Senior Web Developer (React)

At AKQA, we believe in the imaginative application of art and science to create beautiful ideas, products and services. With an entrepreneurial and collaborative approach, we design adaptive digital services and applications that capture the imagination, delivering immersive experiences for our clients.

Located in London (Farringdon), United Kingdom, you will be working in a progressive, meritocratic environment, with access to world renowned thought leadership from all disciplines and working with some of the brightest minds in their fields.

You should be an established Senior ReactJS Web Developer and practitioner of the latest web technologies; building best in class web applications, serving users on the modern web landscape, whatever that may be.

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London, United Kingdom
Senior Web Developer (React), Freelance
At AKQA, we believe in the imaginative application of art and science to create beautiful ideas, products and services. With an entrepreneurial and collaborative approach, we design adaptive digital services and applications that capture the imagination, delivering immersive experiences for our clients.

Located in London (Farringdon), United Kingdom, you will be working in a progressive, meritocratic environment, with access to world renowned thought leadership from all disciplines and working with some of the brightest minds in their fields.

You should be an established Senior ReactJS Web Developer and practitioner of the latest web technologies; building best in class web applications, serving users on the modern web landscape, whatever that may be.

Role responsibilities

• Hands on development on medium to large scale projects.
• Work closely with others to ensure good collaboration across all disciplines and to facilitate the solving of day-to-day challenges.
• Collaborate, coach and mentor other team members whilst maintaining high levels of productivity.
• Understand client’s business goals and objectives in order to build the right technical solutions.
• Minimise technical risk and ensure a high-quality output.
• Implement testing strategies and promote rapid but high-quality development practices.
• Identify bottlenecks within delivery processes as they occur and be able to help influence behaviours within the team to help resolve these and protect the technical delivery.
• Operating in Lean and Agile methodologies or Hybrid approaches.
• You will be a self-starting technologist who can draw parallels across a technology landscape and isn’t restricted by a specific skill set, however below is a list of skill sets we would expect;

Requirements

• Expertise in ReactJS
• Expertise of JavaScript design patterns, ES6, Typescript, and Debugging.
• Expertise in JavaScript Build tools and packagers.
• Expertise of CSS3 & SASS; Selectors & Hierarchy, Layouts, Responsive Design, - - Knowledge of Flexbox, and CSS Object Model.
• Expertise in building web-applications using Responsive Design techniques.
• Expertise in graphic rendering using HTML5.
• Able to produce and run JavaScript unit tests.
• Computer Science Degree or equivalent industry experience.
• 5+ years’ industry experience.

In what capacity are you hiring?
On behalf of another company

Where are you in the hiring process?
I’m ready to make a paid hire

Would you like to state a preference for hiring from underrepresented group(s)?
No preference

Where did you find Twine?
You contacted me

Is this an independent one off job, or part of a larger project?
Part of a larger ongoing project

For what period of time will the freelancer be needed?
Long term

What freelancer experience level is needed? (per day)
Senior: $600-800, Mid-level (Industry Average): $360-600

What programming language is the current website written in?
React, JavaScript