Front-End Web Developer

TN United Kingdom; Plymouth; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading e-commerce platform as a Front-End Web Developer, where you'll play a crucial role in enhancing user experience and optimizing our online presence. This position offers the opportunity to work on exciting projects, collaborating closely with UX experts and back-end developers. You'll be responsible for developing and maintaining our e-commerce application, focusing on speed, stability, and scalability. If you're passionate about web development and eager to contribute to a dynamic team, this role is perfect for you. Embrace the chance to grow your skills in a supportive environment that values innovation and collaboration.

Qualifications

• Proven experience as a Front-End Web Developer with a strong portfolio.
• In-depth understanding of the web development process.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain the e-commerce application and corporate site.
• Collaborate with back-end developers to integrate user-facing elements.

Skills

Front-End Development

UX Improvements

Effective Communication

Code Versioning (Git, Subversion)

Online Security

Prioritization

Tools

Adobe Illustrator

Adobe Photoshop

Symfony

PHP

MySQL

jQuery

Jira

Bitbucket

Confluence

Figma

Sketch

Adobe XD

Job description

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Hours: Full-time, 67.5 hours per fortnight (on an alternating pattern of 37.5 hours per week and 30 hours the next week)

Join one of the biggest and most respected national e-commerce successes in our industry. cmostores.com is an online supplier of building materials, sold across multiple specialist e-commerce stores. We are seeking a self-motivated, organised, experienced, and high-performing Front-End Web Developer to join our team.

As a Front-End Web Developer, you will support the e-commerce and Marketing teams with customer facing changes such as UX improvements, implementing new features, bug fixes, and optimisations. You will report to the Senior Front End Developer and be supported by our UX experts and dedicated design function.

Duties include

• Development and maintenance of our e-commerce application and corporate site.
• Optimisation of our e-commerce application for maximum speed, stability, and scalability.
• Participation in the entire application lifecycle, focusing on coding, testing, and debugging.
• Performing UI tests to optimise performance.
• Collaborating with back-end web developers to integrate user-facing elements with server-side logic.
• Gathering and addressing technical and design requirements.
• Building reusable code and libraries for future use.
• Following emerging technologies.
• Providing training and support to internal teams.
• Working collaboratively with the wider team by sharing ideas, knowledge, and resources.
• Undertaking any further relevant research, development or training as required.

The successful candidate will have proven recent experience as a Front-End Web Developer with a strong portfolio of commercial work, as well as an in-depth understanding of the entire web development process (design, development, testing, and deployment).

cmostores.com is an equal opportunities employer.

A note to all applicants – is unable to offer sponsorship of any kind

Essential skills and experience

• An understanding of code versioning tools such as Git and Subversion.
• An understanding of online security and data protection.
• Effective communication skills. You will need to provide support to non-technical people, by video call, instant messaging, and email. Being able to explain complicated ideas simply will be important, as will being able to understand reported problems.
• The ability to prioritise. Being able to tell when something is urgent and responding correctly is critical.

Desirable skills and experience

• A working knowledge of Adobe Illustrator and Adobe Photoshop.
• A familiarity with back-end technologies (Symfony, PHP, and MYSQL).
• A working knowledge of CMS frameworks.
• Experience with jQuery.
• A knowledge of Jira, Bitbucket, and Confluence.
• Experience with the Symfony UX ecosystem and Stimulus.
• Familiarity with design tools (Figma, Sketch, Adobe XD).