Web/Systems Developer
Location: GB, SOM, Clevedon
Employment type: Full-time
Required experience: Mid-Senior level
Required education: Bachelor's Degree
Industry: Computer Software
Function: Information Technology
Salary range: 30000-40000
Company profile: Sparkol is a growing software company based outside of Bristol, UK.We specialise in making unique tools that help people get their message across without any design or technical know-how. The Sparkol team comprises talented developers, designers, writers, musicians and support staff.Our main product, VideoScribe, enables our users to create engaging whiteboard-style animations quickly and easily. It's used by thousands of business people, marketers, illustrators, video professionals, teachers and students, as well as regular folk with stories to tell.VideoScribe is available for desktop as well as iPad and Android apps.
Description: At Sparkol, our mission is to help people engage their audience. Our products empower people to communicate more effectively, regardless of their technical ability.Our flagship product, VideoScribe, enables our customers to create their own whiteboard animations quickly and easily.In two years, VideoScribe has gained hundreds of thousands of users in over 135 countries, and our team has more than doubled to 36 people in the past year alone.If you're full of ideas and excited about helping people to communicate, there could be a place for you at SparkolOur web and systems team provides the infrastructure to support VideoScribe. This includes everything from our websites, payment systems and web services through to our data warehouse and reporting environments. We use whatever technologies are appropriate - currently we are moving most of our application/services-type stuff to Scala/Play Framework and #URL_968b3a839b798052f33a95a811f8b2366cd66f6bcc98f2885bea5ee47d000659#, which we are hosting mainly on AWS. We also have two new CMS sites which have been built using Drupal and Wordpress. We are excited about continually evolving our web platform and are starting to run A/B tests and user tests to drive improvements.We are seeking someone who can understand business requirements and come up with intelligent and sensible solutions. We want to work with somebody who loves learning new technologies, has opinions and will bring great ideas to our team. Someone who will own projects all the way from requirements gathering through to implementation and have a huge impact on our business and processes.
Requirements: Skills and requirements:Plenty of experience building websites/services using MVC - ideally Scala and Play Framework (or similar e.g. C# / #URL_01a736d89d2f0b19de700923d2c312837e180465650804d0f84105352812bf9a# MVC)SQL (ideally MySQL) and database designJavaScript and jQueryHTML/CSS etc.Experience of Linux server environments Nice things to have:#URL_968b3a839b798052f33a95a811f8b2366cd66f6bcc98f2885bea5ee47d000659# / expressJS frameworks - e.g. angular or emberAWSPHPGoogle Analytics
Benefits: 24 days holiday per year plus UK bank holidaysHealth cash planIncome protectionLife coverPrivate health coverFree daily lunches from local restaurantOpportunity for training days and growthChildcare vouchersCharity sponsorship fund availableYour choice of tools so you can do your best workSalaryCompetitive  When applying for this post, ensure you quote “REF: web/systems developer” into the email subject line.  Visit #URL_003a08bbc965d9c789722ba3bde05884995e347faa5cf83aca18662a64d3b742# to learn more about our company. We recommend you sign up for a free, 7-day trial of VideoScribe to try it for yourself. No agencies please 
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