Location: London or Bristol based. (London) Office 2 days a week.

Salary: £TBC

A fantastic opportunity for an experienced Front-End Developer to join a well regarded, independently owned omni-channel retailer, to build the world's best digital record shop user experience.

The ideal candidate will enjoy keeping abreast of the latest industry developments and bringing new ideas and ways of thinking to the team. You will possess great design skills, an empathy and understanding of how users engage with our brand and be analytical and able to understand large datasets to inform your decision making process.

Working with the senior teams in the UK, the Front-End Developer will enjoy a key role within the business. Helping to create and ideate alongside our in-house E-commerce, Brand, Product teams and designers. You will be instrumental in our continued E-Commerce growth.

You will report directly to the UK Head of E-Commerce.

Tech Stack

• Saleor is our E-Commerce platform. Built on top of Django.

• GraphQL.

• Vercel.

• Good understanding of modern front-end web languages and frameworks CSS, HTML, React JS.

• In-depth knowledge of CMS operated businesses, API based headless e-comm and adaptable frontend systems.

• An understanding of Prismic, Algolia and other modern e-commerce APIs is useful.

• A clear understanding of frontend integrations e.g. Klaviyo, Spotify and Google systems.

• Clear understanding of frontend testing systems as well as A/B testing across new implementations.

Key responsibilities

• Work with business users to understand business requirements and build drafting documents and design briefs.

• Convert visual design elements into fully responsive front-end code using tech stack.

• Own the brands UI and UX output. Work with designers to communicate the brand through best in class UI & UX. Must have a keen eye for design and aesthetic details.

• Write and maintain clean, efficient, and well-documented code bases. Confident in maintaining a concise bug tracking log whilst working with our backend developers to maintain a clear and clean code base.

• Knowledge and attention to factors such as performance, SEO and user accessibility i.e. ensure people with different abilities can access, understand and navigate web content.

• Own the front end QA & Testing process including user feedback.

• Own the optimization process including using Google Optimizely (or similar) to manage tests and optimisation.

• Collaborate with the digital team to share knowledge and develop resources. Work with the creative team to support the design and user experience process.

• Work with the E-commerce team to support project planning and time estimates.

• Report on performance in line with agreed goals and objectives.

• Work on ad hoc projects that require HTML, CSS or JS creative input as required by the business.

• Maintain a high level of web based typographic styling across multiple devices and platforms

• Ability to switch between waterfall and agile development methodologies as required.

Experience & Skills

• 4+ years working as a front end developer for an e-commerce retailer or similar.

• Ability to clearly communicate across teams and execute on brief.

• Strong technical expertise and experience of the tools necessary to deliver an excellent e-commerce frontend experience.

• Strong understanding of digital and e-commerce trends and Rough Trade’s positioning within the music retail market and wider e-commerce best in class experiences (Fashion, FMCG, Tech).

• A test and learn mindset.

• Passionate about modern technology and how this can be used to improve customer experience.

• Able to clearly present and share ideas both face to face and online visually and written.

• Passionate about music, music culture, online retail and best in class customer service as well as a clear understanding of Rough Trade and its approach to retail.

Joining a people focussed business, your strong technical experience will be backed by great people skills as on a daily basis you will interact with a mixture of directors, core office staff, shop staff and third party suppliers.

At Rough Trade we value diversity and inclusion across everything that we do. From the records that we sell, to the events that we hold, to the incredible people that work in our stores, we are committed to delivering the best possible experience for everybody.