Byte9

Byte9, located in London, is seeking an experienced Senior Web Designer to support both development and client teams. The role entails producing innovative designs for core products and client websites. Candidates should have a minimum of 5 years' experience and strong UX/UI design skills. This position offers a chance to work in a creative environment on cutting-edge projects, focusing on user experience and web application design, while collaborating with developers.

An experienced web designer supporting both the development and client teams, producing designs for our core Blaze product and client websites and web applications. Reports to: Technical Project Manager, Managing Director Salary: Depending on experience Application: CV and covering letter to Senior Web Designer Byte9 is looking for a skilled web designer, with an eye for web application design. We are a leading agile web development company in London and we are looking to expand our experienced team as we engage in both client front end design projects and development of our open source software. We specialise in feature rich web applications, content management with unique natural language processing tools and bespoke client web and mobile application development. Our clients range from start ups to blue chips and our focus is on providing beautiful, innovative and performant systems that fulfil evolving stakeholder requirements, using mature agile development processes. Your primary responsibilities will include taking client projects and our software interfaces through idea development, concepts and wireframing to high fidelity design prior to production. A keen eye for cutting edge web design, usability and the ergonomics of complex systems are as important as an understanding of brand and design dynamics. In return, we offer a competitive salary, the chance to work in a progressive design and software development environment on innovative projects, using advanced process, tools and techniques within a strong, established, experienced, creative and smart team. Responsibilities Optimising existing experiences to boost visitor engagement and conversion rates Validating and optimising designs with actionable data from a range of analytics sources Contributing to style guides and design systems Presenting designs and explaining rationale to senior stakeholders Working with developers to deliver best possible customer experience within web and web application guidelines Qualifications A minimum of 5 years' experience with strong skills in both UX/UI Design Strong experience designing digital user journeys across responsive/adaptive websites and ideally web applications and apps Knowledge of and experience implementing web and web application design patterns Experience with web typography, typefaces and fonts Good understanding of Web Accessibility & Usability The ability to interpret and implement brand guidelines for web designs Previous experience working to the Agile/Scrum methodology Confident in tools such as Sketch, Zeplin, Photoshop, Illustrator, InVision Good HTML, CSS, SASS for prototyping Experience with CMS tools (WordPress, Drupal etc.) or e-commerce tools (Shopify, Magento, Big Commerce etc.) Excellent team collaboration skills Strong communication skills with the ability to communicate clearly with technical and non-technical colleagues across the business The Right Candidate Will be organised, punctual, detailed, accurate, work quickly to tight deadlines and excel creatively Be able to plan and execute multiple projects Will work closely with front end developers and quality assurance More than anything, have a passion for web design and UX You will be working in a vibrant office environment where developing first class solutions in a positive atmosphere is far more important than a suit and tie. Inter personal skills are very important and you should enjoy working in a team environment, be comfortable in client and stakeholder meetings, cope well with multiple projects on deadlines pressure and maintain a "can do" (better) attitude. 39 - 43 Putney High Street London SW15 1SP

Byte9, an agile web development company in London, is seeking an Agile Project Manager to steer product development and client implementations during a dynamic phase. The ideal candidate will balance stakeholder demands while leading a flexible team. This role offers hybrid working arrangements, focusing on innovative web application projects using cutting-edge processes and tools. Strong communication skills and agile management experience are essential.

Byte9 is a leading agile web development company located in London, seeking an experienced Senior Front-end Developer. In this role, you will support both design and development teams in producing front-end code for innovative projects. Ideal candidates should have over 4 years of commercial web development experience, strong skills in NodeJS, and an understanding of modern web technologies. The position provides a competitive salary and opportunities to work within a progressive and creative team environment.

