Are you our new Frontend Developer?

Are you passionate about building great applications? Can you develop modern websites and web apps for large international companies in VueJS, NodeJS, SPA and perhaps even TypeScript? Are you a fast-learner who takes ownership of his work?

A part of the team

Novicell is a full-service digital consultancy. For over 20 years Novicell is helping companies around the world to build their online business. With just 5 people in Amsterdam office, we also have over 400 great colleagues across 8 offices in 5 countries: Denmark, UK, Spain, Sweden and Norway. 

Your day-to-day tasks

Your day-to-day tasks will involve working closely together with our back-end developer and project manager to:

• Implement responsive and adaptive designs in HTML, CSS and JavaScript;
• Implement websites and web applications in VueJS, NuxtJS and Umbraco
• Test websites and improve their performance;
• Participate in discovery and refinement of new feature requests, help and support our customers;
• Actively participate in Agile work process: daily stand-ups, backlog refinements, plannings and retrospectives;
• Set high quality standards of front-end output. 

Professional Skills

It is a prerequisite that you have practical experience in frontend development with setting up HTML and CSS, working closely together with designers. We expect:

• You have worked with JavaScript, HTML and CSS for 4-5 years
• You have practical experience implementing responsive web design
• You have worked with legacy browsers, and know quirks to look out for
• You have worked with CSS precompilers or postprocessors. We use PostCSS
• You are familiar with CSS architecture patterns like BEM and SOLID
• You are comfortable working Agile
• You know your way around BitBucket and devOps pipelines

Knowledge in thee areas is a huge plus:

• NodeJS
• Responsive Web Design, Mobile first and general development for touch devices
• What is considered good user interface and user experience

Personal Skills

Your education isn't as important as your years of practical experience. We are looking for a frontend developer who can be a part of a growing development team in Amsterdam, and who can help us push the team's capabilities. We see your profile as:

• You are ambitious and keep yourself updated with trends and technologies within frontend development
• You like to dig into things, but at the same time have a good sense for teamwork with your colleagues and clients
• You have a keen eye for good user experience
• You take professional pride in your work, and aren't afraid of pushing back when confronted with bad practice
• You are self-driven, take ownership of assigned tasks, and make sure that when you take upon the task, you follow through
• You participate in sharing new findings and insights in the team, and across our offices
  

A "Flink & Flittig" work culture

Novicell’s motto is "Flink & Flittig" which is Danish for "Friendly and diligent". This means we treat each other well while providing great service to our clients.

We have replaced long employee handbooks and rules with dialogue and responsibility. We see our colleagues’ differences as strengths. And going to work must be fun. It is probably the most well-recognized opinion in Novicell. We have decided not to compromise when it comes to having fun while delivering the best results possible. Why else spend so many waking hours together?

Salary & benefits

Salary

Competitive and negotiable.

Location

We are located in a spacious new office in Amsterdam close to Spaklerweg metro station where you will be working. There are flexible working arrangements throughout the organization to ensure our employees are happy and productive.

Benefits

• 7.5-hour workdays. As near to zero overtime as we (and you) can manage
• "Study abroad" trips to Denmark, Spain, Netherlands, Sweden or Norway
• Annual summer company get-together in Denmark
• Excellent training and CPD opportunities
• Many social activities such as boat trips on the canals, games of Fifa, padel or table tennis, team gatherings.