Front End Developer Job in City Of London, London Uk

Our client is a major Broadcasting Company seeking a Front End Developer for the Online Commerce programme, based in London for an initial 3 month contract.

Front end developer to work in a Scrum team for the Online Commerce Programme within the Customer Group Online team. You will work in a dedicated product team using Agile practices to deliver high-quality tested software to the business on a regular basis.

Key responsibilities

· Working as part of a scrum team within the Online Shop team. Work will include user interface development work from a front-end perspective.
· Seek to continually improve the company's product selection, storefront and checkout applications. This will involve updating, maintaining and redeveloping components of the shop front.
· Delivery of software components in accordance with defined coding standards and industry best practice.
· Work with testers to deliver automated suite of tests along with production code to ensure product quality and standards are maintained and also to identify and ensure acceptance criteria are satisfied.
· Ensure that application design and development standards and processes are implemented on all appropriate activities and contribute actively to their continuous improvement.
· Resolution of defects during the full product lifecycle.
· Work with Product owners, analysts and key stakeholders to define and design requirements. · Identification of issues, risks, dependencies and blockers, escalating to Scrum Master and managing where appropriate
· Participate in daily stand-up meetings, planning games, showcases, and retrospectives.
The suitable candidate is required to have the following skills and experience:
Essential:
· JavaScript
· Demonstrable experience of object-oriented JavaScript
· jQuery
· HTML
· XHTML
· CSS
· XML
· AJAX
· 5+ years front-end development experience
· Extensive cross-browser development
· Agile experience

Desirable:
· JSP Servlets
· Java Server Pages/ Freemarker Templates
· J Unit
· BDD/TDD
· HTML/CSS3
· JavaScript optimization
· Knowledge and experience of web and other interactive technologies, techniques and practices together with a knowledge of systems integration tools and techniques,
· Keeping up to date with technical/professional developments
· Handles non-routine queries and resolves issues from application of previous experience

Please send CV's and suitable candidates will be contacted.