About Us
Having started in 2006 with just three team members, boohoo group has evolved into a multi-brand, ecommerce giant with offices worldwide and a passionate team of over 4,000. In the past year alone, we've achieved remarkable milestones including automating our Sheffield distribution centre, launching our US warehouse, and initiating our tech re-platforming.
In Tech, we’re proud to support every function. We’re a digital-first company that is totally cloud native. We embrace change and future-proof the business, delivering critical customer facing and internal stakeholder facing systems. Everything from colleague tech to frontend websites and apps, buying and merchandising tooling, and all that’s in-between, we take care of it. Our ideas support and drive the Group’s agenda.
The Role
You will be part of a team to collectively develop and maintain a highly functional and user-friendly web application for our ecommerce business. Your primary aim is to continuously enhance the website’s features and performance to improve the overall shopping experience for our customers. By leveraging agile methodologies and your expertise in React / Next JS development, you strive to deliver regular software increments that align with business objectives, increase user engagement, drive sales, and ultimately contribute to the growth and success of the ecommerce business. Your efforts are focused on meeting customer needs, improving key metrics such as conversion rates and revenue generation, and staying competitive in the marketplace.
Having a Senior React / Next JS Developer on our team should result in a high-quality, maintainable codebase, faster development cycles, and an enhanced user experience. With their expertise, we anticipate fewer bugs and technical issues, fostering a more stable application. Their presence should encourage innovation, knowledge sharing, and collaboration, leading to the adoption of best practices and a cohesive team environment. Ultimately, we expect the website to exceed user expectations, driving business growth and success in the ecommerce market.
Responsibilities
- Design and implement new features or improvements to existing ones.
- Ensure code quality, adherence to best practices, and maintainability.
- Troubleshoot and resolve bugs reported by users or identified during testing.
- Document technical designs, implementation details, and system configurations.
- Work with cross-functional team members to align on project goals, requirements, and priorities.
Requirements
- Extensive React / Next JS Development Experience: Demonstrated experience in building and deploying complex, high-quality web applications using React / Next JS framework.
- Strong JavaScript/TypeScript Skills: Proficiency in JavaScript/TypeScript, including ES6+ syntax, asynchronous programming, and familiarity with popular JavaScript libraries and frameworks.
- Web Development Expertise: In-depth knowledge of web development principles, including responsive design, performance optimization.
- Cross-Platform Development: Experience with cross-platform development approaches, including code sharing strategies, platform-specific components, and optimizing for performance and user experience across different devices.
- UI/UX Design: Understanding of UI/UX design principles and best practices, with the ability to create visually appealing and user-friendly interfaces.
- API Integration: Experience in integrating RESTful APIs, or other web services into web applications, handling data fetching, caching, and error handling.
- Testing and Debugging: Proficiency in writing unit tests, end-to-end tests, and debugging techniques to ensure code quality and application stability.
- Version Control: Familiarity with Git version control system and best practices for branching, merging, and collaborating with other developers.
- Agile Methodologies: Experience working in agile development environments, participating in sprint planning, daily stand-ups, and sprint reviews.
- Problem-Solving Skills: Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to understand and debug complex technical issues efficiently.
- Communication and Collaboration: Excellent communication skills and the ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams, including designers, product managers, and QA engineers.
Benefits
Why join us
We know that as a company we are only as good as the people that we employ. We know our employees work tirelessly to make PLT the success it is today and in turn, we offer them some amazing benefits:
- 25 days holiday plus bank holidays
- Discretionary bonus scheme
- Employer pension contribution
- Company share scheme
- Flexible working hours
- Late start, early Friday finish
- Life assurance
- Free gym membership and classes
- Employee assistance programme including 24-hour confidential helpline
- Up to 40% discount across our boohoo group brands
- Discount portal
- Learning and development support and opportunities both internally and externally
- Payday drinks monthly and ad hoc events throughout the year
As well as the great perks and benefits listed above upon joining you will also have access to several flexible benefits on our Reward Platform “Beyond” such as cycle to work, healthcare cash plan and technology