UI Web Developer

Responsibilities:

Reporting into the Senior Web Developer, you will be expected to:

• Build highly performant and optimised mobile first web pages using the latest technologies.
• Work with XD (experience design) team to translate visual concepts into functional online experiences
• QA, test and deploy changes on production environment
• Work closely with UK/US Web team and join weekly calls to optimize the website and roll out new features
• Implement A/B tests using Optimizely and our in-house tools.
• Have some experience of ES6/Gulp
• Experience with React a bonus
• Be passionate about web performance and building sites for speed
• Be familiar and comfortable with Sass/PostCss/BEM/Utility-First CSS
• Ensure the website is tagged properly for various tracking tools
• Implement personalization tools
• Provide technical expertise and ownership of technical issues
• Implement basic changes to graphics using Photoshop/Sketch/Illustrator
• Must be available to occasionally work afterhours to deploy time-specific changes on the website

The ideal candidate will have the ability to understand our value proposition and translate the strategy into compelling web experiences. Working as part of a dynamic team, in a fast-paced environment, they will have a good blend of strategic thinking, tactical “know-how” and not be put-off by rolling up their sleeves to get the job done.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of hands-on front-end design and development experience.
• HTML5, CSS3, Responsive Web Design, Java, Javasript, jQuery, Ajax, JSON, etc.
• Experience in the design, development and deployment of website changes
• Experience using wireframing tools
• Comfortable using Photoshop
• Proven success using and driving a repeatable, iterative software development methodology
• Strong understanding of web architecture concepts (sessions, cache, cookies, connection pooling)
• Experience using A/B testing tools such as Optimizely
• Experience of using various WebAnalytics software such as GA, AdobeAnalytics, etc
• Knowledge of user experience best practices and ability to implement solutions based on unique needs of specific users
• Familiar with SCRUM methodology
• Good understanding of SEO from a content and technical perspective
• Familiar with W3C standards

· Good French communication skills – spoken and written