An experienced front-end web developer supporting both the Design and the Development teams, producing front-end code to support our core Blaze product and project implementations and product ecostem. Senior Front-end Developer Position Summary We are a leading agile web-development company based in London and we are looking to expand our experienced team as we engage in new projects, digital 'pivots' and innovative developments to our core Blaze product, which we are releasing as an open-source project. We specialise in feature-rich web applications, 'headless' content management with unique natural language processing tools and bespoke client web and mobile application development. Our clients range from start-ups to blue chips and our focus is on providing beautiful, innovative and perfomant systems that fulfil evolving stakeholder requirements, using mature agile development processes and best practice tooling and tech stack. Your primary responsibilities will include supporting both the design and the development teams to produce front-end code to support sophisticated, performant and scalable projects. A keen eye for cutting edge web design, interface development, performance management, tooling, usability and the ergonomics of a system are as important as a mind for innovation and the ability to work effectively in a pair / full stack application development team. There is also a responsibility to share experience, impart knowledge and mentor across the front-end team, and to work across the team as a whole to ensure best practice in product development. In return, we offer a competitive salary, the chance to work in a progressive software development environment on innovative projects, using advanced process, tools and techniques within a strong, established, experienced, creative and smart team. We have worked with a broadly distributed, global team for many years, so the current 'work from home' requirements have not affected our setup and process. Skills and experience necessary for a senior front-end developer Over 4 years of commercial front-end web development experience Experience with NodeJS Redux or similar Flux-like state-management tools Experience writing performant GraphQL and REST based APIs Experience with NPM, Gulp, Webpack TDD experience Experience with SASS / BeM Coding Standards Good understanding of Web Accessibility & usability Experience working with version control systems such as GIT Experience with Bootstrap and developing for mobile Working examples of Code / Sites (GitHub portfolio etc) Good to have Good knowledge of mobile environments, especially iOS & Android Social media skills, especially mainstream platform integration Experience with TypeScript Experience with AWS / Google Cloud infrastructure Experience with Docker / Kubernetes Experience of CI / Testing Tools Experience with CMS tools (WordPress, Magento, Drupal etc) The Right Candidate Will be organised, punctual, detailed, accurate, work quickly to tight deadlines and excel at problem solving Be able to plan and execute multiple projects Can accurately translate UX wireframes and design mock-ups into well-organised front-end interfaces Will work closely with designers and back-end developers as well as quality assurance, devops and sysops More than anything, has a passion for what they do and will always be looking to learn and stay current with developments in all relevant technologies, process, software and hardware You will be working in a vibrant office / experienced distance working environment where developing first-class solutions in a positive atmosphere is far more important than a suit and tie. Inter-personal skills are also very important and you should enjoy working in a team environment, cope well with pressure, and have a genuine enthusiasm for all things web application development and a "can do" (better) attitude. You will need to manage and prioritise a varied workload and enjoy a customer-focused development role working on diverse, complex projects. 39 - 43 Putney High Street London SW15 1SP

