Springload Closing date: 26/01/2021 Full Time Wellington About us
The Springload whanau is the largest digital agency in Wellington. We encourage our Springloaders to thrive at work and at home. We’ve got great clients, challenging projects, and a collaborative, friendly workspace. There’s always plenty of healthy snacks available, People’s Coffee brewing, and craft beer in the fridge.
Springload is part of Diversity Works — we celebrate different perspectives and we’re committed to creating an equal, inclusive, and diverse workplace. Our talent comes from all over the world and almost half of our staff are women.
Women, Maori and Pasifika, and members of the rainbow community are strongly encouraged to apply to our roles. At Springload, we know we’re doing better work for our end users and our clients if we have a diverse mix of people on our team. We want vibrancy, language, culture, experiences, and abilities to brighten up our office and bring diversity of thought to our team. If there is anything we can do to accommodate you to participate fully in the recruitment or interview process, please let us know by emailing **********.
We offer:
a whanau friendly, flexible workplace
a learning and growth budget to support your professional aspirations, and a wellness package to keep you physically and mentally fit
a team of highly talented teammates who strive to create world-class experiences that make people's lives better
opportunities to get involved in internal initiatives you care about, such as our sustainability group, bi-monthly waiata practice, and mental health chat
a base in Wellington, the best city in Aotearoa New Zealand (and some say, the world).
Due to current immigration restrictions, we will only be accepting applications for this role from people already in New Zealand.
Description
We’re looking for a seasoned, professional, dedicated, and pragmatic Senior Front-end Developer to join us as a permanent team member.
You’ll have input at all levels of a project, so you’ll need to be able to communicate your ideas clearly, as you’ll be working day-to-day in a multi-disciplinary team.
We're looking for a great communicator who writes and speaks with empathy when working with clients and colleagues. You’ll have initiative and be able to work independently, with the support of your peers.
But, what really counts is your ability to communicate and operate at a high level in an agency environment.
Requirements
Who are you?
The successful candidate will be:
Responsible and friendly
Highly motivated, showing initiative
A great communicator, passionate about their work.
In Wellington, or willing to move to Wellington
While we value formal qualifications they’re not essential. We value proven experience, demonstrable analytical thinking, and great communication skills.
In this role you’ll
Estimate tasks, features, and projects to help us plan effectively.
Work closely with others in the Technical team to ensure all work meets our high standards and follows established best-practice processes and methodology.
Work closely with other disciplines to efficiently deliver client projects that meet the required outcomes.
Support the team in developing, maintaining, and documenting our frameworks, tools, and code libraries.
Contribute to project documentation and code reuse.
Help to train others, provide meaningful and helpful input, and review the work of your peers and juniors.
Help clients and other Springloaders to understand the issues around projects and enable them to communicate these clearly.
Build and maintain excellent working relationships with stakeholders and clients to enable collaboration and achieve outcomes in line with Springload’s business goals.
Maintain websites and test changes across a range of browsers and devices.
Requirements
Core front-end skills
Ability to communicate front-end development matters clearly to other team members, clients, and partners
Understanding of browser, platform, device, performance, and accessibility constraints
Experience with CSS preprocessing (SCSS, PostCSS) and HTML templating
Experience with large-scale CSS architecture (Tailwind, BEM, ITCSS)
Experience with programming in ES6/ES2015+ JavaScript
Basic understanding of object-oriented and functional programming concepts
Experience with browser development tools (such as Chrome or Firefox DevTools)
Experience architecting front-end codebases in server-side web development stacks
Familiarity with the software development lifecycle, agile and waterfall methodologies.
Familiarity with version control via Git, continuous integration, issue trackers, wikis, and pull request workflows
Supporting skills
Experience with client-side frameworks (such as React, Vue, or Angular)
Experience with content management systems or e-commerce platforms
Familiarity with front-end build tools and task runners (Webpack, Rollup)
Familiarity with software testing – unit tests, integration tests
Understanding of RESTful principles and HTTP verbs
Working knowledge of the Unix command line and a shell of your choice
Basic knowledge of design software (Figma), comfortable working with vectors and SVG.
Beneficial skills
Experience designing user interfaces with a user experience (UX) approach
Understanding of fundamentals of typography
Ability to do basic server administration from the command line
Familiarity with server-side programming stacks (we use Python, Ruby, PHP and Node)
Experience with the Django framework, and Wagtail CMS
Experience working with style guides and pattern libraries
Familiarity with web development and open-source communities
Advanced HTML and CSS knowledge
Advanced knowledge of React – client-side routing, code splitting, etc
Advanced testing skills – accessibility tests, automated cross-browser tests, automated UI regression
Experience architecting front-end codebases in client-side JS stacks
Familiarity with other development stacks and platforms (iOS, Android, .NET, etc).
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