Front End Developer (FTC)

Since 2008 Zoopla has grown rapidly to become one of the UK’s leading and most recognised consumer brands. Zoopla continues to transform the property landscape by delivering more transparency, certainty and efficiency across every stage of the housing lifecycle for consumers and property professionals alike.

Following the acquisition of Zoopla by Silver Lake and Red Ventures in 2018, a period of sustained investment and growth sets us in an even stronger position to accelerate our purpose; to simplify, redefine, transform and further digitise all property interactions and decisions. Our vantage point across market-leading property valuation technology and Estate Agency software, combined with 70% coverage of UK residential listings and over 5.5 million website visits per month to our property portals, makes us uniquely positioned to fulfil our vision to become the UK’s number one property destination for consumers and property professionals.

We believe that our diversity makes us stronger and smarter, both in terms of our products and services, as well as in terms of the people that work here. We pride ourselves on creating an environment of high performance, where everyone has the opportunity to thrive, show craftsmanship, be curious and make a meaningful difference.

Summary of role

This role is a unique opportunity to transform and shape the digital presence for Zoopla’s business audiences. Together with our content and design teams it will be in your hands to lead this process.

After the initial build, we’ll be looking to you to improve our processes, suggesting and implementing new tools and technologies and support our marketing team.

This role is perfect for you if your main experience is in front-end development, but you also have an eye for design and crafting digital experiences. You’ll be happy to collaborate and occasionally manage external developers or small agencies.

You will be a proactive communicator with excellent time management and an ‘open for feedback’ attitude. You’ll also work closely with Zoopla’s product and technology teams.

This is a 12-month fixed-term contract.

Key responsibilities

• Manage the build and oversee a new digital experience for Zoopla’s business audience.
• Build, test and deliver responsive web pages in Wordpress
• Implement and work with designs delivered in Figma from the design team
• Manage stakeholders, prioritise competing needs with the studio manager
• Support and maintain existing sites, build in Wordpress and email templates
• Work with design systems and component libraries in Figma and Storybook

Essential skills

• Delivery of web pages built in HTML, CSS, JS and PHP, accurate to design and specification
• In-depth knowledge of Wordpress CMS, including management and maintenance of existing pages, as well as building and overseeing delivery of new templates and pages
• Familiar with development for email and troubleshooting, testing in Litmus
• The ability to scope and plan your own work
• The mindset to continuously learn and optimise performance
• Excellent time management, planning and communication skills
• Manage and version control code in GIT
• Knowledge of Google Analytics, Optimize, and Pardot (Salesforce email service provider) would be an advantage
• Collaborative and open mindset

Desired skills

• Knowledge of A/B testing and analytics
• Experience of working with Gravity forms
• Experience with other CMS environments like Contentful

Benefits

• Everyday Flex - greater flexibility over where and when you work
• 25 days annual leave + extra days for years of service
• Day off for your birthday, house move, good deed day, and digital detox day
• Cycle to work and electric car schemes
• Free Calm App membership
• Enhanced Paternity Leave
• Fertility Treatment Financial Support
• Group Income Protection and private medical insurance
• Gym on-site in London – or membership in regional offices
• 7.5% pension contribution by the company
• Discretionary annual bonus up to 10% of base salary
• Talent referral bonus up to £5K