Javascript jobs in United Kingdom

Cold Banana has now entered its 9th year of trading. Our vision is to be one of the best .Net agencies in the South, building in-depth solutions for our clients to make it a better experience for their customers.

We are an award winning company, with 30 members of staff, who all want to develop great technology for us all to use. Our work involves charities, financial institutions and the public services. We are proud to be part of the evolution of what we use on a daily basis online for the better. We’re a company that truly values our employees - you’re our most valuable asset.

Our Front End Developer will be working on a wide variety of projects, from websites, apps, system applications and more - using modern JavaScript frameworks and a mixture of persistence technologies.

• Willingness to learn new languages and technologies
• Keep abreast of latest and emerging technologies
• Sense of ownership and pride in your performance and its impact on the company’s success
• Ability to self manage
• Work in a multidisciplinary team with other professionals such as back-end developers and web designers
• Produce clean, efficient, testable code using modern web technologies.
• Adhere to organisational policies, standards and best practices in application development, documentation, and maintenance that support industry best practices and project approaches
• Design and develop mobile friendly applications
• Analyse web applications and perform improvements for SEO and Accessibility.
• Collaborate with designers, developers and product owners in order to build interactive and scalable sites/software.
• Review and refactor code.
• Build, develop and maintain frontend toolsets (Webpack, Gulp, etc.)
• Troubleshoot, debug and upgrade existing software.
• Communicate with the internal team to help clarify development tasks and attend quoting meetings when required.
• Prioritise software development projects, set timelines and assign tasks to team members
• Attend training and education

• 6+ years of experience as a Front-End Developer
• Excellent knowledge of browser troubleshooting and debugging practices and techniques
• 6+ years of experience with markup languages
• 6+ years of experience with JavaScript (ES6), CSS (SASS or eq.)
• 4+ years experience with modern front end frameworks (at least one of. React, Angular or preferably VueJS)
• 4+ years experience with modern front component libraries (Bootstrap, Tailwind, etc.)
• Knowledgeable concerning clean code, secure coding practices, design patterns, code smells, refactoring, etc.
• Aptitude with code authoring tools (Visual Studio, Visual Studio Code)
• Aptitude with GIT version control
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Resourcefulness and troubleshooting aptitude.
• Commercial experience with using RESTful APIs

• Expertise in .NET development languages (C#, Razor, etc.)
• Experience with modern front end frameworks (React, Angular and VueJS)
• Experience with mockup and UI prototyping tools Understanding of security practices

• A competitive salary based on your experience
• Long term progression plan
• 28 days holiday (this includes bank holidays)
• Additional day holiday for every year you are with us
• 1 additional holiday day for your birthday
• Annual profit based bonus
• Regular team socials
• Bike to work Scheme
• Health Plan
• Tech Scheme
• Occupational Sick Pay
• Early Friday Finish
• Free Friday breakfast
• Pension Scheme
• Continued personal development
• Relaxed office environment

• BA in Computer Science or similar relevant field.

• 5+ Years of IT Work Experience.