Frontend Developer (Mid Level)
Salary DOE (dependent on experience)
You're our Frontend Developer with a specific focus on Shopify.
A typical week for you involves working a collaborative environment. Using the latest front-end technologies and Shopify's platform, you'll bring the design team's visions to life. Regularly participating in code reviews and testing, you'll ensure best practices and a high-quality user experience across various devices and browsers.
You'll participate in daily stand-up meetings with Account Managers and Project Managers to make sure that priorities are aligned, that there's clear communication across project milestones and potential roadblocks, and that delivery is timely.
You'll be a vital part of our development team, driving the technical execution of projects and making sure that our clients receive exceptional service.
Here's an overview of your responsibilities, and the tasks that you're expected to do as part of your role:
- Build and implement designs: Using the latest front-end technologies and Shopify functionality, you will bring the design team’s visions to life. This involves writing clean, efficient and maintainable code.
- Collaborate with Account Managers (AMs) and Project Managers (PMs): Participate in daily stand-up meetings to ensure alignment with client requirements, expectations, and project goals.
- Translate requirements into specifications: Work closely with AMs, PMs and Design team to translate client requirements into detailed technical specifications. You will ensure that the specifications are clear, feasible and aligned with the project vision.
- Participate in code reviews and testing: Regularly review code from peers to ensure best practises and contribute to a culture of continuous improvement. You will also test your own work across various devices and browsers to ensure a consistent and high quality user experience.
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Communicate progress and updates: Provide regular update to AMs, Pms and clients about project milestones, potential roadblocks and timelines. Clear communication is to key to managing expectations and delivering on time.
What we're looking for from you
Essential Technical Skills, Knowledge & Experience
Agency Experience
- 3 years+ of agency experience
Proficiency in HTML, CSS & JavaScript
- The ability to write clean, semantic markup with experience of optimising for SEO.
- Familiarity with browser developer tools and debugging techniques.
Responsive Design
- A strong understanding of responsive web design principles and techniques.
- Experience with media queries and mobile-first design approach.
- Familiarity with design software such as Figma
Performance Optimisation
- An understanding of performance optimisation techniques, including lazy loading, minification and code splitting.
- Proficient in analysing and improving Core Web Vitals (Largest Contentful Paint, Interaction to Next Paint, and Cumulative Layout Shift).
- Experience with tools such as Google Lighthouse, PageSpeed Insights, and WebPageTest for performance auditing and improvement.
Accessibility
- A working knowledge of website accessibility, including ARIA tags and labels.
Version Control
- Experience with version control, branching strategies and pull request workflows in platforms such as GitHub.
Project Management
- Excellent knowledge of project management tools, such as Jira and Basecamp.
Desirable Technical Skills, Knowledge & Experience
- Familiarity with popular JavaScript frameworks and libraries such as React, Vue.js, Next.js
- Experience with RESTful APIs and GraphQL
- Ability to integrate third-party services and APIs into Shopify stores
- Experience with working in ecommerce, preferable with Shopify.
- Experience with Liquid, and creating custom Shopify themes.
Soft Skills
- Strong problem-solving skills: The ability to debug complex issues and find effective solutions.
- Clear and effective communication: This is vital for understanding client requirements, collaborating with team members, and providing project updates.
- Critical thinking: Ability to come up with creative solutions for complex problems.
- Time management: Strong time management skills make sure that projects are completed on time and within budget.
- Teamwork: Collaboration with designers, project managers and other developers is crucial. The ability to work well in a team, contribute ideas and adapt to changing requirements.
- Willingness to adapt: Ability to evolve with emerging technologies and platforms like Shopify. Keeping up to date with the latest trends and best practices.
- Attention to detail: Making sure that designs are accurately translated into code and meet both design and technical specifications.
- Department
- Frontend
- Locations
- HQ
- Remote status
- Hybrid Remote
About Velstar
A dedicated Shopify agency, we’re end-to-end commerce partners for brands across a huge range of lifestyle verticals. We’ve provided development and marketing services to some of the UK and Europe’s top brands including Castore, Neom, Avon, French Connection, McLaren and many more.
Frontend Developer (Mid Level)
Salary DOE (dependent on experience)
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