects
Investigate, analyse and document reported defects
Correct identified defects
Create, document, and implement unit tests and scripts
Create and maintain technical documentation using defined templates
Ensure Github repositories are maintained for allocated tasks.
Proactively suggest improvements in programmes of work to ProgrammeLead.
Perform maintenance development
To be part of an process for technical guidance in the development team.
Actively support and mentor less senior members of the development team
Create business requirement and technical specification documents
Perform related duties as assigned

Knowledge and Experience required
Essential
At least 1 year of development experience working in a development team within a commercial environment.
Highly motivated with demonstrable technical and analytical skills.
Desire to further technical skills and knowledge.
Attention to detail, commitment and desire to complete a consistently high standard of work.
Able to clearly communicate design and development decisions with limited assistance.
Knowledge of best practice and architecture for complex web applications.
Knowledge of and able to avoid common security issues in web applications.
Able to articulate technical solutions with minimal assistance.
Able to design and build technical solutions with minimal assistance.
Strong communication skills.

Desirable
Web Design based qualification.
Magento Certified Frontend Developer
Software development experience on an eCommerce platform.

Technical Skills required Essential:
HTML
PHP for theming purposes
CSS: Compilation (e.g. SASS/Less), Grid systems
Javascript
Frameworks (e.g jQuery)
UX/UI
Responsive Design
Ability to transform designs into clean CSS and semantic markup
Version Control (VCS)
HTTP Protocol
Performance Optimisation
Full software lifecycle
Design tools (e.g. Photoshop)

KEY SKILLS
HTML, PHP, CSS, Javascript


If you have further inquiries about this role, please don’t hesitate to contact our office at: 02033-71-7671