Duties & Responsibilities:

• Is dedicated to building working software.

• Follows continuous integration principles (GitFlow).

• When changing code, only ever makes it better (Ratchet).

• Follows SOLID/KISS principles.

• Keeps re-use at the forefront of their mind.

• Frequently delivers high value features to our customers.

• Has a passion for modern development practices and keeps on top of what’s current.

• Is driven to produce accessible web experiences open to all.

• Focuses on enabling the team to build great stuff.

Essential skills and experience:

• Extensive knowledge and experience of HTML5 with a passion for semantics and the use of metadata/microdata.

• Expert in the latest CSS standards (including BEM, CSS and pre/post processors such a SASS, LESS and PostCSS).

• Advanced JavaScript skills (modular self-executing code, es6, unit testing, NPM and Node).

• Proficient understanding of cross-browser compatibility issues and ways to work around them.

• Practical experience of using mobile-first responsive design techniques and progressive enhancement.

• Evidenced working knowledge of accessibility and the ability to write code to standards such as WCAG 2.1.

• Knowledge of optimising site performance.

• Experience building reusable, themeable components for a wide variety of technologies.

• Confident with creating components and solutions from scratch rather than using libraries and frameworks.

• A good level of understanding of source control tools, preferably Git.

• Excellent communication, negotiation and influencing skills.

• Ability to work independently and as part of a team within an Agile setting.

• A passion for problem solving.

• A strong portfolio of code developed by you demonstrating the breadth of your skills.

Desirable skills and experience:

• Good knowledge of front end server architecture - Node, express.js, etc.

• Previous history of using JavaScript-based task runners such as Gulp to automate build pipelines.

• Experience building for a CMS - fault tolerance, theming, re-usability.

• Experienced in working with design and UX in turning initial wireframes into working solutions.

• Understanding of SEO principles.

• Experience with AEM, touch UI and serverside rendering.

• Experience with Adobe Analytics and Target products.

• Experience with BDD and automated testing - Jasmine, Selenium, Cypress.

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What will you get for this role?

• Salary of circa £37,000 depending on skills, experience and location.

• Generous defined contribution pension scheme.

• Annual performance related bonus and pay review.

• Holiday allowance of 29 days plus bank holidays and the option to buy/sell up to 5 additional days.

• Up to 40% discount for some Aviva products through “My Aviva Extras” plus discounts for Friends and Family. (Some exclusions apply).

• Excellent range of flexible benefits to include a matching share save scheme.

Working at Aviva

At Aviva, we’re people with a purpose. To be with you today, for a better tomorrow.

We bring this to life by ensuring managing risk is at the heart of the way we all work. We love people who do the right thing for our customers, and our colleagues. We want people who speak up, who take responsibility, and who make good decisions.

The way we do this is important too. We’re all about our people – that’s you – so we can be pretty flexible. If you want to work from home some of the time or change your hours so you can pick up your kids or care for someone in your family, we’re very open to that. In fact, we don’t advertise roles as either part or full time, because we know each person has different needs, just as each business area has different needs. So, it’s up to you to discuss working hours during your interview.

We care deeply about being inclusive and that means we encourage applications from people with diverse backgrounds and experiences. We want our employees to bring their whole self to work and that starts with you.

We interview every disabled applicant* that meets the minimum criteria for the job. Once you’ve applied, please send us a separate email stating that you have a disclosed disability and we’ll make sure we interview you.

We’d love it if you could submit your application online. If you require an alternative method of applying, please give Alice Neal a call on  07393469953 or send an email to alice.neal@aviva.com.

*As defined in The Equality Act 2010*. By ‘minimum criteria’ we mean you should provide us with evidence which demonstrates that you generally meet the level of competence required and have the qualifications, skills or experience defined as essential to perform the role.