Role: Senior Software Engineer - Frontend

Experience: 5+ years

Where the job is based: Bangalore/Pune

This role demands 2 days of work from the office every week and flexibility to work during UK hours whenever required

Who we are:

Kerv Digital (previously known as cloudThing) solve complicated problems with great digital experiences. We combine Power Platform, DevSecOps, Data Science and Software Engineering to achieve measurable business outcomes for our clients. Headquartered in Birmingham and part of Kerv, we are part of a £50m revenue global organisation, with over 450 employees, working with over 800 sector-leading clients, with offices in London, Birmingham, and Bangalore.

Kerv is an ethically led organisation, and we are proud of our values. Our mission to Build Future and make a positive difference in society helps guide us to choose to work primarily with Nonprofit and Public Sector organisations. We encourage all our developers and designers to embrace the latest technologies, frameworks, and cloud deployment platforms to help our clients achieve more. We relish the difficult problems and integration challenges and guarantee our developers are never bored.

We are proud to be certified as a Great Place to Work by independent assessors in both the UK and India. We can offer you an inclusive, collaborative atmosphere to develop your skills as part of a global multi-discipline development team with opportunities to be mentored by forward-thinking architects.

Join us today to work closely with household name clients, build your technical prowess, and make new friends along the way.

Primary Responsibility:

Developing simple, yet powerful Rich UI applications using Next.js Essentials

·       Developing and Managing rich UX focussed and scalable web applications using the Next.js framework and including extensive presentation of bespoke business processes

·       Building reusable components and front-end libraries for future use

·       Translating designs and wireframes into high quality code

·       Creating clear and effective documentation across multiple channels

·       Being highly delivery focused and engaging effectively with all types of team members to drive projects forwards

·       Other tasks as reasonable requested

NOTE: as is common with this type of role, remote location and occasional out-of-hours working will be required to support customer interests

 Essential Skills:  

·       Thorough understanding of Next.js or similar JS MVC frameworks

·       Expertise in HTML5, CSS3 and JQuery

·       Strong proficiency in JavaScript, including DOM manipulation and the JS object model

·       Experience with Redux or similar workflow

·       Keen eye towards benchmarking and optimization

·       Familiarity with RESTful APIs

Desirable Skills:  

·       Knowledge of isomorphic React is a plus

·       .Net or PHP; ideally building public WebAPI services

·       Mobile development experience is a plus

·       MariaDB/MongoDb or similar NoSQL knowledge huge plus

·       Experience with Amazon Web Services, EC2 etc. highly regarded

Personality:

Essential, must have one of own! Additionally;

§  a geek that can speak; excellent spoken and written communication

§  an obvious attention to detail, we want you to obsess about the little things!

§  ability to identify and pick up new technologies and operating systems quickly

§  ability to work effectively with remote teams in India

§  ability to work flexibly to deliver on-time to tight timescales

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*Please note: By submitting an application you agree to Kerv Digital’s recruitment policy

“We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and determined to ensure that no applicant or employee receives less favourable treatment on the grounds of gender, age, disability, religion, belief, sexual orientation, marital status, or race. We are committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all employees and to providing employees with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment. All employment decisions are based on business needs, job requirements, individual qualifications and work experience.”