Senior Web Developer

  • Salary: £35K to £45K DOE
  • Location: Capel St Mary, Suffolk
  • Hours: 9.00am to 5.30pm
  • Experience: 5 Years (Minimum)

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Job description

Please Note: This role will require you to attend the studio on a regular basis.

About Reach Digital Ltd

Reach Digital® is a fast growing, full service design agency that builds online businesses and provides unique solutions to empower and grow businesses online.

Our clients include Brands, Corporations, Publications, Agencies, Influencer Platforms, and Social Media Practitioners in 100+ markets.

The role

Looking for an exciting, new challenge in 2023?

We are looking for a talented Senior WordPress Website Developer with Technical SEO experience to join our team and help grow our portfolio of award winning businesses. You will be a quick learner and enjoy pushing the boundaries of your own knowledge in a fast paced but supportive environment. You will also be passionate about emerging trends in web technology and have an interest in working with APIs, machine learning, AI methods and Data.

In this role, you will work alongside experienced team members on a varied range of projects and will be encouraged to take responsibility for meeting deadlines. You will also have the opportunity to manage some projects directly, with support from more senior team members.

On a daily basis, you will be responsible for:

  • Helping to prototype new websites and design features
  • Developing bespoke WordPress websites and themes for presentation
  • Developing websites from existing themes
  • Working closely with other team members to create detailed proposals
  • Writing and maintaining code as per specification including undertaking frontend web development, project builds using PHP, Javascript, AJAX, HTML, CSS and related technologies
  • Maintaining websites once they are up and running
  • Working on clients technical SEO across a selection of SEO accounts
  • Learning additional coding languages
  • Developing website pages and features
  • Helping more senior team members with their work
  • Taking an active role in team and client meetings

The requirements for the role

You will be a keen self-starter in finding solutions to technical challenges and will be able to demonstrate that you do so in a fast, clean and efficient manner.

You will ideally have strong experience in:

  • PHP, Javascript, HTML & CSS
  • Creation of web based applications
  • Database development such as MySQL
  • Developing WordPress Websites
  • Bespoke WordPress Theme Development
  • Building WP sites using a variety of methods
  • Search Engine Optimisation (SEO)
  • Web based animation libraries such as GSAP

Experience in the following areas would also be desireable:

  • WebGL

Great communication and teamwork is crucial to the success of our projects.

Other details

The role is based in our Capel St Mary office.

Working hours are 9.00am to 5.30pm.

Salary negotiable based on experience.

Applicants must be eligible to work in the EU and hold a full UK driving license.

Applications (CV, Cover Note & Portfolio) should be sent with your application.

No agencies please

Benefits

  • Day off for your birthday
  • Company pension (duh!)
  • Proactive employee progression
  • Flexitime
  • Performance bonus
  • Yearly bonus
  • Ongoing Training

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