Web Developer (WD2)

Vacancy released: 5th March 2008.
Vacancy status: Open to new applications.
Location: Southwest London, Mortlake
(Near Richmond, 20 minutes from London Waterloo and London Victoria)

Salary 21k to 24k dependent on candidate and experience.

We are looking for a new web developer to join our technical team.

The successful candidate must be professional, a good communicator, passionate, enthusiastic, and a strong team player possessing a good sense of humour. They should be keen to broaden their skill sets and enthusiastic to take on new challenges. The ideal candidate would be pro-active, self-managed and able to show creative initiative.

The candidates must be:
  • Able to mark-up web pages from designs using valid XHTML and CSS
  • Have an understanding of JavaScript, DOM scripting and popular Javascript libraries
  • Knowledgeable of W3C standards with regard to web technologies
  • Experienced with compliance testing against multiple browsers and standards
  • Able to use appropriate XHTML tags to convey semantic information
  • Good understanding of SEO techniques and sitemaps
  • Able to learn new languages and technologies quickly
  • Able to spot and abstract patterns from code
  • Comfortable working in a team and dealing with clients on a daily basis
  • Be able to write clear documentation, specifications and requirements
  • Familiar with object modeling, class and process flow diagrams



The role will involve the development and maintenance of new and existing websites and web applications. Daily workload will generally include:
  • Planning and building websites in a CMS.
  • Translating prototype XHTML/CSS designs into content managed websites.
  • Analysis of requirements and authoring of website specifications.
  • Developing success criteria and documentation.
  • Quality control.
  • Assisting the marketing department with client presentations.
  • Assisting sales with technical feasibility and assessing business value.
  • Configuring apache httpd and shell scripting.
  • Some support-desk work.



How to apply

We have designed a test to aid our recruitment process. Please complete this and send with your CV to careers@redsnapper.net.

Only applicants attempting the test will be considered.

The test is available here: Web Developer Test