Here at Big Blue Door, we are always looking for talented individuals to join our team. We offer a competitive salary, flexible working arrangements, great training opportunities and a supportive working environment.
If you are motivated, like the sound of what we do and are interested in joining a growing team, get in touch: hello@bigbluedoor.net, or @bbluedoor.
Please note: this is a full-time, permanent position to be based on-site in our offices near Tower Bridge. Due to the ongoing COVID-19 situation, interviews will be facilitated remotely using videoconferencing software where appropriate, and depending on how the situation evolves and how soon the role is started, the job may initially be remote.
Big Blue Door is a creative digital development and hosting agency with substantial experience in developing and maintaining high quality, high impact websites and digital products in complex, multi-stakeholder environments in an Agile manner. We specialise in working with public and third sector organisations, both large and small, utilising Drupal as our preferred Content Management Framework, and Amazon Web Services (AWS) as our preferred hosting partner.
Our client base is primarily public sector organisations, including Government departments, Local Councils, NHS, and Education bodies, with both public-facing websites and Intranets. The work we undertake is very varied, and includes a number of backend integrations with third-party APIs.
We manage projects through the entirety of the SDLC, from discovery, research, and creative design, through to the build phase, and finally through to training, support, ongoing maintenance, and hosting. We are Amazon Web Services (AWS) Partners, but also have hosting spread across other providers including Azure and Google Cloud Platform.
We’re looking for an experienced full stack developer to join our team, and help deliver projects through their entire lifecycle. This role will also include mentoring more junior members of the team.
This role will be split across new (greenfield) projects and legacy client work, with some clients still operating on Drupal 7. All of our new builds are in Drupal 8/9. Some of our newer projects are headless (we use React).
As an agency with multiple concurrent work strands across different technologies and frameworks, we expect our developers to work across a number of projects during a normal working week.
Five or more years commercial experience with Drupal (7&8)
Experience of designing and consuming APIs and Web Services (SOAP / REST), including knowledge of security concerns and mitigations
Sysadmin experience configuring LAMP/LEMP stack
Experience with configuring CI software, such as Jenkins
Great written and face to face communication skills (we will expect regular client interaction)
Proven experience in working across multi-disciplinary teams in an agile manner
A dedication to exceeding coding standards and undertaking independent professional development
Ability to support and mentor other team members
The ability to work on-site in our London Bridge office, Mon-Fri. (Please see note at the top of this specification relating to COVID-19)
Fluent English and excellent communication skills as part of the role may be client-facing.
Backend / devops / ops:
Demonstrable experience custom coding on other PHP CMSs (OOP or procedural).
Symfony or Python/Django experience may be beneficial.
Ability to write or configure custom automation tasks with scripting tools, e.g. Bash/Perl/Python
Experience configuring virtualisation for development processes, e.g. Docker/Vagrant
Frontend / design:
Front-end JS framework (React, Next, Angular) experience beneficial.
CSS Preprocessing - SASS/SCSS and build tools (e.g. Compass / Node / Yarn).
Use and understanding of task runners - Gulp and Grunt.
Experience with Adobe suite (Photoshop / Illustrator / Fireworks) or similar (Sketch) - in taking design files and applying them to HTML/CSS. Design skills not required.
Other skills:
Version control using Git - particularly via CLI. We use the gitflow model.
A proven ability to work on multiple development strands in a given period.
Drupal (Acquia) certifications.
Experience of building to Accessibility Standards, particularly WAI / WCAG.
Understanding of SOA, experience with Web Services (XMLRPC / JSON / SOAP / REST / GraphQL), both designing and consuming.
Interesting and varied projects!
Macbook Pro
Professional development training, including annual week in Europe for DrupalCon (or similar).
28 days annual leave, inclusive of bank holidays, increasing by one day every year (up to ten years)
Friendly and supportive environment.
‘Open fridge’ policy including free lunch, and wine/beer.
After probation period:
Flexible working opportunities.
Season ticket loan scheme.
Yearly training budget (for courses / certifications / conferences) of £1,000 per employee.
Gym/pool membership scheme.
Long service awards.
As a company we are very open and friendly, with an 'open-door' policy across any of our team.
We will provide you with all the support you need to develop your knowledge and experience. Big Blue Door is an equal opportunities and living wage employer.
To apply for this vacancy, please send a copy of your CV, including links to any code repositories you feel are a good example of your skills, and a covering letter explaining why you would be suited to the role to us via recruitment@bigbluedoor.net
Please note: we will not be using recruitment agencies for this post. If you do apply through an agency you will NOT be considered (sorry!).
