Front-end Developer

Description

Valenture is an exciting new start-up in the online education space. Our mission is to evolve what it means to “go” to school by transforming physical limitations into digital opportunities. We do this by providing students worldwide with a fully supported, global online high school experience, steeped in academic excellence and rooted in sustainable practices. We believe in providing more than just a quality online education – we’re dedicated to building and empowering a purpose-driven, global student body and equipping them to make the best of both their individual and collective futures.

Summary:

Valenture is evolving rapidly and is quickly making a name for itself as an innovating force in the online education industry. This places a great importance on having highly responsive, beautiful customer interfaces to maintain our brand essence while also being able to quickly adapt, iterate and test new features. We’re looking for a skilled web developer to join our Systems & Technology team. The ideal candidate is a talented creative with extensive technical expertise who can work alongside a team and independently in the creation, maintenance, and updates of website and other customer facing online portals. Proficiency in JavaScript, HTML, CSS, and other web services and program applications is essential to succeeding in this role. The web developer will have an immediate effect on our brand, as well as an ongoing impact in solidifying our reputation for creating an engaging and delightful customer experience.

Day-to-day responsibilities include:

• Consistently create well-designed, tested code using best practices for website development, including mobile and responsive site design
• Develop and maintain our website and user interfaces, using standard HTML/CSS practices, while incorporating data from back-end databases and services
• Develop or validate testing schedules, addressing all browsers and devices to ensure various computers can access content
• Maintain updated knowledge of new and emerging industry trends and technology
• Meet regularly with business stakeholders and management to understand and refine business and functional requirements and determine project scopes and specifications
• Develop and maintain strategic operational systems, tools, and processes, including participation in tactical and strategic development projects
• Ensure software stability via regression, support quality assurance, and perform unit and user-acceptance testing to identify bugs and ensure production operations run successfully
• Work quickly and carefully to complete small edits requested by stakeholders, develop plans for completing larger projects, collaborate with colleagues, and suggest new solutions to improvements of existing interfaces
• Perform UI designs and coding, creating reusable objects and templates, wireframes for web pages and email templates; manage maintenance, updates, expansions, and scaling of each design
• Perform regular file backups to local directories for recovery

Requirements

• Two+ years of web development experience
• Solid understanding of UX principles
• Proficient in advanced SASS/CSS features and techniques
• Well versed in the latest HTML standards
• Strong JavaScript fundamentals
• Working experience with API’s
• Familiar with reactive JavaScript front end framework/s (Vue.Js, React, Angular etc.)
• Proficient understanding of code versioning processes and tools (Git, SVN etc.)
• Knowledge of front-end dependency management and build processes (NPM, Yarn, Gulp, Webpack etc.)
• Work with graphics/product design tools (Sketch, Invision etc.)
• Competence with PHP and its surrounding technologies
• Experience with native app development and/or PWA development
• Advanced SEO knowledge

Personal Skills & Attributes

• You love bringing your best self to the workplace and lean into challenges as opportunities for growth and development
• You aspire to combine usability with visual design.
• You are curious about new digital technologies.
• You are honest, transparent and accountable.
• You have an eye for detail.
• You have a desire to stay learning and make an impact in your workplace.
• You’ve worked with a global and virtual team and don’t mind working remotely on your own.
• You’re comfortable with uncertainty, change and ambiguity and thrive in a rapidly evolving environment
• You believe in the pursuit of excellence - rising to the occasion and making something great

Benefits

ICAS Employee Wellness Programme

Family member discount for Valenture Institute

Remote work

Voluntary savings Programme