Senior Front-End Developer

Kainos

Gdańsk

Type of work

Undetermined

Experience

Senior

Employment Type

Permanent

Operating mode

Office

Financial offer: 8 000 - 14 000 PLN gross per month (plus travel allowance up to 8900 PLN net)

The successful candidate will:

Work as part of a multi-disciplined agile team to deliver user focussed and successful solutions;
Be responsible for production ready Front End code;
Be responsible for accessibility and cross browser / cross device compatibility;
Work with designers to define interaction patterns;
Work back-end developers to integrate front-end and back-end code, ensuring design integrity and performance;
Provide support and front end best practice advice to designers and developers;
Communicate credibly with a wide range of digital delivery disciplines and talent both internally and externally;
Comply with all confidentiality and non-disclosure policies and/or agreements and ensures security of information at all times;
Build and maintain front-end libraries and frameworks;
Assist in developing methodologies, standards and best practices;
Research and recommend appropriate interactive technologies;
Coach and mentor junior staff;
Travel 3-4 days a week to various UK locations.

Required experience:

The following are required skills:

Excellent knowledge of HTML5, CSS3, SASS, JS patterns and JQuery;
Experience building responsive sites/applications;
Experience building and testing across browsers and devices;
Experience building to at least W3C AA standard for accessibility;
Knowledge using front end build systems (e.g. Grunt);
Knowledge managing front-end dependencies (e.g. Bower);
Knowledge working with version control systems (e.g. GIT);
Organising and building UI modules;
A solid understanding of UX principles;
A solid understanding of accessibility standards;
A solid understanding of information architecture, interaction design, visual design and prototyping;
Understanding of the technological and business implications of a task, and technical debt;
Has an open attitude to sharing information;
Capable of effective prioritisation of tasks and personal time management;
A good understanding of Agile delivery methodology;
Has mentored other developers;
Able to work unsupervised and prioritise their own time and activities.

The following are desirable skills:

Active participant in communities of interest (e.g. online groups, speaking at conferences etc.);
Has contributed to open source projects;
Knowledge or experience in the following:
- CSS architecture methodologies (e.g. SMACSS);
- Web analytics implementation;
- Front end performance budgeting and optimisation;
- Logic-less javascript templating;
- Front-end regression testing.

What you get from Kainos:

Relocation package that covers flights, accommodation, and other relocation costs;
Private medical insurance at Medicover (possibility to take your family under it);
1500 PLN per year to pay for your hobby courses (you can spend it for whatever you want i.e. kitesurfing or Spanish language lessons);
Gym card Multisport (50% paid by company; possibility to take your family under it);
Integration and family parties: Santa Claus, Summer BBQ, Kick Off, Pay Day Drinks, Christmas Party, St. Patrick’s Day, and many more;
Online training portal access — Pluralsight;
Career Coach taking care of your career progress in Kainos;
Conferences in Poland and abroad as a speaker or listener (you can prepare for your presentation within working hours);
3000 Pounds for Refer-a-friend scheme;
Possibility to work from home up to 3 days per week;
Core hours (starting work between 8 and 10 AM);
7,5 hours working day;
Fun rooms, Chill Out room and gym with showers in the office;
Soft skills training;
Easy access to the people on managerial levels, real influence on the company’s decisions;
Very stable employment in a company that cares about employees’ development.

Recruiter contact: Iwo Sadecki (i.sadecki@kainos.com)