Senior Front End Developer

Orchard Marketing is part of the Enero Group. As a Group, we proudly acknowledge the traditional custodians of the land on which we operate, the Gadigal People of the Eora Nation. Our Innovate, Level 2, RAP endorsement aims to nurture, develop, encourage, and include Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander talent, partners, and advisors both in our own agency, and across the broader industry. As such, we encourage peoples of all backgrounds to apply.

Technology is changing the world around us and yes, some people tend to focus on why that change is bad – it makes us uncomfortable; it breaks our status quo, it feeds our uncertainty – but at Orchard we choose to see it differently. Technology can make lives better. It can make businesses better, brands better and experiences better. It can be the change we want to see in the world.

Which is why, at Orchard, we rally around a single purpose: to invent better outcomes through creativity and technology. Those better outcomes can only exist in the context of people irrespective of if we label them users, customers, patients or clients.

The Opportunity:

We at Orchard are currently on the lookout for a talented Lead Frontend Developer with awesome JavaScript, HTML & CSS skills to enhance our development team. Your key functions will range from leading project implementations, managing direct reports, driving technology improvements, and supporting client relations.

Essential Skills:

Our ideal candidate will be expected to comfortably work in a fast-paced agency environment and be able to provide technical insights/outcomes on creative solutions.

Here’s the list to tick off against:

• HTML5, CSS3 (solid) are expected to be at the expert level.
• The ability to write concise and functional vanilla JavaScript (solid) without the use of a library
• Git mastery
• Understanding of task runners and bundlers (e.g. Grunt, (preferred), Gulp, Webpack)
• CSS pre-processor: Less (preferred)
• Vue and some React
• Underscore, Lodash
• Browser compliance: IE, Firefox, Chrome and mobile devicesDemonstrated experience developing browser-compliant code
• Experience Responsive CSS framework (Twitter Bootstrap preferred)
• Integration integrating with third party APIs (e.g. Google Maps, Facebook, Instagram)
• A strong understanding of SEO compliant mark-up and best practices(Understanding of SEO compliant markup)
• An understanding of Accessibility (WAI-A) standards
• Knowledge of HTML 5 banners and EDM template best practices and restrictions
• Willingness to learn new frameworks and technologies
• Ability to solve problems, and be solution focussed
• Exceptional communication skills
• Full working rights within Australia

Desirable Skills:

• Strong demonstrated RequireJS
• AngularVue or React
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines
• Experience in mobile hybrid applications (e.g. IONIC, PhoneGap)/frontend driven applications (e.g. Ionic, ReactNative)
• WebGL experience Canvas, SVG (preferred)

If you feel like this is the right job for you then please apply now and we'll hopefully be in touch. We’re open to REMOTE workers; please don’t hesitate to apply.

A little about Orchard

We offer an awesome, fun working environment full of culture and energy. We leave our egos at the door and past that door is a super cool office space filled with inspiring people and free crumpets.

We pride ourselves on our work, as well as our focus on a healthy work / life balance. We’re 100% committed to you, your career at Orchard and your continued professional and personal development. We offer a rich array of internal and external structured training and education courses as well as ongoing individual wellbeing support through our Employee Assistance Program.

Orchard Marketing is part of the Enero Group. As a Group, we proudly acknowledge the traditional custodians of the land on which we operate, the Gadigal People of the Eora Nation. Our Innovate, Level 2, RAP endorsement aims to nurture, develop, encourage, and include Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander talent, partners, and advisors both in our own agency, and across the broader industry. As such, we encourage peoples of all backgrounds to apply.