Front End Developer

YouGov Chat (formerly Inconvo) is an exciting new chat platform for millions of people to engage and share their views about the things they love, from music and movies, to sport, politics and more.

We create interactive content for thousands of people to share their views, weigh-in on debates and keep up to date with the latest news and events.

You can checkout out YouGov Chat here: www.yougov.chat

YouGov Chat runs as a cloud native platform. We embrace a DevOps mentality on our development process taking ownership over development and infrastructure changes.
As a Front End engineer at YouGov Chat you will be part of a wider technical team following the product roadmap using Agile software development methodologies:

• Working on our customer facing applications.
• Developing in Angular and integrating with our serverless APIs.

We are looking for people who write simple and maintainable code and are aware of the perils of emerging complexity.
We’re looking for:

• Solid hands-on experience in web application development in Angular
• Good understanding about the best practice on secure software development and handling sensitive data
• Strong experience in HTML, JavaScript, jQuery and CSS3
• Knowledge with W3C standards for web development
• Ability to deliver results, meet deadlines and manage time effectively
• Background in digital payments (desirable)

Qualifications

• 5+ Years experience web application development in Angular
• Hands-on experience in implementing responsive web design
• Knowledge with troubleshooting cross-browser compatibility issues

We value:

• Appreciation for a test-driven, code-review culture
• A bias for action with a strong work ethic and a focus on delivery.
• Sound judgment along with a desire to challenge traditional thinking.
• Highly organised with a flexible approach to working.

This position can be based 100% remotely. The YouGov Chat team is spread from UK to Mumbai.