Frontend Developer


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Recruiter

Recruitment Genius

Listed on

23rd February 2018

Location

Edinburgh

Salary/Rate

£40000 - £45000

Type

Permanent

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This is an opportunity to join a successful live event ticketing software company, providing software, services and consultancy to festivals and venues around the world.

They are the ticketing solution that drives the Edinburgh Festival Fringe (the largest arts festival in the world), Adelaide Fringe and the National Arts Festival of South Africa as well as other UK and international events.

Role and Responsibilities

They are seeking to appoint a Front end Developer with experience in multiple web development framework to lead the development of the presentation layer of a greenfield project. You will be expected to define the approach and frontend architecture of a large-scale web application, be an integral part of the development team, and act as the subject-matter expert for web technology within the company.

You'll work closely with their in-house UX Designer, crafting a replacement user interface for their industry-leading box office solution.

Bringing experience from developing previous frontend applications, you'll need to hit the ground running to understand the business and functional requirements of their ticketing solution. With experience in multiple frameworks, you will be expected to present your recommendations on which technologies and frameworks are the best fit for the needs of this complex business application, and follow through with leading the web implementation.

Key Responsibilities

- Leading the implementation of a high-quality greenfield web application, matching the standards of their already industry-leading services.

- Be a key part of the development team, blazing the trail for modern web development technologies and standards, ensuring that your voice is heard and your confidence in advocating the right technology choices shines through.

- Work closely with the Product team, UX Designer and wider development team on general product delivery.

- Work closely with the Technical Director to ensure all development is in alignment with the company's technical strategy.

- Assist in ensuring they are bringing a common design and consistent style to all of their products.

- Client-focused web development work including transactions websites.

- In-house web projects such as improvements to our existing web apps.

- Deliver high-quality work in a fast-paced, Agile development environment.

Key Competencies

- Experience in multiple modern web frameworks, such as Angular and React

- Experience in interacting with JSON, REST APIs and JWT authentication

- Experience working with a UX designer to build web products from wireframes

- Confidence working across Javascript frameworks and communicating their relative strengths and weaknesses

- A strong portfolio of previous work demonstrating your skills

- A relevant degree in computer science, web design, or a relevant field, or equivalent work experience.

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