JavaScript Job: Web Developer

The internet continues to develop at great speed, and St Peter's CofE Academy remains on the cutting edge with exceptional website designs. We’re looking for a skilled web developer to join our team of innovative designers who are consistently raising the bar on creativity and user experiences. The ideal candidate is a talented artist with extensive technical expertise who can work alongside a team and independently in the creation, maintenance, and updates of websites for clients in a variety of industries. Proficiency in JavaScript, HTML, CSS, and other web services and program applications is essential to succeeding in this role. The web developer will have an immediate effect on our brand and that of our clients’, as well as an ongoing impact in solidifying our industry-wide reputation for stellar design.

Objectives of this Role

Consistently create well-designed, tested code using best practices for website development, including mobile and responsive site design
Create websites and user interfaces, using standard HTML/CSS practices, while incorporating data from back-end databases and services
Create and maintain workflows with teams to provide visibility and to ensure workload balance for consistent visual designs
Develop or validate testing schedules, addressing all browsers and devices to ensure various computers can access content
Maintain updated knowledge of new and emerging industry trends and technology

Daily and Monthly Responsibilities

Meet regularly with business stakeholders and management to understand and refine business and functional requirements and determine project scopes and specifications
Develop and maintain strategic operational systems, tools, and processes, including participation in tactical and strategic development projects
Ensure software stability via regression, support quality assurance, and perform unit and user-acceptance testing to identify bugs and ensure production operations run successfully
Work quickly and carefully to complete small edits requested by customers, develop plans for completing larger projects, collaborate with colleagues, and suggest new solutions to improve existing websites
Perform UI designs and coding, creating reusable objects and templates, wireframes for web pages and email templates; manage maintenance, updates, expansions, and scaling of each design
Perform regular file backups to local directories for recovery

Skills and Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in web design, multimedia design, or related field
Experience planning and developing websites across multiple products and organisations
Working knowledge of web applications, programming languages, and web services, such as APIs, CSS, CSS3, cross-browser compatibility, HTML, HTML5, JavaScript, JQuery, PHP, security principles, REST, SOAP, and web user interface design (UI)
Proficiency with content management systems, including WordPress and Drupal
Dedication to innovative, sophisticated designs and collaborative problem solving
Working experience in Windows and Linux environments

Preferred Qualifications

Experience with eCommerce
Proven success in a project coordination role
Experience implementing and using modern web development workflows and operations using a variety of tools including GitHub

Job Types: Full-time, Part-time

Salary: £44,719.00-£46,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• Flexitime
• Work from home

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Monday to Friday

Supplemental pay types:

• Bonus scheme

Work Location: Remote