CONTACT USBig Blue Door is a creative digital development and hosting agency with substantial experience in developing and maintaining high quality, high impact websites and digital products in complex, multi-stakeholder environments in an Agile manner. We specialise in working with public and third sector organisations, both large and small, utilising Drupal as our preferred Content Management Framework, and Amazon Web Services (AWS) as our preferred hosting partner.
Our client base is primarily public sector organisations, including Government departments, Local Councils, NHS, and Education bodies, with both public-facing websites and Intranets. The work we undertake is very varied, and includes a number of backend integrations with third-party APIs.
We manage projects through the entirety of the SDLC, from discovery, research, and creative design, through to the build phase, and finally through to training, support, ongoing maintenance, and hosting. We are Amazon Web Services (AWS) Partners, but also have hosting spread across other providers including Azure and Google Cloud Platform.
We’re looking for an experienced frontend developer to join our team, and help deliver projects working closely with our head of creative. This role will also include mentoring more junior frontend members of the team (remotely and in-person).
This role will be split across new (greenfield) projects and legacy client work, with some clients still operating on Drupal 7. All of our new builds are in Drupal 8/9. Some of our newer projects are headless (we use React) and we expect this trend to continue.
As an agency with multiple concurrent work strands across different technologies and frameworks, we expect our developers to work across a number of projects during a normal working week.
Five or more years demonstrable experience of building Drupal (7 or 8) production websites (we may ask for code samples), including coding custom modules, extending contrib, and theme building.
Broad experience of working with frontend frameworks such as React, Angular, Next, Gatsby and VueJS.
Three or more years experience with version control systems (preferably Git) and team workflows.
Worked with and consumed a good range of third party APIs.
CSS Preprocessing - SASS/SCSS and build tools (e.g. Compass / Node / Yarn).
Use and understanding of task runners - Gulp and Grunt.
Comfortable using the command line and SSH.
Experience with Adobe suite (Photoshop / Illustrator / Fireworks) or similar (Sketch) - in taking design files and applying them to HTML/CSS. Design skills not required.
Ability to produce and review high quality, clean code.
Ability to support and mentor other team members
Strong teamwork and communication skills.
Comfortable working on existing HTML, CSS and JavaScript.
Excellent organisational skills and the ability to manage work priorities effectively and autonomously.
The ability to work on-site in our London Bridge office, Mon-Fri. (Please see note at the top of this specification relating to COVID-19)
Fluent English and excellent communication skills as part of the role may be client-facing
Drupal certifications (Acquia or otherwise)
Frontend:
Experience working with Graphql
Experience with frontend testing libraries such as Jasmine, Mocha, Jest, etc.
Experience with Storybook or other component library software
Backend / devops / ops:
Demonstrable experience custom coding on other PHP CMSs (OOP or procedural).
Symfony or Python/Django experience may be beneficial.
Sysadmin experience configuring LAMP/LEMP stack.
Experience with configuring CI software, such as Jenkins.
Experience of designing and consuming APIs and Web Services (SOAP / REST), including knowledge of security concerns and mitigations.
Ability to write or configure custom automation tasks with scripting tools, e.g. Bash/Perl/Python.
Experience configuring virtualisation for development processes, e.g. Docker/Vagrant.
Other skills:
Experience of building to Accessibility Standards, particularly WAI / WCAG.
Understanding of SOA, experience with Web Services (XMLRPC / JSON / SOAP / REST / GraphQL).
Interesting and varied projects!
Macbook Pro
Professional development training, including annual week in Europe for DrupalCon (or similar).
28 days annual leave, inclusive of bank holidays, increasing by one day every year (up to ten years)
Friendly and supportive environment.
‘Open fridge’ policy including free lunch, and wine/beer.
After probation period:
Flexible working opportunities.
Season ticket loan scheme.
Yearly training budget (for courses / certifications / conferences) of £1,000 per employee.
Gym/pool membership scheme.
Long service awards.
As a company we are very open and friendly, with an 'open-door' policy across any of our team.
We will provide you with all the support you need to develop your knowledge and experience. Big Blue Door is an equal opportunities and living wage employer.
To apply for this vacancy, please send a copy of your CV, including links to any code repositories you feel are a good example of your skills, and a covering letter explaining why you would be suited to the role to us via recruitment@bigbluedoor.net
Please note: we will not be using recruitment agencies for this post. If you do apply through an agency you will NOT be considered (sorry!).
CONTACT US
Please note: this is a full-time, permanent position to be based on-site in our offices near Tower Bridge. Due to the ongoing COVID-19 situation, interviews will be facilitated remotely using videoconferencing software where appropriate, and depending on how the situation evolves and how soon the role is started, the job may initially be remote.
