Salary: around £50-55K
Location: Hybrid/fully remote options (office in Greenwich)
Experience level: Mid, senior
Tech stack used: PHP, WordPress (Twig/Timber +ACF), Sass/CSS, Vanilla JS
Type: Permanent, full-time, flexible hours
About Cog
Cog is a digital design agency making uniquely crafted websites for for the UK’s highest-profile arts organisations.
Working exclusively in the cultural and heritage sector, we make world leading, uniquely crafted websites. Our approach is audience-focused and pragmatic. Every solution is unique because every client brings individual challenges and opportunities. We support over 60 websites with an average of 12M page views and £7M+ in transactions every month.
We love the web as a platform and are committed to creating accessible, performant sites based on the native features that come with the browser.
We’re proud to use WordPress (even given recent drama) because we’re committed to technology choices that make sense for our clients and for the long term.
We avoid jargon, minimise complexity and partner with exceptional clients to build long-term, productive (and enjoyable) working relationships.
About the role
We’re looking for an experienced full stack developer (4+ years experience) to help us maintain and develop our portfolio of 60+ websites for some of the largest cultural institutions in the UK.
You’ll work in a small and dedicated team alongside other full-time and freelance developers, project managers and designers, suggesting technical solutions to optimise existing websites as well as leading on the build new sites (either alone or in partnership).
You’ll be pragmatic, flexible and focused. You will be able leverage both front-end and back-end technologies to make sure our sites function smoothly with a focus on web native functionality, accessibility and performance.
About the role/ key responsibilities
- We’re looking for a confident problem solver with a collaborative approach
- You’ll have a thorough understanding of core web technologies and frameworks, including HTML, CSS, JavaScript. Experience with React is a plus but not essential
- You’ll be able to interpret wireframes and website mock-ups and explain technical options to non-technical colleagues
- You’ll own tasks end to end; including communicating with project managers and designers to gathering more information if needed
- You’ll have experience of delivering websites within a professional environment and supporting websites through their full lifecycle
- We’re a small team with a large output so you’ll be able to take ownership of areas that interest you and ship new features quickly
- You’ll enjoy continuous personal development and value opportunities to learn on the job
About you
Essential
- Experience with WordPress, Advanced Custom Fields and plugin development
- Excellent core web development skills focused on semantic HTML, vanilla JS and Modern CSS
- Experience of developing and testing responsive websites for multiple browsers, platforms and devices
- Experience with 3rd Party Restful APIs such as ticketing & CRM systems
Accessibility best practices
- Experience estimating how long you need to invest in specific tasks
- Right to work in the UK
Nice to have
- Experience using project management and communication tools such as ClickUp/Slack/Basecamp
- DevOps experience including web server management with NGINX/Litespeed
- Experience with Ticketing and high traffic web applications.
Benefits
- MacBook Pro as work laptop
- 25 days paid leave each year (in addition to official local public holidays) – you can also buy or sell up to five days each calendar year.
- Annual team discussion days – where we celebrate the past and play an active part in planning your future
- Recruitment referral bonus
- Cycle to work scheme
- Travelcard loans (interest free)
- Funded monthly cultural outing with the team – in person in London ( but sometimes remote)
- Occasional team dinners
- Monthly breakfast briefings with leading figures from the sector
- Regular training sessions delivered by team members and guests
Application process
- Apply via our form
- Screening call with our Head of Technology Alex
- Interview, with questions and a task given in advance with Alex & Michael (Director of Cog) and members of the development and or design team
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