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Ripple Recruitment is proud to be working in partnership with a forward-thinking digital agency that's on the hunt for a talented WordPress Developer to join their expanding development team. This is a hybrid role , ideally suited to someone who can commute to the office a few times a week - access to a car is essential . This is an exciting opportunity to join a collaborative, design-led environment where your work will directly contribute to building high-performing, visually compelling websites and web applications. You'll work closely with designers and an experienced developer to bring digital concepts to life. Key Responsibilities: Build, customise and maintain bespoke WordPress themes and plugins. Translate design wireframes into responsive, cross browser compatible websites. Write clean, scalable code using PHP, JavaScript, SCSS, and TypeScript. Optimise database queries using SQL for performance and reliability. Support deployment processes and manage server configurations (AWS/Linux). Troubleshoot functional issues and implement fixes efficiently. Stay informed on the latest web technologies, best practices and tools. Essential Skills & Experience: Demonstrable experience developing with WordPress, including theme/plugin development. Strong grasp of responsive web design principles and front end frameworks Confident using Visual Studio Code (or similar IDEs) for editing and debugging. Solid understanding of database interaction (MySQL/SQL). Exposure to cloud platforms, ideally AWS. Comfortable working in a Linux based environment. Familiarity with modern front end tooling (SCSS, TypeScript). A proactive approach to solving problems and contributing ideas. Desirable (but not essential): Understanding of technical SEO. Ability to offer input on UI/UX design improvements. Working knowledge of Python. What's in it for you? Salary between £35,000 £40,000 depending on experience. Hybrid working model office based collaboration with flexibility to work from home. Career progression within a fast growing agency. Relaxed and inclusive working culture. Company pension scheme. Free on site parking. Schedule: Full time Monday to Friday Important : This is a hybrid role. Candidates must be within reasonable commuting distance and willing to work on-site several times per week.

About The Role Team - Member Active Engagement - IT Working Pattern - Hybrid - 2 days per week in the Vitality Bournemouth Office. Full time, 35 hours per week. We are happy to discuss flexible working! Top 3 skills needed for this role: Eye for detailEnthusiastic team playerExcellent Communication skills What this role is all about: As a Front End Engineer, you will build software components, primarily in the form of user interfaces. In this role, you will collaborate closely with other disciplines to develop designs and working prototypes based on user and business needs. You will develop software components that form part of a product to meet these needs, write clean, well-tested code that follows web standards, and coach and mentor more junior colleagues. Additionally, you will understand and implement the three fundamental front-end technologies: HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, as well as modern front-end frameworks such as React and Astro. Researching alternative technologies to support user journeys and helping define new processes will also be part of your responsibilities. Key Actions Accessibility: Build user interfaces that meet predefined standards and champion accessibility to stakeholders.Communicating information: Collaborate effectively in a group, manage stakeholder expectations, and host or moderate discussions.Community collaboration: Actively network within the team to foster strong relationships and enhance team dynamics.Leadership and guidance: Make informed decisions and contribute to best practice guidelines. Coach and mentor more junior colleagues.Estimating: Estimate effort required for tasks and communicate effectively.Modern standards approach: Apply and guide others in modern standards.Programming and build: Build, test, and document user interfaces of medium to high complexity.Prototyping: Engage in team prototyping activities, establish design patterns, and iterate them.Strategic thinking: Work within a strategic context and contribute to strategy development.Systems design: Translate designs into working user interfaces, manage technical complexity for maintainability. What do you need to thrive? Tooling: Operate and perform actions confidently within software such as Confluence, Jira, Bitbucket, and Jenkins. Comfortably use design-focused handover tools such as Figma. Use a code editor such as Visual Studio Code to build and optimise software.User focus: Collaborate effectively with user researchers and interaction designers to represent user needs internally. Champion user research to focus on all users. Prioritise and define approaches to understand the user story, guiding others in doing so.Performance optimisation: Show an awareness of the principles of web performance and how poor performance can negatively affect user experience. Support activities to improve web performance. Identify and help resolve issues.Git: Proficiently use Git for version control.TypeScript: Develop and maintain code using TypeScript for enhanced type safety and maintainability.Node.js: Understanding and experience with Node.js for development and build tools.WCAG: Experience with web accessibility and WCAG standards to ensure our codebase and output is compliant So, what's in it for you? Bonus Schemes - A bonus that regularly rewards you for your performanceA pension of up to 12%- We will match your contributions up to 6% of your salaryOur award-winning Vitality health insurance - With its own set of rewards and benefitsLife Assurance - Four times annual salary These are just some of the many perks that we offer! To view the extensive range of benefits we offer, please visit our careers page. Fantastic Benefits. Exciting rewards. Great career opportunities! If you are successful in your application and join us at Vitality, this is our promise to you, w e will: Help you to be the healthiest youve ever been.Create an environment that embraces you as you are and enables you to be your best self.Give you flexibility on how, where and when you work.Help you advance your career by playing you to your strengths.Give you a voice to help our business grow and make Vitality a great place to be.Give you the space to try, fail and learn.Provide a healthy balance of challenge and support.Recognise and reward you with a competitive salary and amazing benefits.Be there for you when you need us.Provide opportunities for you to be a force for good in society. We commit to all these things because we want you to feel that you belong, and are supported to be happy and healthy. Diversity & Inclusion At Vitality, we're committed to diversity and inclusion because it's good for our employees, for our business, and for society. We welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives. Vitality's approach to sustainability Vitality is a business that drives positive change. We reward people for making and sustaining healthier choices. But healthy people also need a healthy environment. To learn more please visit our Careers page. If we are fortunate in receiving a high volume of quality applications we may need to close this vacancy early.