Web design and development by Front, a strategy, design and technology studio in Belfast, Northern Ireland

FRONT produces great work for clients from across the UK and Ireland. We are a small and dedicated team with varied skills and an agile mindset that gives us plenty of creative freedom. We’re looking for a senior developer to join our team.

Skills & Attitudes

You should have proven technical ability with lots of experience.

We are not going to start naming an exhaustive list of technologies; but you’ll need to know your stuff on bother server and client side.

A third level degree in a related discipline would be great to have, but we value experience as well as book-learning.

Being able to work and communicate effectively and work as part of a team is vital. You be working closely with a diverse range of clients and the Front team, often on tight deadlines. Sometimes you will be required to present work to clients and advocate your approach to particular problems.

The ideal candidate will have an expert understanding of user interface design. We are prepared to be flexible on this one, but you will definitely need to have an understanding of the basic principles of making things easy to use.

Most of your time will be spent thinking about and developing server and clients-side web applications. Typically you will be developing and extending server-side applications and frameworks; using PHP to extend ExpressionEngine, writing handy Perl applications, building custom apps in Ruby on Rails; or working to build the user experience in XHTML/CSS/JS.

Responsibilities

On a day to day basis you will be:

• Working with clients to understand their requirements
• Brainstorming, ideation and exploration
• Developing these requirements into great web applications
• Testing applications to ensure they are bullet-proof
• Standing over the quality of our technical solutions

We also need you to take an active role in:

• Coaching and developing the development team
• Delivering team workshops and teaching us new things
• Estimating and planning work with project managers
• Thinking about how we can do things better
• Generally contributing to a great working environment

How to Apply

This role is based in our Belfast studio, though some travel will be necessary at times

We offer an excellent salary, bonus and benefits; including relocation costs.

Please email us quoting the job reference “Senior Developer” in the subject line of your mail.

You should attach a cover letter and your CV/Résumé. Please include links to/samples of your work.

All applicants will be contacted to confirm that we have received their application. A shortlist of suitable applicants will be drawn up. Shortlisted candidates will be asked to complete an exercise.

We look forward to working with you!