ROLE OVERVIEW

Croud is a digital marketing agency with a unique business model, recently named Campaign's Global Performance Marketing Agency of the Year.

Croud continues to grow rapidly, and our industry is evolving. A competitive edge for digital advertisers will increasingly be found in how they leverage their proprietary technology to drive efficiency and deliver exceptional results for clients.

Croud is a digital agency unlike any other, as well as a core team of highly talented individuals across a huge range of disciplines, Croud operates a global network for freelance professionals (Croudies), this network provides unparalleled reach, scale and capacity to deliver work of the highest quality to our clients. Croud also invests heavily in Technology and Tools to support the work of the teams. The Front End Developer plays a crucial role in helping drive the engineering effort forward, and in shaping Croud’s multi-stream product strategy.

The successful candidate would report to the Senior Front End Developer and Director of Engineering, and would work closely with the Croud Engineering and Product teams.

We’re looking for a highly motivated and experienced front end software developer, comfortable working with multiple stakeholders. The role involves taking a design and development role on our core USP - Croud Control - which is responsible for the delivery and management of marketing based tasks distributed across our network of digital specialists.

This role is responsible for supporting the design and development of the Croud Control frontend application - a rich application used by the Croud agency to manage the allocation of tasks to the Croudie Network, and the curation and moderation of delivered work.

This is a hands-on development role and so strong technical skills and experience with Javascript/Typescript are essential. Croud has standardised on VueJS as the frontend framework, so experience with this and the related ecosystem is also essential.

The candidate will work closely with the Senior Front End Engineer to deliver an agreed feature roadmap. An enquiring mind and enthusiasm to explore new technologies is encouraged - every individual in the team has the opportunity to shape the future of Croud Control. 

The right hire will share Croud’s values:

• Passion: loving what you do and being driven to excel with each new project
• Imagination: meeting challenges creatively and ready to try new ideas
• Integrity: accountable and always being helpful to one another

Croud operates a hybrid working model with a minimum of 2 days a week based in our Shrewsbury office and the remaining days from home if you wish.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Work directly with the Senior Front End Developer and Director of Engineering to support the development of the Croud Control frontend application
• Work closely with with other team members to help design and develop any requested roadmap features
• Ensure that all code is developed with a Security-First approach and is in accordance with a defined SDLC - all code must be peer reviewed prior to final QA
• Create and maintain documentation to support any development and operation in a production environment
• Work with other members of the company to help improve workflow and processes
• Ensure operations requirements are met prior to production deployment
• Assist triage and resolution for production issues as they arise
• Contribute to the improvement of the platform - suggest improvements to code, technology, architecture & workflow
• Successful delivery of the solutions to agreed timelines
• Ongoing management of bug fixes and product refinements

Key stakeholders:

• Line Manager: Director of Engineering
• Key stakeholders: Senior Front End Developer, Product Director, Chief Technology Officer, Head of Product
• Other stakeholders: Engineering Team, Product Team

PERSON SPECIFICATION

• Degree level education or relevant equivalent experience
• Demonstrable experience in software development using Javascript. A strong understanding of Typescript is highly recommended
• A comprehensive understanding of HTML, CSS, SVG and other basic web technologies and standards.
• A robust and innate knowledge of the Vue Javascript library and supporting libraries - Vuex, NuxtJs, Vuetify for example.
• Familiarity with common design patterns, modern frameworks, build processes and secure coding standards.
• The ability to benchmark, profile and optimise browser based applications
• Experience with consuming RESTful APIs efficiently and defensively
• A working knowledge of GraphQL is useful
• Responsible for following coding standards, builds appropriate unit, integration and load tests, and deployment scripts across the team. Integration testing will ultimately include working with QA to build out a dedication regression testing suite using Selenium or Cypress
• Responsible for translating specification documentation provided by the product team into clearly defined functionality.
• Responsible for developing, compiling/transpiling and unit test building for delivery to QA

COMPANY BENEFITS

Croud offers a clear path to progression for all members of staff. We are committed to offering development opportunities alongside a support system of regular performance reviews. The opportunities are endless!

Croud offers competitive starting salaries alongside numerous company benefits. Every member of the team is offered share options in the company, meaning we all have genuine stake in the business.

On completion of the three month probation period every employee is eligible for the benefits listed on our careers site which include:

• 25 days holiday a year
• Annual performance bonus
• Sale commission
• Recruitment referrals bonus
• Gym membership contributions
• Ride to Work scheme
• Rail card
• Season Ticket loan
• Free fruit, breakfast cereals and tea & coffee
• Free home office chair and screen
• Enhanced maternity and paternity package
• Life and income protection
• Medical Cash Plan
• Share option scheme
• Agile working policy

Standard hours are from 9.00am to 5.30pm, there’s flexibility if agreed in advance with your line managers (it may also be necessary on occasions to work outside of these hours).

Croud is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the grounds of a person's gender, marital status, race, religion, colour, age, disability or sexual orientation. All candidates will be assessed based on merit, qualifications and their ability to perform the requirements of the role.