Purpose of Role
To be a member of the Front End Engineering team to develop, support and maintain technology solutions for clients, partners, and internal Sagittarius solutions. The role will also work with other members of the wider Engineering team in taking technical responsibility and ownership of elements of solution delivery.
Key Accountabilities
- Implementing Front End related technologies for Contentstack (and associated technologies) software solutions.
- Collaborating effectively with Engineers, QA Engineers, Business Analysts, DevOps Engineers, and other members of the wider Engineering and agency team.
- Accountable for the timely and technical quality delivery on Front End related elements/phases for software development projects assigned.
- Ensuring technical implementation and delivery processes (i.e. Unit testing, Source control, Coding Standards) and technical documentation are followed, improved, and continuously evolved.
- Building reusable components and front-end libraries for future use.
- Translating designs and wireframes into high-quality code.
- Optimising components for maximum performance across a vast array of web-capable devices and browsers.
- Following industry standards and best practices for Front End development, specifically for Contentstack development.
- To accurately record all hours worked against the appropriate client and report any work requests to the Technical Lead and/or CTO.
- In all dealings with clients, suppliers, and colleagues to be professional, helpful, respectful, innovative, creative, and at all times to act in the best interests of Sagittarius.
We would expect all of our team members to adhere to and promote our company core values. To take responsibility for the quality and presentation of your own work and environment. To be always looking for new avenues and opportunities for Sagittarius.
We also expect all team members to promote equality of opportunity, be committed and professional at all times, and to comply with the company’s health and safety policy. To be open and interested in new technology and methods of delivering the company’s products and services, and to continually develop personal technical skills and to challenge and stretch boundaries.
Skills and Competencies
- To have an excellent knowledge of Contentstack.
- Good cross-browser testing tools (e.g., BrowserStack).
- Strong background in software development.
- Excellent knowledge of HTML5, JavaScript, CSS, and SASS.
- Appreciation of Contentstack design patterns and understanding of their use.
- Familiarity with Front end unit testing tools e.g., Jasmine, Jest, MochaJS.
- Knowledge of task runners (Grunt, Gulp, Webpack: Gulp is preferred, MSBuild).
- Bootstrap 3+.
- Source control - Git and Gitflow.
- IDEs - Visual Studio Code would be advantageous.
- JIRA, Azure DevOps.
- Agile, Scrum, DevOps.
Previous Experience and Skills
- Developing enterprise-grade scale website/web applications within a large delivery project/team using Contentstack and associated technologies.
- You will need to have a sound knowledge of design and design processes & the full software development lifecycle.
- You will have good defect fixing experience – working independently to identify and resolve issues before delivery and testing functionality after the initial fix.
- Web Site testing – you will be able to test as you go, identifying issues, solving problems, and reporting up and down the chain. You will be able to test the browser stack, conduct cross-browser testing on supported platforms.
- You will be able to build reusable code and libraries for future use, ensure technical feasibility of UI/UX designs, optimize application for maximum speed and scalability to back end.
Our Vision
We have a clear vision to be one of the best digital agencies in the country. We have a relentless desire to be the most innovative, creative thinkers, technically brilliant and deliver outstanding customer service so that we are a joy to work with and deliver genuine ROI for our clients.
Our Mission
Our mission is to create successful brands through digital transformation.
Our Company Values. Our values are at the heart of everything we do.
Be remarkable – go beyond
by being;
» Passionate and Determined
» Insightful and Effective
» Humble and Helpful
» Innovative and Open-minded
Our commitment to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
Our inclusivity is built on talent – and talent has no boundaries and does not discriminate. Sagittarius is committed to maintaining a culture of inclusion and equity and we are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. A genuinely inclusive workplace is the foundation for diversity and equity, and we value individuals, their unique creativity and how every aspect of this aligns to our mission, visions, and values. We are genuinely open-minded and so our diverse workforce grows organically.
Our individual differences, specialist knowledge, and life experiences bring a unique contribution which makes us stronger as a team. We strive to create a feeling of belonging regardless of education, opinions, culture, ethnicity, race, sex, gender identity and expression, age, languages spoken, colour, religion, disability, sexual orientation, and beliefs.
We expect all team members to promote equality of opportunity, be committed and professional at all times, to comply with the company’s health and safety policy. To be open and interested in new technology and methods of delivering the company’s products and services, and to continually develop personal technical skills and to challenge and stretch boundaries.
At Sagittarius we are committed to security management and have documented policies you will be expected to abide by. We also comply with ISO 27001.
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