Front End Developer

We are currently recruiting for a Front End Developer to work 50% on-site in either Manchester or London.

The successful candidate will:

• Be involved in the wider web development community, identifying good practices we can adopt and sharing our experiences.
• Have knowledge of tools and techniques used within the wider team, both Developers and Non-Developers.
• Have expert knowledge of HTML5, JavaScript, jQuery, CSS and Sass.
• Have expert knowledge of cross-browser considerations.
• Have expert knowledge of Responsive Web Design.
• Have knowledge of web accessibility and WCAG.
• Have knowledge of UX and usability.
• Have an ability to communicate technical concepts to a non-technical audience.
• Have proven experience maintaining a large and dynamic code base.
• Have experience working on technical projects within a team.
• Have working knowledge of unix-like operating systems such as Linux and/or Mac OS X.
• Have knowledge of the use of version control systems such as subversion or git.
• Have the ability to quickly research and learn new programming tools and techniques.
• Have experience of building high-traffic websites.
• Understand web architecture.

It would also be desirable to:

• Have knowledge of client side build tools: grunt, gulp or similar
• Have the skills to build up a useful, robust automated test suite to support a continuous deployment environment.
• Have a working knowledge of Mustache templates, Java 7 and Node.js.
• Have experience with test driven development using toolsets such as Mocha and Jasmine

If you feel you have the skills and experience needed for this role; please do apply now.