Senior Front End Developer

Snappy Shopper; Stirling; Remote; GBP 40,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a dynamic startup revolutionizing the Q-commerce grocery sector! As a Frontend Developer, you will create high-quality web applications that enhance user experience and performance. Collaborate with a talented team to develop responsive interfaces while embracing the fast-paced nature of a growing tech company. This role offers an exciting opportunity to grow professionally as you tackle new challenges and contribute to a mission that supports local communities. If you're passionate about frontend development and eager to make an impact, this is the perfect role for you!

Qualifications

• Experience in developing responsive web applications using Nuxt.js and Vue.js.
• Strong knowledge of JavaScript, HTML5, and CSS3, with a focus on performance.

Responsibilities

• Develop high-performance web applications with Nuxt.js and Vue.js.
• Integrate RESTful APIs and contribute to code reviews.

Skills

JavaScript

HTML5

CSS3

Nuxt.js

Vue.js

RESTful APIs

Git

Responsive Design

Problem-Solving

Tools

Webpack

Vite

Babel

CI/CD Pipelines

Amazon Web Services

Azure

Google Cloud

Job description

About Us

Snappy Shopper is the market leader in the growing Q-commerce convenience grocery sector, worth £41b in the UK. In addition to our independent retailers, we serve most of the major convenience store players, including Spar, Nisa, Premier and Booker.

Snappy exists to enable local high street businesses to serve their customers online so that local communities thrive, and revenue stays local. Retailers have seen revenue uplifts of between £5k and £120k per month, making the platform mission critical to local business.

Our location

We are a Scottish start-up with 130 colleagues based around the UK and our Head Office is located in Dundee and an additional office in Edinburgh.

This role can be completed remotely for those based in the UK but you can also base yourself from our Dundee or Edinburgh offices if that’s your preferred way of working.

About the team

Our Frontend Team play an exciting and pivotal role in ensuring our customers have the best experience when using our platform. As a startup, this team create visually appealing interfaces in an ever-changing environment whilst working with stakeholders from across the business including Product Managers, Engineers, Designers and Backend Devs. They play a key role in enabling our thousands of customers interact with a range of retailers (both large and small) online.

About the Role

As a Frontend Developer, you will use Nuxt.js to design, develop and maintain a range of high-quality web applications focusing on performance scalability and user experience.

Your duties will include, but are not limited to:

• Developing responsive, high performance web application using Nuxt.js and Vue.js
• Work with a range of technical colleagues to create seamless user experiences whilst ensuring applications maintain maximum speed and scalability
• Create, utilise and maintain code that is reusable and clean whilst following industry best practices
• Integrating RESTful APIs endpoints into frontend application
• Work with the wider team to contribute to code reviews and improve development processes

About You

You’ll be an experience Front End Developer with experience and/or knowledge of the following:

• A demonstrable portfolio of work which showcases Nuxt.js projects
• Stellar knowledge of key languages including JavaScript, HTML5 and CSS3 as well as key frameworks like Vue.js and Nuxt.js as well as key libraries like Vuex and Pinia
• Exposure to SSR (Server-Side Rendering) and static site generation
• Experience with version control systems, including Git
• An understanding of responsive design an mobile-first development principles
• Real interpersonal and problem-solving skills

Ideally, but not essentially, you’ll be/have:

• Knowledge of other frontend tools and build systems like Webpack, Vite or Babel.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines.
• Experience with cloud platforms (such as Amazon Web Services, Azure or Google Cloud) and serverless technologies

Who you are is as important to us as what you can do. Do these values and behaviours sound like something that would come naturally for you?

Community: You’ll thrive working in a cross-functional team

Be Snappy: You’ll be able to create work quickly, experimenting as you go

Breaking Barriers: You’ll thrive in a fast-moving environment where you can try new things and approaches.

Craic on: You’ll learn as you go whilst enjoying getting to know your colleagues.

What’s in it for you

If you’ve not already experienced it, time in a high growth Tech start-up is a whole new adventure! As the Company grows, so will your professional growth as you learn how to constantly apply your learning to scale the business at pace. The challenges and opportunities will constantly change, which means you’ll continually be developing new skills - you won’t get bored or be doing the same old routine.

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Applying

Don’t forget to include a cover note that tells us why you are interested in the role and shares more about who you are and what matters to you.