Job position: Front-End Developer at StudyPortals (Eindhoven)
Description
To support StudyPortals‘ global expansion we are significantly expanding our development team. The team currently consists of Front- and Back-End Developers as well UX Designers, split over four scrum teams. Watch the video below for an impression of a recent Hackathon which we organized, and check out your new colleagues!
As Front-End Developer you will play an important role in enhancing and safeguarding the usability of both our student-facing websites and our internal tools. You will be responsible for taking new ideas from their initial concept to a final implementation by combining our RESTful API with your knowledge of HTML, CSS and JavaScript.
You will work in a multidisciplinary scrum team of about five people, taking input from our graphic designers, UX Designers and our Student- and University Value teams in order to realize the best implementations possible. In order to measure our effectiveness we are currently focusing very hard on our continuous deployment process.
On a typical day, you will start the day with your scrum team, discussing your progress and plans for that day so that everybody is up to date. Then, you work on your stories and tasks (Scrum methodology), you discuss with your teammembers whenever you need help. There is always room for sharing new ideas whenever they pop up! You test your work via the device lab and make changes when neccesary. For lunch, you join your colleagues in our own SP Cafe, after which you can play some games to relax and recharge, for example for our bi-weekly development demonstration session to the whole StudyPortals team.
Tempted? Get some insight into our company culture by checking out our photos/videos/posts here!
Requirements
- At least a Bachelor’s degree, typically one combining aspects from Computer Science and Interaction Design.
- The ability to write valid, semantically correct, HTML5 and CSS3.
- Familiarity with JavaScript. You don’t have to be a “die-hard” coder, but we do expect you to quickly grow beyond copy-pasting from online examples.
- You believe in a mobile first, responsive, approach to web development.
- The ability to quickly visualise your ideas by using either graphical tools (such as Photoshop or Illustrator) or pen and paper prototypes.
- You strive to stay informed of the rapidly changing online landscape. Technologies like Sass, Flexbox, Gulp and Handlebars have already spiked your interest and, if you’re not using them already, you can’t wait to start using them;.
- You are comfortable with collaboration, open communication and reaching across functional borders as part of your day-to-day work.
- Fluency in English, both oral and written, and excellent communication skills.
- Ambition, energetic and an entrepreneurial drive, you can work well independently but definitely also in a team and you are fun to work with.
Benefits
- A fulltime, 40 hours/week, position.
- Competitive salary including a bonus scheme.
- Informal, entrepreneurial, international and flexible atmosphere where self-initiative is highly appreciated.
- Apart from your contribution to the company, your personal development has high priority.
- Our office is in the centre of Eindhoven (Strijp-S), five minutes from the central station.
- Interesting extras such as a laptop of your choice and a personal development budget.
- The opportunity to revolutionize the worldwide study-choice market.
Apply here: http://www.studyportals.com/careers/