Front End Developer
Location: GB, LND, London
Department: Engineering
Employment type: Full-time
Required experience: Mid-Senior level
Required education: Unspecified
Industry: Banking
Function: Engineering
Salary range: 45000-55000
Description: Front End Developers needed for an awesome, Series A funded, FinTech Startup in London, #URL_5e795cd0cd3fd2672ff08e938e135fc4d2fdf03fc5c01fc3c09edf82b919fd72#We are looking for a Front End Developer who wants to get their hands dirty designing, developing, and deploying awesome technology to help change the way young people save and spend money.As a brief summary, Osper is a mobile-first financial services company that supplies an app and prepaid Card for children aged 8-18. We aim to build a profitable business that earns more as young people learn more, whether they do that by saving for a bicycle or spending all their pocket money on Minecraft skins.Due to recent successes and investment we are now looking to expand our small team of developers. In this role you will work closely with the design and product team on both our mobile app and website, joining a small group of smart and highly skilled engineers with plenty of chances to learn new skills and experiment.Our front end developers love playing with early releases of libraries, though that can be challenging. One of the great things about this role is you will have a say in everything and have the chance to influence the end result.TECHNOLOGYOur hybrid app is built using Backbone and Cordova, our website in Bootstrap, Coffee, Less, and Backbone. Most of our testing is done using Karma, Mocha, Chai, Sinon, Selenium, and Appium. We use tools like Grunt and Jenkins to build and deploy.
Requirements: We are looking for an experienced front end developer who can not only translate design briefs into working mobile and web products, but also question and improve the brief to help us keep developing consumer experiences.We will expect you to be able to demonstrate:A good eye for design and understanding of design processesExcellent coding ability (ideally in a Javascript environment)Passion and interest in helping young people save and spend betterUnderstanding of MVC and inheritance programming principlesThe ideal applicant will have experience coding across a range of front-end languages: Javascript, HTML5, etc. and will have used libraries including Backbone, Bootstrap, Cordova and Less. It would be great if you also have experience with Grunt, Jenkins, Karma, Mocha, Chai, Sinon, Selenium and Appium. We will consider all applicants and if you are interested in these technologies but have yet to use them, we are more than happy to help you learn.
Benefits: Osper has an innovative and collaborative environment that gives each member of the team a real chance to influence the products and projects you are working on every day. You will be working with a team of experienced and passionate developers that will help you learn and grow as the company does. You can expect all of the benefits of working in a small startup that is growing quickly and successfully - a flexible approach to work, breakfast and snacks, regular outings and a fun team.We also offer new joiners:Relocation help to London if you are overseas (EU visa required)Build your own environment (personal computer budget)Yearly training budget (Get paid to learn, go to conferences, and enjoy hackathons)Options (All members of the team have ownership in the Osper business)
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