Big Blue Door is a creative digital development and hosting agency with substantial experience in developing and maintaining high quality, high impact websites and digital products in complex, multi-stakeholder environments in an Agile manner. We specialise in working with public and third sector organisations, both large and small, utilising Drupal as our preferred Content Management Framework, and Amazon Web Services (AWS) as our preferred hosting partner.
Our client base is primarily public sector organisations, including Government departments, Local Councils, NHS, and Education bodies, with both public-facing websites and Intranets. The work we undertake is very varied, and includes a number of backend integrations with third-party APIs.
We manage projects through the entirety of the SDLC, from discovery, research, and creative design, through to the build phase, and finally through to training, support, ongoing maintenance, and hosting. We are Amazon Web Services (AWS) Partners, but also have hosting spread across other providers including Azure and Google Cloud Platform.
We’re looking for a bright, ambitious and client-focussed mid-level developer who wants to take their existing Drupal skills to the next level. We primarily use Drupal as our Content Management Framework, but also have numerous client systems running Wordpress, and some other systems (Python/Django). Experience in Wordpress/Python is not required, though may be beneficial. This is a Drupal Developer position.
This role will be split across new (greenfield) projects and legacy client work, with some clients still operating on Drupal 7. All of our new builds are in Drupal 8/9. Some of our newer projects are headless (we use React).
Most importantly, we're looking for someone who has a talent for PHP, and a passion for learning. We are a very client-focussed company, so the ability to build innovative solutions to suit client requirements is paramount.
As an agency with multiple concurrent work strands across different technologies and frameworks, we expect our developers to work across a number of projects during a normal working week.
Three or more years demonstrable experience of building Drupal (7 or 8) production websites (we may ask for code samples), including coding custom modules, extending contrib, and theme building.
Front-end development experience - HTML5 / CSS(3) / jQuery in a Drupal context.
Basic command line skills in a Mac/Unix environment including experience with SSH/SCP.
Comfortable with version control (Git / GitHub).
Experience with the Drupal community, coding standards and principles.
Knowledge of MySQL database queries.
Results-orientated personality.
Excellent organisational skills and the ability to manage work priorities effectively and autonomously.
The ability to work on-site in our London Bridge office, Mon-Fri. (Please see note at the top of this specification relating to COVID-19)
Fluent English and excellent communication skills as part of the role may be client-facing.
Relevant IT qualification or equivalent demonstrable development experience, either at degree level in a computing/programming discipline, or A-Level with IT or Computing, including software development modules.
Backend / devops / ops:
Demonstrable experience custom coding on other PHP CMSs (OOP or procedural).
Symfony or Python/Django experience may be beneficial.
Sysadmin experience configuring LAMP/LEMP stack.
Experience with configuring CI software, such as Jenkins.
Experience of designing and consuming APIs and Web Services (SOAP / REST), including knowledge of security concerns and mitigations.
Ability to write or configure custom automation tasks with scripting tools, e.g. Bash/Perl/Python.
Experience configuring virtualisation for development processes, e.g. Docker/Vagrant.
Frontend / design:
Front-end JS framework (React, Next, Angular) experience beneficial.
CSS Preprocessing - SASS/SCSS and build tools (e.g. Compass / Node / Yarn).
Use and understanding of task runners - Gulp and Grunt.
Experience with Adobe suite (Photoshop / Illustrator / Fireworks) or similar (Sketch) - in taking design files and applying them to HTML/CSS. Design skills not required.
Other skills:
Version control using Git - particularly via CLI. We use the gitflow model.
A proven ability to work on multiple development strands in a given period
Experience of building to Accessibility Standards, particularly WAI / WCAG.
Understanding of SOA, experience with Web Services (XMLRPC / JSON / SOAP / REST / GraphQL).
Interesting and varied projects!
Macbook Pro
Professional development training, including annual week in Europe for DrupalCon (or similar).
28 days annual leave, inclusive of bank holidays, increasing by one day every year (up to ten years)
Friendly and supportive environment.
‘Open fridge’ policy including free lunch, and wine/beer.
After probation period:
Flexible working opportunities.
Season ticket loan scheme.
Yearly training budget (for courses / certifications / conferences) of £1,000 per employee.
Gym/pool membership scheme.
Long service awards.
As a company we are very open and friendly, with an 'open-door' policy across any of our team.
We will provide you with all the support you need to develop your knowledge and experience. Big Blue Door is an equal opportunities and living wage employer.
To apply for this vacancy, please send a copy of your CV, including links to any code repositories you feel are a good example of your skills, and a covering letter explaining why you would be suited to the role to us via recruitment@bigbluedoor.net
Please note: we will not be using recruitment agencies for this post. If you do apply through an agency you will NOT be considered (sorry!).
CONTACT US
