Front -End Developer Contract

Role:                                   Front -End Developer

Duration:                           12 Months – Hybrid (2 Days per week)

Location:                           Manchester

Rate:                                   Market Rates  (Inside IR35)

We have a 12-month project for a Front-End Developer, to work on an exciting new digital service.

Responsibilities:

• Designing, creating and improving new and existing products, platforms and transactions across the department.

Skills Required:

• Knowledge of tools and techniques used within the wider team, both Developers and Non-Developers.
• Expert knowledge of HTML5, JavaScript, jQuery, CSS and Sass.
• Knowledge of cross-browser considerations.
• Knowledge of Responsive Web Design.
• Knowledge of web accessibility and WCAG.
• Knowledge of UX and usability.
• Ability to communicate technical concepts to a non-technical audience.
• Proven experience maintaining a large and dynamic code base.
• Knowledge of unix-like operating systems such as Linux and/or Mac OS X.
• Knowledge of the use of version control systems such as subversion or git.
• Ability to quickly research and learn new programming tools and techniques.
• Experience of building high-traffic websites.
• Understand web architecture.
• Working knowledge of Mustache templates, Java 7 and Node.js is advantageous
• Experience with test driven development using toolsets such as Mocha and Jasmine is desirable.