Front End JavaScript Developers are required to join Wunderman Thompson Commerce’s world class teams who are working to make our clients happy. We are looking for a talented, enthusiastic, focused, eye for detail, professional. Keen to learn and to challenge for smarter ways of doing things; a team player proud of their work who wants to share it. You like working in a fast-paced environment and are ready to inspire outstanding online shopper experiences for consumers and brands, no matter what product, service, sector, device or channel!

You will have a customer-first mindset, with the maturity and initiative to do what it takes keep our clients happy, including some working at client locations. When our clients win – we win!

Please note that this job is a full-time position located in Portugal, but the selection process will be conducted in English.
Please send over your CV in English.

What you’ll be doing:

• Produce quality, on-budget, and on-schedule solutions on projects.
• Maintain and enhance the front-end headful site of the e-commerce platform
• Build on the existing object-oriented JavaScript model
• Create prototypes and production-ready XHTML/CSS /JS for eCommerce websites
• Build responsive layouts, reusable code and libraries for future use
• Focus on user needs and optimum user experience
• Working within an agile team, contributing to daily stand-ups, sprint planning and estimations
• Forward thinking, focused on performance initiatives and driven to implement front-end solutions
• Contributing to the team's focus to maintain Front End Quality through participating in coding reviews and adhering to Wunderman Thompson Commerce coding standards
• Stay current with evolving standards and technologies, learning new skills as needed

What we want from you:

The ideal candidate will have prior experience in a similar role at a software house and/or an eCommerce company and has the following skills:

• Mastery of JavaScript – with commercial experience of object-oriented programming.
• HTML5 and CSS3 adhering to industry defined coding standards
• HTML templating experience - would be advantageous if Handlebars or ISML
• Experience of using CSS pre-processors – SCSS, SASS or LESS
• Solid understanding of the Agile methodology i.e. Story point estimation, refinement, sprint planning, retrospective, sprint demos
• Commercial experience of using version control tooling (GIT) in a large development team performing Continuous Integration
• Good understanding/awareness of Accessibility, SEO Principles, Security, Performance best practices
• Debugging and troubleshooting skills
• A desire to write readable, maintainable, modular and extendable code
• Experience in bringing multiple viewport responsive and adaptive web designs to life
• The candidate has to have good communication skills and capability to interact directly with the wider team (show and tells/requirement analysis sessions/retrospectives etc)

If you know some of this, even better:

• SFCC Certified Developer or SFCC Certified Architect
• Software development experience with direct Salesforce Commerce Cloud experience (Commerce Cloud certification preferred) and eCommerce feeds and integrations
• Experience in WebPack
• Additional Commercial eCommerce platform experience – Magento/Hybris /Shopify
• Knowledge of jQuery. Experience with any popular jQuery plug-in (jQuery UI, jQuery tools, jQuery Mobile, etc.) is a plus;
• Knowledge of popular CSS grid systems (Bootstrap, 960gs, Skeleton, etc...)

What we can offer you:

Alongside the opportunity to work with some of the most exciting brands around the world, we’ll also prioritise your career development and help you grow your skills. We’ll empower you to make a difference, allow you to be yourself, and respect who you are.

We offer a great benefits package including hybrid working that works for everyone, social events, training opportunities, medical and dental insurance, life assurance, meal cards and much more.

What we do: At Wunderman Thompson we inspire growth for ambitious brands. Within our commerce and technology division, that means inspiring people across the globe to shop online through seamless digital experiences.

How we do it: Our commerce and technology division houses strategic consultants, creative and technical architects and skilled developers and operators that together help some of the world’s leading organisations to deliver outstanding digital experiences across all major routes to market worldwide: marketplaces, online retailers, D2C, B2B and social platforms. With over 4,200 experts in 55 operational centres across 34 countries, our capabilities span the entire buying journey from customer acquisition, through engagement, to conversion and loyalty, driving multi-channel growth for world-leading brands.

We work with some of the most exciting brands such as The Coca-Cola Company, EY, Bosch, Unilever, Ford, DFS, Mercedes-Benz, Johnson & Johnson, Nestlé, Sainsbury’s, Selfridges, Shell and Tiffany & Co.

We’ve built over 500 platforms for brands and retailers and generate in excess of $29bn annually for our clients and work with over 50 strategic partners including Adobe, SAP, Salesforce, HCL, Shopify, Sitecore, BigCommerce, commerce tools and Acquia.

What makes us different? Part creative agency, part consultancy and part technology company, we’re unique in our ability to connect world-class strategic thinking and creative insight, with deep executional capability across technology and operations. We’re part of the WPP Group, which gives us the talent, infrastructure and support of one of the largest agency networks in the world.

We were recognised by Forrester as a Leader in Commerce Services (Q1,2021) and in Digital Experience Services (Q2, 2022), and as Best Large Agency of the Year at the European Ecommerce Awards 2022.

In our Lisbon or Porto office, you’ll join a team of other specialists who are always ready to help each other. The team is part of our Wunderman Thompson Commerce and Technologies network and works in coordination with our Local and EMEA client leads.

At Wunderman Thompson, a WPP company, we are committed to actively building a diverse, equitable and inclusive workplace where everyone feels welcomed, valued and heard, and is treated with dignity and respect. As leaders and creative partners across industries, it is our responsibility to cultivate an environment reflective of our greatest asset; our people. We believe that this commitment inspires growth and delivers equitable outcomes for everyone as well as the clients and communities we serve.