At VML, we are a beacon of innovation and growth in an ever-evolving world. Our heritage is built upon a century of combined expertise, where creativity meets technology, and diverse perspectives ignite inspiration. With the merger of VMLY&R and Wunderman Thompson, we have forged a new path as a growth partner that is part creative agency, part consultancy, and part technology powerhouse.
We are looking for a Senior Front End Developer to join our engineering team on a contract basis. We are looking for a talented, enthusiastic, focused, eye for detail, professional. Keen to learn and to challenge for smarter ways of doing things; a team player proud of their work who wants to share it. You like working in a fast-paced environment and are ready to inspire outstanding online shopper experiences for consumers and brands, no matter what product, service, sector, device or channel!
What you'll be doing: Creating high quality production-ready front-end code with SalesForce Commerce Cloud
Architectural decisions to be agreed with Front-end Architect, then implemented and maintained on the project to ensure consistency and quality
Drive forward the quality – in code, unit testing, accessibility, performance, code reviews
Engaging with the client to understand new requirements or issues and being able to clearly and credibly present potential solutions
Lead an Agile workstream of front-end developers on a project, contributing to daily stand-ups, sprint planning and estimates
Build modular layouts, reusable code and libraries for future use
Comfortable with a mix of senior responsibilities, effective management of workload, mentoring junior members of the team
Collaborating with technical and non-technical colleagues to escalate issues and highlight any areas that need wider team action
Cooperate with design and marketing teams to gather and refine specifications and requirements for development
Be involved in existing and new integrations for the platform
Full end-to-end ownership from idea to delivery, covering ongoing maintenance, expansion and scaling
Stay current with evolving standards and technologies, learning new skills as needed
Support of the recruitment process in technical tests and team fit assessments
What we want from you: Solid understanding of the Agile methodology i.e. Story point estimation, refinement, sprint planning, retrospective, sprint demos
Commercial Salesforce Commerce Cloud experience
A desire to write readable, maintainable, modular, and extendable code
Experience of pair programming
Knowledge of current trends and best practices in front-end architecture, including performance optimization, accessibility, SEO, security and usability
Commercial experience of using GIT in a large development team performing Continuous Integration
Excellent communication skills and capability to interact directly with the team and stakeholders
Commercial experience of unit testing/End to end testing/regression testing (we use Jest and Cypress)
Familiarity with modern front-end build pipelines and tools such as Grunt and webpack
Willingness to contribute to both large, complex projects and smaller tasks as directed.
Experience of mentoring junior members of the team
Great attitude, self-motivated, strong work ethic, with strong ownership
Have experience of integrating with a variety of external, 3rd party systems
If you know some of this, even better: SFCC Certified Developer or SFCC Certified Architect
Commercial experience in building headless solutions e.g SPA and/or PWA applications
Experience of eCommerce feeds and integrations with Salesforce
Experience in building rapid prototypes
Experience with a Type Checking language either Flow or TypeScript (we use TypeScript)
Experience creating site architecture diagrams, wireframes, process flows
Experience of working on Java/Node/C#/PHP projects would be beneficial
What we can offer you: Alongside the opportunity to work with some of the most exciting brands around the world, we'll also prioritise your career development and help you grow your skills. We'll empower you to make a difference, allow you to be yourself, and respect who you are.
We offer a great benefits package including hybrid working that works for everyone, social events, training opportunities, medical and dental insurance, life assurance, meal cards and much more.
Our personality and behaviours: We believe that we are what we do, not just what we say. Our shared values and behaviours show how to bring the VML Enterprise Solution's culture to life through the actions we all take every day:
Connect Meaningfully
Include Purposefully
Our brilliant, talented people are what makes VML Enterprise Solutions what we are. That's why we look for people who go beyond and always push our thinking to be better than yesterday.
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