Front End Developer - Manchester

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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

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