Frontend developer

Orlo is a vibrant Birmingham based tech company. Founded 5 years ago,Orlo has now grown into the UK’s leading social media management tool used by leading brands such as; Virgin Trains, Mercedes Retail Group and Manchester Council. We are a team of highly diverse, awesome individuals looking for a frontend developer to join our family and help build our product.

Our frontend stack is an angular 4 / angularjs hybrid webapp written with all the best practises in mind. We also have a cordova mobile app created using the ionic framework. We use all the latest tools and technologies to build our product such as npm, typescript, webpack, karma / mocha / chai, less and bootstrap.

What we’d like from you:

• 2+ years experience with a modern component based frontend framework such as angular, react or vue (it’s not a problem if you don’t know angular, we’ll teach you!)
• Proficiency in writing ES2015+ Javascript using a transpiler such as babel or typescript
• Must be able to write modern HTML / CSS (we love flexbox!) to create pixel perfect layouts from designs
• The ability to write easily testable code with good test coverage for every feature and bug
• Able to use git effectively to manage source code
• A strong knowledge of REST and the ability to weigh in on backend API designs
• Excellent communication skills to be able to liaise with other members of the team