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Full Stack Developer

Looking for a new and rewarding challenge to bring your coding skills to? We have an exciting opportunity to join our development team and work on a range of eCommerce projects.

Salary:

Depending on experience

Location:

Birmingham Jewellery Quarter, (Hybrid working)

Hours:

Full Time

About This Role

Cake Agency, recently awarded the fast-growth award at the West Midlands Business Masters Awards, is excited to announce that we are recruiting for a new role of Full Stack developer

We are an award-winning eCommerce consultancy helping clients grow their brand online.

We offer all round, holistic support to clients in the eCommerce space from business consultancy, branding, marketing to front and back-end development. We primarily develop in Shopify for our website development and are looking for a candidate to join our development department (known as Code Cake) to support the backend requirements of existing clients and to help on new projects where specific functionality behind the scenes is needed.

We work closely with a number of exciting fashion brands who are pushing the boundaries of their eCommerce experience and we need a team of ambitious and agile developers to help bring these aspirations to life.

Based in the heart of the Jewellery Quarter you will be joining a team of 20 eCommerce enthusiasts and part of 3 full-time developers and growing!

As a growing company, in an exciting industry, the role offers a great opportunity for future growth and for specializing in specific areas of interest whether it be backend functionality, app development or front-end UX/UI.

If you have 3+ years of experience in website development and looking for the next step in your career please get in touch to find out more about the role and the exciting benefits of becoming a Caker.


The benefits

  • 20 days holiday + 8 national holidays
  • Company bonus scheme
  • Life Assurance
  • Hybrid and flexible working
  • Birthday celebrations & online voucher
  • Continued professional development
  • Medicash healthcare plan
  • Cycle 2 work scheme
  • Regular company social events
  • Well-stocked breakfast bar & drinks fridge
  • Office breakout spaces, pool table & shower

Job Responsibilities

At Cake Agency, we value team members who take initiative, collaborate closely with stakeholders, and consistently drive projects forward to meet deadlines with high-quality outcomes.

As a Full Stack Developer, you'll be expected to problem-solve independently, adapt quickly, and actively contribute to delivering exceptional results for our clients without the need for support or supervision.

You’ll be expected to:

  • Provide innovative and adaptable approaches to problems
  • Build and maintain ecommerce websites on Shopify
  • Occasionally scope and create bespoke Shopify applications for clients
  • Be able to adapt quickly and overcome challenges you may encounter while working on development tasks
  • Effectively Communicate the status of tasks with other team members including our design, marketing and operations teams.
  • Promote consistency of work across all web development clients
  • Support with migrating data from existing eCommerce platforms to Shopify

Candidate Requirements

Must haves:

  • Strong HTML, Javascript, CSS knowledge
  • Strong understanding of HTTP and client side and server side interactions
  • Good understanding of PHP and Javascript runtimes such as Node, Bun, Deno etc.
  • Good understanding of relational databases such as MySQL, MariaDB etc.
  • Experience with third party integrations using GraphQL API’s
  • Experience with modern PHP frameworks such as Laravel
  • Ability to effectively write database queries with and without the aid of query builder tools.
  • A desire to advance your knowledge and a general willingness to learn new technologies / programming languages with minimal support
  • Good understanding of Shopify’s Liquid templating language for Shopify theme development

Good to have:

  • Familiarity with managing Linux based web servers using SSH
  • Experience writing one-use scripts to automate tasks
  • Familiarity with modern Javascript frameworks, preferably React.js
  • Experience managing AWS EC2 instances and S3 storage
  • Understanding of Wordpress development
  • Experience with CSS preprocessors such as SCSS
  • Previous experience working with balancing projects simultaneously

Culturally

  • Professional and well organised
  • Passionate about the online world
  • Good Communication & team skills
  • Motivated to learn and improve themselves and those around them

Key Benefits

  • Hybrid working
  • Casual dress code and Friday beers
  • Exciting and dynamic start-up culture
  • Regular social events
  • Friendly team, free chocolate and drinks!

Summary

This is an exciting opportunity to help us grow our development team and to be involved in a number of exciting projects planned for 2024!

To apply, please send an application, with your CV and cover letter to careers@cake.agency

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Cake team out in the wild

Why choose Cake?

Alongside the opportunity to work across exciting fashion, lifestyle, and FMCG brands with driven teammates by your side, we offer a fantastic range of perks:

£££

You’ll be enrolled in Cake’s bonus scheme—you earn more as the business grows—and an annual salary review, both tied in with your personal development plan.

Celebrations

With a name like Cake, you know we love the occasional treat. Expect cake for your agency anniversary, and even the occasional bake off. Our team get rewarded with an extra annual leave day every year, paid training certification opportunities, Plus we'll match any donations you make to charity. We like to celebrate our wins, our growth, and our team, so there are also regular team sessions, office parties, client get-togethers, and the odd trip to Karaoke Box.

Style

How can we run an eCommerce agency for fashion clients without emerging ourselves in their brands? As part of the bonus scheme, you’ll receive a style budget to keep you look as cutting-edge as our campaigns.

Health and wellbeing

The health and wellbeing of our team members is paramount to us. This is why we are proud to offer a robust health and wellbeing support system in the form of an Employee Assistance Program (EAP) and full access to the health insurance provider, Medicash. The EAP is designed to help employees deal with personal and professional problems that could be affecting their home life, work life, health, or general wellbeing.

Food and drink

The hottest topic in our office! We all love a take-away here and you’ll find Deliveroo bookmarked in most people’s browsers, but we also know the importance of balance and setting our team with the right fuel to smash the day ahead. There’s a breakfast bar, fresh fruit, nuts, and various snacks in our ever-growing pantry—hydration is also key, with a selection of sugar-free drinks, including filtered water, wonky fruit sparkling water, and an impressive selection of Nespresso coffees.

Team

We’re problem solvers, creative thinkers, and innovators. Come and meet the Cakers, the special ingredient in our mix—it’s our people that make us the agency you want to turn to for eCommerce success. With their collection of expertise across all channels and disciplines, their unique personalities, passions, and quirks, you’ll feel like you’re taking that next step for your business with friends. We're known for going on regular trips on each of our company update days - we've ticked canoeing, escape rooms, and more, off our list so far.