Front End Developer

Established for 24 years we are a Digital Creative Agency, with Magento Business Solution Partner accreditation. We specialise in web design and development, with an impressive and varied client base.

We are looking for a Front End Developer to join our Nottingham team. You’ll work on challenging and varied projects including ecommerce, apps and CMS websites, across a range of clients. As a talented and enthusiastic Front End Developer, you’ll be passionate about progressing your development knowledge and working towards a certification in Magento 2.

Essential skills

• Extensive knowledge of semantic, cross-browser HTML and CSS
• Experience with JavaScript
• Experience with CSS pre/post processors
• Experience with task runners and package managers (such as npm, yarn, webpack and Grunt)
• Experience developing high-level designs into responsive markup (we use Photoshop and XD)
• Experience of version control, preferably Git
• A strong understanding of SEO, optimisation and accessibility fundamentals
• Strong communication skills
• An appetite for personal learning and development
• A passionate interest in the state and shape of the web industry
• A high level of attention to detail

Desirable skills

• Magento experience
• ES6 JavaScript
• Experience of CSS methodologies
• Working knowledge of PHP and MySQL
• Experience with unit testing frameworks
• A working understanding of internet architecture
• Experience with modern frameworks like React, Angular and Vue.js

Key responsibilities

Working in a professional and creative environment, this role involves:

• Writing semantic HTML, CSS and Javascript
• Collaborating with members of the team
• Helping us in shaping our Frontend solutions and process
• Interpreting and helping to write requirement briefs, specifications, wireframes and designs
• Developing web applications using web frameworks such as React
• Problem-solving issues on existing sites