Join the team

The role

You’ll work closely within a project team to shape solutions from initial concept to finished design. Along the way, you’ll need to consider everything from creating exciting and meaningful transitions to writing re-usable code.

You’ll need to have a keen eye for visual design and a belief in delivering excellence and quality. Passionate about user-interfaces and user-experiences, your initiative and creative thinking will ensure that our applications deliver on innovation and design.

An interest in working with server-side technologies like PHP and MySQL or with web-services from AWS or Azure would also be beneficial.

Responsibilities

• Develop innovative applications using modular JavaScript and libraries like React, BackboneJS or similar MVC
• Work collaboratively within project teams to guide and enhance the solutions created
• Take responsibility for quality, whether that’s performance, user-experience or accessibility
• Analyse client requirements and develop new innovative solutions
• Enjoy building applications that work on multiple platforms and devices
• Value mentorship, learning, and sharing knowledge

Qualifications and skills

Essential

• Minimum of a 2:1 bachelor’s degree in an appropriate subject
• Knowledge and practical experience of modern HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript
• Able to write reusable and maintainable code
• Strong eye for design and user-experience
• Self-motivated with strong attention to detail
• A passion to learn and develop professionally
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Strong time management skills and an ability to prioritise and meet deadlines

Desirable

• Experience in professional programming practices like OOP, UML, version control, frameworks structures
• Experience of frameworks such as React, Vue, Backbone or similar
• Familiar with build tools such as Vite, Webpack or Grunt
• Experience using AWS or Azure APIs
• Experience working with Amazon Web-services or Microsoft Azure
• Experience developing with A.I. or machine learning technologies
• Experience with command-line scripting such as Bash, Python, PowerShell

Selection process

• A short telephone interview
• A coding assignment
• Presentation and a face-to-face interview with the Saffron team