Creditsafe has an exciting new opportunity for a Junior Web developer to join the Digital Marketing team, for this role, you will need experience & knowledge of PHP.
WHO ARE WE?
Privately owned and independently minded, Creditsafe operates with the singular vision of powering business decisions. We do this by delivering valuable intelligence on customers, suppliers and potential buyers to corporates, public sector organisations and SMEs globally.
Our journey began in 1997 in Oslo, Norway in 1997, with a revolutionary dream to make business information accessible to all. Twenty-five years later, we’ve not only realised this dream, changed the market for the better, made data intelligence accessible to all businesses big and small but most importantly, opened up new avenues of data intelligence for businesses with machine learning, AI and connected data.
From risk management through to opportunity identification, our industry-leading solutions, power decisions for companies by turning their data into actionable insights that help them become stronger, grow faster and thrive.
THE TEAM
The Group Marketing team at Creditsafe contains a mix of traditional marketeers, designers, and digital evangelists. At group we support 13 entities around the world each with their own individual teams. With your new role you will report into the Head of Digital Marketing and will work on projects to support the wider Marketing teams.
JOB PROFILE
The Web Developer is responsible for the maintenance and development of the public facing Business Index website (https://www.creditsafe.com/business-index/en-gb) and will play a supporting role for smaller PHP based systems. The Web Developer will work alongside our in-house digital team and external development agency to achieve the business objectives by ensuring the sites are running effectively and efficiently.
KEY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
·Maintenance and development of the Business Index website
·Support for digital-related tasks, such as account creations, task creation, helping entities create A/B tests
·Working closely with Head of Digital Marketing & Digital Team to ensure key business objectives are met
·Working alongside other developers to discuss and implement cross-platform features
·Delivery of technical implementations in line with agreed requirements
·Effective deployment of new functionalities ensuring quality assurance whilst mitigating any risks in terms of downtime
·Management of relationships with an External Agency and other software houses
·Liaising with IT on the technical implementation of agreed solutions
·Web security management (and when required) crisis management from a technical perspective
·Implementation of training programmes so that web-based best practices are adhered to
·Providing insights into web performance to influence decision-making processes
·Regular meetings with all entities to scope and plan new features
·Ability to work with other departments to fulfil task requirements.
·Can do and self-starter attitude, having the ability to pick up new tasks and set objectives based on the project’s direction.
The responsibilities detailed above are not exhaustive and you may be requested to take on additional responsibilities deemed reasonable by your direct line manager.
SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS
·Educated to degree level or proven relevant IT development experienceProven experience of coding
·Ability to manage multiple coding languages
·Ability to manage multiple codebases
·Ability to display experience of managing code releases
·Demonstrable ability to align strategy with commercial requirements
·The ability to effectively develop and manage strong working relationships both internal and external to the business
·Highly developed communication skills – communicating effectively and on time
·Creativity / Innovation - Develop new and unique ways to improve website functionality.
·Teamwork: Work cooperatively and effectively with others to achieve goals, resolve problems, and contribute to the decision-making process.
·Make Decisions: Assess situations to determine the importance, urgency, and risks, and make clear and timely decisions and in the best interests of the organisation
·Solve Problems: Assess problem situations to identify causes, gather and process relevant information, generate possible solutions, and make recommendations and/or resolve the problem
·Ability to explain low-level concepts with a high-level language to entities and people of varying technical knowledge and expertise
I.T. Proficiency
·Coding skills – PHP, MySQL, JavaScript, HTML & CSS, JSON, Rich Data
·Understanding of SOLID principles
·Framework - Laravel 8+
·Skill in utilising the TALL stack (Tailwind, Laravel, Livewire, Alpine)
·Version Control – Azure Repos, BitBucket
·Microsoft Office – Word, Excel, Outlook & Teams
·Ability to read, manage and understand indexing trends within Google Search Console (GSC)
·SEO Best Practices
·Ability to maintain dependencies (NPM & Composer)
·Ability to create and manage APIs in Laravel and PHP (1st and 3rd party)
·Database Management
·Database Relationships
·Experience working with large databases
·Ability to create reports based on monthly data
·Ability to write release patch notes follow versioning standards
·Ability to work in Sprints
·Knowledge of Conventional Commits methodology (1.0.0)
·Proven experience of coding
·Ability to manage multiple coding languages
·Ability to manage multiple codebases
·Ability to display experience of managing code releases
·Demonstrable ability to align strategy with commercial requirements
·The ability to effectively develop and manage strong working relationships both internal and external to the business
·Highly developed communication skills – communicating effectively and on time
·Creativity / Innovation - Develop new and unique ways to improve website functionality.
·Teamwork: Work cooperatively and effectively with others to achieve goals, resolve problems, and contribute to the decision-making process.
·Make Decisions: Assess situations to determine the importance, urgency, and risks, and make clear and timely decisions and in the best interests of the organisation
·Solve Problems: Assess problem situations to identify causes, gather and process relevant information, generate possible solutions, and make recommendations and/or resolve the problem
·Ability to explain low-level concepts with a high-level language to entities and people of varying technical knowledge and expertise
BENEFITS
•Competitive Salary.
•Company Laptop supplied.
•25 Days Annual Leave (plus bank holidays).
•Hybrid working model.
•Healthcare & Company Pension.
•Cycle to work and Wellbeing Programme.
•Global Company gatherings and events.
•E-learning and excellent career progression opportunities.
•Plus more that can be found on the benefits section on the Careers page, https://careers.creditsafe.com/gb.
Creditsafe is an equal-opportunity employer that values diversity. Please contact Creditsafe if there is any support you need with your application.
