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Software Engineer (Front End)

Thortful

GBP 30k-35k/year
2 years ago

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About us

We are on a mission to make the world a more thortful place. Our community of designers and illustrators create witty, topical and unique greeting cards that make people smile, laugh, and feel a sense of connection. At thortful, we use the best tech to make the experience of finding, sending and receiving cards simple and fun.

We champion independent creatives and small businesses, paying our creators an industry-leading royalty rate for each card sold. 

Our journey to making the world a more thortful place is always full of fun; we think like entrepreneurs, are open minded and inclusive, and always put customer happiness at the heart of what we do.

We’re passionate about what we are building and we hope you will be too.

About the team

We have an incredibly talented tech team working their magic behind our platforms and making sure we deliver a seamless experience for our customers. Following the best engineering practices, they have quality and performance as the key aspects of their deliverables.

Our Front End development team brings our platforms to life by bridging the gap between design and functionality. They are responsible for driving the development for the dynamic user experience across our web and mobile platforms. We are looking for an entry-Level Front End Engineer to join this exciting team!  

What you’ll be doing

  • Working on all stages of project development from concept to release 
  • Performing unit testing using frameworks like Jasmine/Karma 
  • Working closely with UX designers, and the wider product & tech team  
  • Keeping up to date with trends, sharing new ideas and showing keen interest in page performance & SEO
  • Following the best practices, style guides and taking responsibility for code quality & performance 
  • Creating responsive UI and developing sites that are compatible across various browsers/devices
  • Optimising our web applications for speed and scalability while championing the user experience 

About you

  • You are an inquisitive, passionate Front End engineer with a portfolio of work showing your achievements
  • You are keen and motivated to learn and develop your technical skills as an engineer
  • You pay attention to detail and you have an eye for design and visual aesthetics
  • You are familiar with or have training in: HTML5, CSS/SCSS, ANGULAR 9+ / Typescript
    • Bonus: React, AngularJS
    • Bonus: Git, GitLab or Jenkins
  • You are a team player who is passionate about what we do and want to be part of our mission to make the world a more thortful place

Some of the thortful perks

  • Hybrid working model
  • Flexi time 
  • One work from anywhere week per quarter
  • 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays (increasing with length of service) + opportunity to sell back unused days.
  • Discretionary bonus scheme
  • Private health insurance with Vitality and Sanctus mental health coaching
  • thortful credits worth £300 per year
  • A minimum of 4 learning and development days per year
  • £300 annual personal development fund
  • Cycle to work scheme and interest free travel loan
  • Salary Exchange Pension
  • Staff discounts and employee referral scheme
  • Wednesday team socials/ evening drinks

At thortful, we respect and value the differences in people and so we encourage all applicants to come as you are. We believe that diverse and inclusive teams nurture creativity and is therefore the key to our success. Much like our cards, we are creating a workplace that represents ALL people.

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