Hugo & Cat Limited: Senior Front End Developer (Freelance)

Client: Hugo & Cat Limited

Location: Remote

Contract: Freelance

Project Duration:

ASAP- 27th November 2023

About Hugo & Cat:

We create digital products and experiences that give businesses a competitive edge. By putting customers at the heart of decision making, we move fast, unlock value and fuel sustainable growth. We’re a team of 120 people in London, New York and Manila, and we’re part of the IPG network.

Responsibilities:

• Alongside the Head of Development, leading the front-end development teams, including helping to define the front-end strategy and direction
• Recommending new technologies to use within the Hugo & Cat technology stack
• Working with client stakeholders to uncover technical solutions
• Hands on front-end coding (ES6, SASS), producing modular, testable code
• Solution design involving other agency disciplines including UX & creative designers
• Website and feature development alongside server-side developers
• Working with server-side developers to plan the code architecture
• Breakdown and estimation of tasks in an agile way
• Working with QA and testing teams

We’re looking for a strong mix of development and soft skills, and would expect you to be able to tick most or all of these boxes:

• Excellent HTML5, JavaScript and CSS3 experience
• Experience with React or similar (e.g. Inferno, Vue)
• An understanding of responsive design techniques for mobile, tablet and beyond
• Third party APIs, such as Google Maps integration
• An appreciation of tooling such as npm, Gulp and Webpack
• Commercial experience building for CMS sites (we use Sitecore and Umbraco)

Design & Business requirements:

• A good eye for design and a real passion for interaction design
• An excellent ability to communicate your ideas and work with others to make them happen
• An appreciation of business requirements and usability principles
• Excellent attention to detail
• Agile development team experience
• Must be personable, friendly and work well in a team
• Enthusiastic about the web and emerging web technologies

About the Culture:

It’s not our agency that delivers deeply impactful work. It’s our people. We’re an ambitious, diverse and sociable group of humans working together to create better experiences for our clients and their customers. So, we’d rather our new joiners stand out than simply fit in.

Flexible working:

We’ve made the shift to a flexible working model where employees can split their time between the office and working remotely. We can discuss the details during the interview process.

Equal opportunities:

We’re an equal opportunities employer and are committed to a fair and unbiased assessment of job applications. Once you join the team, we support you to realise your potential, regardless of age, origin, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, physical abilities or beliefs.