Front End Web Developer

The Role

We are currently recruiting for the position of front-end web developer. You will be a key member of a small software team, helping to develop our customer facing technical website which presents scientific data and graph trends to help fulfil our customers’ needs.

The successful candidate will so be involved in taking our exciting new web based projects from prepared design concepts forward to live. We are looking for someone who is an enthusiastic individual with excellent communications skills and a proven track record.

Responsibilities

– Maintaining existing codebase, including troubleshooting bugs and adding new features.
– Communicating with the IPEC team and external customers to help form user requirements.
– Actively introducing ideas which can help improve customer interaction with our websites.
– Managing and undertaking comprehensive testing of software code.
– Exploring and integrating new web frameworks, technologies and tools.

Key Requirements

– 3+ years commercial front-end web based development experience.
– Experience of working within a team of software developers.
– Strong knowledge of HTML5, CSS3 and JavaScript.
– Eye and appreciation for great design.
– Ability to develop across different browsers and platforms.
– Solid understanding of web standards and best practices.
– Experience with Git version control.

Desirable

– Experience with presenting scientific information in an intuitive and user friendly manner.
– Understanding of REST principles and experience of interfacing with RESTful APIs.
– Both Linux and Windows based software development experience.