Front End Web Developer

Job description

We offer excellent benefits that help make Tesco a great place to work.

These include but aren't limited to:

- An annual bonus scheme which you can achieve up to 3.5% of base salary.
- Privilege card (including a 2nd card for a family member) after 6 months service with 10% off most purchases at Tesco.
- A retirement savings plan - 4%-7.5% contribution rate
- Life Assurance - 5 x contractual pay
- Buy As You Earn Scheme
- Save As You Earn Scheme
- Deals & Discounts through Tesco including Tesco Mobile & Tesco Bank
- Deals and Discounts through many other external businesses

About The Job

About the Online Creative and Content Team

Our team is made up of Front End Developers, Digital Designers, Copywriters and Delivery Leads. Together we are responsible for defining and executing digital content across three of Tesco's primary online ecommerce businesses; Tesco Direct, F&F Clothing and Tesco Groceries for the UK and Ireland.
As a key part of delivering experiences on crucial customer touchpoints, we work in collaboration with Brand, Digital Marketing, UX and commercial teams on projects of all sizes.
We inspire, design and deliver the very best digital creative and content for our customers. Always optimising to drive engagement, conversion and satisfaction.

Main Responsibilities

The Role Front End Developer

Whilst specific responsibilities will be dependent upon the changing needs of the Tesco business, the following provides an overview of the role's key responsibilities and measures:

Front-end development of pages, assets, modular components and new features to support online trading, campaigns and propositions - ensuring coding best practice adhered to and continuous improvement of the online experience.

Responsibilities

Writing code that is best practice, meets coding standards & adheres to responsive guidelines where necessary.
Providing on-time, quality and reasoned solutions to assigned work - to support online trading needs.
Maintaining & developing code guidelines where necessary.
Quality, testing and validation processes.
Communicating & collaborating effectively with the team, managing stakeholders on timings, issues & dependencies.
Working closely with Creative and Content, UX, and UI teams to deliver accurate and engaging content.
Being passionate about code and keeping up-to-date with new trends in the market.
Excellent attention to detail and maintains high standards of quality and efficiency in all work.
Reviewing own work and others to continuously improve on the online customer experience.
Following our Business Code of Conduct and always acting with integrity and due diligence.

Ideal Candidate

Key Skills and Experience

You'll need to have demonstrated experience of:

Operational Skills

HTML & HTML5 CSS & CSS3
XML & XHTML LESS
jQuery JSON / REST
JavaScript Photoshop
Beneficial to have had exposure to:
ReactJS APIs
CMS Systems Sketch

Experience relevant for this job:

Knowledge of web code, design & responsive page layout techniques for cross- browser / platform / device
Responsive design & touch screen principles
Knowledge of AA W3C and WAI current standards
Creating & editing templates for CMS / web dev framework
(Teamsite / ATG would be advantageous)
Understanding of accessibility guidelines
Defect resolution & problem-solving skills.
Worked within a creative team.

About the Company

About Tesco

Our vision here at Tesco is to become every customer's favourite way to shop online, whether they are at home, out shopping, on the move, anywhere in the world.

We want our customers to be inspired and whatever they are looking for, we're finding bigger and better ways to provide it.

Everything is underpinned by our continuous drive for the best tools and technology to deliver our vision. We're driving innovation and transforming our Technology to become the world's leading e-commerce business.

We need people who share our ambition to deliver for our customers; Passionate and confident people willing to take the initiative and drive us forwards. In return we offer excitement, a great team, an excellent benefit package, and significant career development opportunities.

Joining us means playing a part in defining; building and launching an ambitious roadmap of digital products that could affect the lives of millions of people over the years to come.

If that sounds exciting then we'd love to hear from you.

The position will be based at our Head Office in Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire.

Desired profile

Ideal Candidate

Key Skills and Experience

You'll need to have demonstrated experience of:

Operational Skills

HTML & HTML5 CSS & CSS3
XML & XHTML LESS
jQuery JSON / REST
JavaScript Photoshop
Beneficial to have had exposure to:
ReactJS APIs
CMS Systems Sketch

Experience relevant for this job:

Knowledge of web code, design & responsive page layout techniques for cross- browser / platform / device
Responsive design & touch screen principles
Knowledge of AA W3C and WAI current standards
Creating & editing templates for CMS / web dev framework
(Teamsite / ATG would be advantageous)
Understanding of accessibility guidelines
Defect resolution & problem-solving skills.
Worked within a creative team.