Graduate / Junior Web Developer

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If you enjoy coding, sharing ideas and love being part of a team within a growing agency, then this is the role for you. They operate typical office hours, in a relaxed but vibrant office atmosphere in the Historic Dockyard, Chatham (this is not a remote role).

Working here can accelerate your career and give you the opportunity to work with world-class people. They're a team that loves what they do, and they all thrive on the ability to make an impact. As part of the role you will develop a wide range of skills using both front and back-end languages and frameworks.

You'll be responsible for building, maintaining and upgrading different applications and sites for external clients and some of their own products and services.

This position requires a combination of programming skills (namely PHP, HTML, CSS/Sass, and JavaScript) and aesthetics. You should have a strong understanding of industry trends and very comfortable with WordPress. Experience with responsive and adaptive design is strongly preferred. Also, an understanding of the entire web development process, including design, development, and deployment is preferred.

You'll be expected to contribute towards both the planning and code development stages of website builds, showing initiative and creativity. You must manage your own time effectively, and in doing so you are expected to be mindful at all times of the quality implications of your actions.

You're good at:

- Problem solving

- Attention to detail; you're able to catch even the smallest mistakes

- Good understanding of front-end tech including HTML, CSS/SASS, Javascript/JQuery

- Good understanding of back-end tech including PHP

The daily responsibilities in this role include, but are not limited to:

- Help and support customers with technical queries via email, phone and Zoom

- Learn different systems, software and technologies

- Help oversee website testing, both manual and automatic

- Translate designs/written requirements into functional systems

- Help develop responsive websites

The ideal candidate has these top qualities and qualifications;

- Minimum 1 year PHP/WordPress experience

- Software support experience is desired

- GIT/BitBucket experience

- Ownership of tasks/completing what you start

- Must have comfort with using a variety of software technologies

- A can-do attitude and natural ability to adapt in a dynamic environment

Extra bonus:

- Educated to degree level in Computer Science or equivalent is advantageous

- Experience working with React.js

- Integrations with 3rd Party APIs

- Familiarity with cloud provider platforms and services

Application deadline: 31/10/2020

Benefits:

- Casual dress

- Company pension

- Flexible schedule

- On-site parking

They believe that the best work comes from a diverse team. If their mission excites you, and you can contribute to their culture of lifelong learning and growth they want to hear from you!