Web Developer

Job Role : Web Developer

Duration: Permanent

Location : Glasgow, Scotland

Key Responsibilities

• You will be a key part of the team, specializing in front end development.
• You will be expected to model, design, develop, code, test, debug and document front end components that satisfy the business requirements.
• You will be responsible for ensuring that web development best practices and firm-wide development standards are always adhered to.
• You will communicate confidently with the business and IT management to understand their needs and offer technical solutions of the highest level.
• Provide technical design, tool selection and technical leadership for any given component.
• You will conduct code and design reviews across global locations.
• Support all levels of testing and production implementation.
• Provide ongoing application support.

Essential Skills

• A portfolio demonstrating your ability to deliver AJAX/JavaScript/HTML user experiences.
• Proven track record of developing the front end for complex business web based solutions.
• Extensive experience in developing web applications with excellent skills in HTML, CSS and JavaScript.
• Experience of developing complete web solutions with extensive AJAX integration.
• Agile development practices, such as continuous integration, automated unit testing, iterative development, pair programming, and estimation.
• Proven ability to carry out technical analysis, including system architecture & infrastructure.
• Knowledge of application deployment.
• Experience of working in globally distributed teams
• Strong communication and influencing skills.
• Attitude of actively supporting staff in a team environment
• Analytical and problem solving skills.

Desirable Skills

• Experience using Marklogic and xQuery
• Experience of RIXML
• Sybase, SQL, stored procedures
• Financial development experience
• Good understanding of Linux tools and architecture (or Unix equivalent)