Location: Cambridge
Salary: £52,208 - £58,011 per annum
Position Type: Temporary / Full-Time
Overview
We currently have a fantastic opportunity to join us as a Front-End Developer on an 18-month fixed-term contract. In this role you will be working within the DevOps team and your colleagues across the directorate contributing to the design, build and continual improvement of RSC software applications. Your work will enable us to maximise user experience, accessibility, usability and ensuring that services are efficient at accomplishing their duties, even as those duties scale and evolve.
Our technology services underpin the operations of all staff members and of our websites and services. In this role you will be expected to shape the architecture, infrastructure and the fine-grained detail of configuration & implementation throughout the software development lifecycle.
About the role:
- Responsible for front-end software development and collaborating with the other development teams and QA.
- To provide technical guidance, ensuring best practice for development processes, specifically, devops and continuous delivery pipelines.
- Undertake software development tasks as a key developer on the team; peer review and pair program to ensure quality and good design.
- Applies agreed standards and tools to achieve well-engineered outcomes.
- Build and develop relationships with key external suppliers, partners and business colleagues to maximise their contribution.
We are looking for:
- Strong experience developing with HTML and CSS, especially HTML5 and CSS3.
- Knowledge of CSS frameworks eg Bootstrap, Foundation.
- Knowledge of SASS or LESS to generate CSS.
- Able to build responsive websites that work across many browsers, versions and platforms.
- Able to produce working UI code from provided wireframes or graphical layouts (eg Storybook) that comply with supplied brand and style guides.
- Able to test user interface and performance optimisation including automated testing eg with Playwright.
- Skilled in JavaScript including use of libraries and frameworks such as React / Angular / Vue.js.
About the RSC
- The Royal Society of Chemistry is a not-for-profit organisation whose mission is to advance chemical sciences. As a not-for-profit publisher, we reinvest surplus funds back into the global scientific community, supporting our purpose to help the chemical science community make the world a better place.
- At the RSC we embrace flexibility and offer hybrid working, which means our teams come together when they need to collaborate.
- Although this role is contractually based at our Cambridge office, you will have the opportunity to also work mostly from a UK location other than this, as agreed with your line manager. Applicants should be aware that there is an expectation that employees will attend our Cambridge office and travel as required in their roles.
Benefits
At the Royal Society of Chemistry, we promote a healthy work/life balance and flexible working options across the organisation. We offer a comprehensive benefits package to all employees including:
- 26 days paid holiday per annum
- 35-hour working week with flexible options
- Enhanced maternity and paternity leave
- Paid volunteering days
- Pension plan with up to 12% employer contributions (depending upon your contribution)
- Life assurance at four times basic annual salary
- If you are interested in this role, please apply before the end of the closing date. When applying, you will need to provide an up-to-date CV and a supporting statement (no more than 500 words) indicating how your skills/ expertise match the competencies outlined in the Job Description here.
Visit our Work For Us website to learn more about us, our benefits, equal opportunities statement and inclusive culture pledge.
At the RSC, we recognise the benefits of a diverse workforce and welcome applicants from a range of backgrounds to apply. We particularly encourage applications from disabled and ethnic minority candidates.
As a part of the Disability Confident Scheme, we endeavour, where possible, to offer an interview to candidates meeting the essential criteria of the role, who has a substantial physical/mental impairment which impacts their ability to carry out day-to-day tasks.
We are committed to making our recruitment processes accessible to all and as part of this, we are flexible in the ways we give and receive information.
No agencies, please. All recruitment enquiries from third-party recruiters will not be considered.
You may have experience in the following: Web Developer, Client-Side Developer, JavaScript Developer, Front-End Web Developer, UI/UX Developer, Web Interface Developer, Front-End Programmer, User Interface Engineer, HTML/CSS Developer, Interactive Developer, Front-End Software Engineer, Front-End Application Developer, Front-End Web Engineer, and Front-End UI Developer.
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