Web Developer, North West

We're looking to expand our in-house Web Development team in Fulwood, Preston. A great opportunity has arisen for a Web Developer to join our team. We are a fast paced, VC backed financial services business that is growing year on year, with digital development at the forefront of our evolving business model. The role can be within our Preston head office or remote. You'll work in a well-defined agile environment within the Web Development team, building, maintaining and optimising customer facing digital platforms and B2B partnerships across all the Group's brands. The majority of our new business originates online, so we have a real focus on developing the best possible customer experiences and digital operations. In addition, you'll work directly with the wider 30+ Marketing Department, as well as the group IT, Change & Test teams. This will be a challenging but rewarding role, with plenty of opportunities to shine & excel. You'll report into the Web Development Team Leader, work with the rest of the team to make decisions around technology approach, coding best practice and help to shape solutions through investigations, design sprints and spikes. We're committed to developing & growing the team, utilising the latest and greatest technologies available, and investing in our talent. Web Developer | IT | Technology | Web Development | HTML | CSS | JavaScript | SQL | DBA | Cloud | Agile | UX | Design | Frontend | Test Automation | Database | Version Control Benefits 22 Days Holiday + Bank Holidays + annual increase / Auto enrolment Pension / Healthcare Scheme / Life Assurance / Dress down Fridays / Fresh Fruit Mondays Essential Skills We're looking for someone with solid grasp of the core frontend skills, those being: HTML CSS JavaScript Server-side development Databases Desirable Skills Any experience with the below would be extremely advantageous, but by no means essential: UX & Design - Adobe suite / XD / Illustrator / Photoshop Frontend frameworks - ReactJS / Angular 2+ / VueJS / Similar Frontend build automation - Webpack / Gulp / Grunt CSS pre-processors - SCSS / LESS Server-side development - C# / ASP.NET MVC / .NET CORE / Similar CMS - Kentico / Embraco / SiteCore / Similar Cloud infrastructure - Azure / AWS / Similar Test automation - Unit tests / Selenium / Web Driver Databases - SQL / Redis / NoSQL / Similar Version control - Git / Similar Agile methodologies - Sprint planning / Story pointing / ConceptYou'll have the opportunity to develop into the above areas within the role should you desire with assistance from the wider team & our development partners. About Company The KR Group is a leading financial services group for those both in and approaching their retirement. The Group's main activities are equity release, estate planning, annuities and retirement planning. Subsidiaries of the Group include Key Retirement, Key Partnerships, and more 2 life. Between these companies, we offer products including equity release, retirement planning, and estate planning. Private equity owned by Partners Group; we lead the market in Equity Release. Retired homeowners cashed in more than £3 billion of property wealth in 2018 as the equity release market expanded at a record rate