CHOICE Hiring for Front End Developer Job at Marrickville, Australia Full Time

Experienced front end developer to work in an in-house team for a digitally focused NFP with an ethical purpose.

• Provide user interface design and development expertise
• HTML, CSS, JavaScript (jQuery and other JS frameworks)
• CMS development in .NET-based environment
• Develop your technical, problem solving & communication skills

CHOICE has played a unique role in Australia’s consumer landscape since 1959.

As a not for profit our activities are intended to benefit not only CHOICE members but also the wider public in pursuit of fair, just and safe markets.

We campaign, test and review services, and provide digital tools and content to help consumers make better informed decisions.

Our talented Data & Technology teams work cross functionally across the organisation to design and develop technology solutions that help our testing, content, product and campaign teams to anticipate and serve the evolving needs of our members.

About the Position

Reporting to the Technical Lead you’ll be responsible for design and developing user interfaces to respond to customer and/or business problems in an Agile development environment.

• Create digital interfaces via HTML, CSS, JavaScript (jQuery and other JS frameworks)
• Take a proactive approach to finding and recommending technical solutions to address customer and/or business problems
• Collaborate and communicate closely with team members for effective digital delivery
• Contribute to the front end technical strategy to support the wider organisation’s objectives

About you

You will have worked across a variety of applications and particularly enjoy creating reusable components, semantic HTML and highly accessible websites.

• Advanced knowledge of HTML, CSS, JavaScript (jQuery)
• Exposure to and use of modern JavaScript frameworks (Vue or React) favourable
• Exposure and designed for large-scale CMS (.NET-based preferable)
• Strong understanding of web accessibility guidelines (WCAG) and applying them to web interfaces
• A good understanding of SEO compliant mark-up and best practices
• Demonstrated experience of developing browser-compliant code for responsive web designs
• Proven usage of Git and CI/CD workflows
• Understanding of task runners and bundlers (e.g. Grunt, Gulp, Webpack)
• Past experience working collaboratively in cross functional Agile teams

What sets you apart is your thorough understanding and application of front end development best practices in creating elegant, scalable, performant and maintainable user interfaces.

About CHOICE

CHOICE is an ethical workplace that walks and talks the organisational values of Truth, Help and Impact.

We care about our staff and take work-life balance seriously.

We believe that a diverse and inclusive workplace creates a positive working environment for all employees that helps us better represent Australian consumers.

We’re committed to accessibility and flexibility in the workplace and encourage applications from a diverse range of people.

CHOICE is conveniently located in the Inner West of Sydney (Marrickville) with free on site parking close to public transport.