Junior Ux Designer jobs in United Kingdom

About Emperia

The Emperia platform powers the creation and management of immersive virtual experiences for brands across multiple retail sectors. The platform marries the reach and accessibility of e-commerce with the impact of physical customer service shopping experience while leveraging the unique traits of the virtual space; adding a layer of customer engagement, personalization, data monitoring and omnichannel cohesion.

The Emperia team consists of 3D environment engineers and technical artists joined by fashion and retail industry veterans and branding experts. Hailed a virtual reality pioneer by Forbes Magazine, Emperia is working with some of the world’s leading names in fashion and retail, including Dior, Burberry, Lacoste, Tommy Hilfiger and more.

Emperia has been named an IDC Innovator in 2023; the top 10 most innovative company in Web3, metaverse, blockchain and cryptocurrency for 2023, by Fast Company; one of the most promising advertising and marketing tech startups of 2022 by BusinessInsider; is a proud British Fashion Council Patron and is the winner of a Webby 2023 Award and a Plug & Play Brand & Retail Europe Start-Up Award.

Our Values ️

• Creativity - Creative solutions are the key driver to product quality & company growth
• Making an Impact - Prioritise activities that impact our customers most.
• Drive - Passionate about what we do and see no obstacles.
• Accountability - We are a team, but we take full responsibility for our actions to drive ourselves, the team and the company forward.
• Be Direct - We value clarity and believe that direct communication is a shortcut to great results
• Stay Curious - Learn new skills, invent new methods and approaches, and become better at what we do day by day.

Your Role

We are seeking a talented Full-Stack developer to manage and own several products and features as part of our Infrastructure growth and customer project roadmaps. You will be working on various technology frontiers, such as front-end and back-end development for an internal dashboard, front-end development for experiences, and infrastructure deployments.

If you are looking for a position where you can make an impact, grow with the team, have experience working with cross-cultural teams, and be the leader of the industry, this position is right for you.

Responsibilities | What You Will Be Doing

• Work with the creative, engineering and product teams to ideate software solutions and plan scope and architecture.
• Maintain and develop user interfaces using React and Chakra UI.
• Build back-end services that serve and support the front-end clients.
• Implement data tracking solutions that allow for monitoring and analysing user behaviour.
• Be a part of the architecture design, code review, performance evaluation, and internal tool management.

Requirements ️

• Experience working with Python.
• Expertise in developing responsive and optimised User interfaces.
• Experience working in Linux environments.
• Experience with core AWS or GCP technologies.
• Experience with building CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions.
• Experience working with React, TS, CSS, HTML and Chakra UI.
• Experience working with Google Analytics and GTM.
• Working with XML and HTML files, knowledge of Python frameworks to parse these formats.
• Debugging and monitoring performance, memory usage of web applications.
• Experience writing Unit tests with Pytest.
• Solid understanding of Git source control.
• Over 5 years of proven development track record preferred.

About You

• Excellent communication and teamwork skills.
• Ability to work autonomously, but know the value of communication and discussions.
• Enjoys working in a fast-paced and collaborative international environment.

Benefits of Working With Us

• Fully remote team
• In-person retreat with the entire Emperia team
• 33 days of annual leave, including UK Bank Holidays
• Development opportunities and funding for learning

** Please note, we are unable to offer sponsorship for this role and you must be based in the UK **