Senior Web Developer

Employer: University of the Arts London
Location: UAL - High Holborn, London UK
Salary: £42,477.00 - £50,961.00
Contract: Full time
Hours: Full time

Job description

The opportunity

This is an exciting opening for a Senior Web Developer within Digital & Technology at University of the Arts London. Focused on delivering new digital functionality and web development support for UAL’s digital channels, which include the main university website, student portfolio and showcase platforms, using PHP, JavaScript, HTML and related technologies.

Working with the core content management systems, and the wider development team to produce new functionality and services across a range of exciting digital products.

Empowered to be instrumental in designing and building foundational systems to reduce and realign our tech stack and help modernise ways of working. You will also get the opportunity to play a key role in projects, working with key stakeholders to identify requirements for new applications, working in an Agile environment and developing leadership skills by mentoring members in the team.

About you

Experience

• Extensive experience of developing websites and web applications using PHP 8+, MySQL, JavaScript, HTML5, CSS3, AJAX/JSON
• Good working understanding of CMSs and frameworks such as WordPress, Craft and Laravel
• Proficiency and application of WCAG 2.2 accessibility guidance
• Knowledge of microservices, APIs (build and integration) and cloud services (AWS)
• Strong stakeholder management experience, along with high level inter-personal and communication skills
• Experience working as a member of a development team, providing support, mentoring and cover where needed

We are UAL

University of the Arts London (UAL) offers an extensive range of courses in art, design, fashion, communication and performing arts. We are a collegiate University spread across London with six Colleges, four Institutes and five Research Centres. UAL also has two subsidiary companies, delivering specialist activities – UAL Short Courses Ltd, and UAL Arts Temps Ltd.

We’re made up of all types of people, coming together in London, the world’s creative capital. We are designers, artists, performers, thinkers, researchers and makers. Our students, staff and graduates form a global network of creatives, entrepreneurs and leaders. Together, our ideas change the world. Because the world needs creativity.

We are ranked highly across the board. We are ranked first for specialist art and design, second in the world for Art and Design in the 2024 QS World University Rankings (for the sixth year in a row), ranked fifth in sustainability and two of our colleges were rated in the top three fashion schools in the world.

Closing date: 13 October 2024, 10:55 pm