Reports to: Operations Salary: Market leading, but dependant on experience Application: CV and covering letter to email NB No agencies please! Position summary Byte9, a leading agile web development company based in London, is looking for an agile project manager to join the team during an exciting period of product development and open source release, for co sourced development with partner teams. Blaze is a leading "headless" and "no code" content, ecommerce and data management platform we are bringing to market. As an agile, technical project manager your goal will be to balance the demands of budget, time and resource, while keeping stakeholders, product owners, the development team and implementation partners happy. Byte9 has a robust continuous integration, automated testing and cloud deployment setup and uses industry standard project management and reporting tools - but we require someone familiar with which levers to pull. We are looking for a project manager with a keen & analytical mind, with the ability to challenge the status quo and push the team, our product and our place in the SaaS software world forward. What we offer In return, we offer a leading salary, the chance to work on an innovative web application development project, using advanced processes, tools and techniques within a strong, established & innovative team. You will be joining a team who work flexibly and remotely around Europe, from our London office. Hybrid working is welcome, but this is a London office based role, for 2-3 days a week. The right candidate Thrives in an agile product development environment, where a core product is being moved forward with agency and end client implementations and associated dependencies. Has excellent client facing and internal communication, verbal and written skills and the ability to be assertive, decisive, empathetic and pragmatic, where appropriate. Understands the agency model and has managed resources across projects. Has worked with sales and account handling teams with product timeline definition and key deliverables and project budgeting. Has experience managing the set up and onboarding of clients and partners with complex projects, internal and third party resources. What's involved in this role Project managing the delivery of product development and end client and agency partner implementations and ongoing support. Working with the development teams, DevOps, SysOps and the product manager to ensure predictable software delivery and implementation within budgets and estimates. Management of client development budgets and liaison with account management and accounting. Responsibility for managing the specification and resource requirements for software and product developments. This may also include contributing to tender responses. Managing resource planning, resource allocation and resource reporting, ongoing within product development and across implementations. Report milestones, productivity, and project profitability and facilitate ongoing resource planning, as development resources increase over time. End to end Quality assurance, including QA process and test management. Ensuring that in house, client and third party teams are functioning smoothly, communicating any blockers and managing resolutions in a timely way, across stakeholders. Responsibility for production and management of some product and project documentation. Key requirements and experience Agile project management experience and knowledge of software project management and deployment tooling and process (Jira, Confluence, Github, QA and software testing tools, release management, continuous integration and deployment). Experience project managing and quality assuring complex digital / software projects, with multiple stakeholders. Ability to manage in house project implementation and third party designer and developer contributions. A knowledge of SDLC management and experience working with in house and third party developers and designers. Demonstrable knowledge of agile and lean practices, particularly Kanban and/or SCRUM and the associated ceremonies. Proven working experience of managing tender deliverables e.g. resource requirements, evaluation criteria, statement of requirements, risk analysis and project plan presentation. Constructive and collaborative but with the ability to step in and take decisions in a timely manner to move the team forward. Excellent people management skills, able to engage and lead, with a passion for improving both teams and agile processes. Ideally experience of managing accreditations (e.g ISO / G Cloud / AWS), software and infrastructure audits and team training and accreditations.

Urgently seeking a Business Development Manager! Reports to: Managing Director Salary: Market leading, good commission opportunity Application: CV and covering letter to email NB No agencies please! Overview of the Role Byte9 have ambitious plans for the growth around our new platform, Blaze. We are looking for a business development manager who understands and can articulate to prospects the benefits of agile and open-source software development, 'headless' CMS and Ecommerce infrastructure, micro-service orientated and serverless application architecture of this type. We want to develop new and ongoing, mutually profitable relationships based around leading technology. If you can articulate the benefits of next generation web application development technology and help clients and prospects see the inherent benefits, then there is great opportunity here. Byte9 are looking for a rainmaker, who wants to take the lead on an exciting product at a time of opportunity, Responsibilities: To prioritise and manage sales opportunities Clearly articulate the benefits of the Blaze platform to business managers, owners and board members Develop, present and deliver high-impact Blaze demonstrations and case studies Undertake requirement development & consultancy and position Blaze tools and Byte9 engineering and process to meet those needs Help develop and articulate overall system design, implementation methodology and support services Manage all aspects of a sales cycle from opportunity identification, through to the negotiation and closure of contract Develop productive, valuable ongoing relationships with key executives and decision makers Responsibility for managing CRM records relating to prospect and client correspondence and documentation Provide accurate and timely reporting of pipeline, forecasts and ongoing activities Sales and marketing collateral updates and maintenance, in line with ongoing product and service development Qualifications/Skills: 5+ years in a pre-sales or business development position, at a software development or technology consultancy business. Experience with rich CMS and ecommerce application development and support processes, ideally in an agency environment Understanding of agile software development processes (e.g. SCRUM), tools (e.g. Jira) and methodology Knowledge of Continuous Integration (CI) and Continuous Deployment (CD) tools and methodologies Amazon Web Services (AWS) or similar Cloud service provider product suite and service experience Crisp presentation and engaging interpersonal skills Excellent critical thinking and problem solving This is a role for an enthusiastic sales-person, who has already proven that pipeline prospects can be turned into high value, complex technology solution customers. You will be tenacious and optimistic and never be afraid to pick up the phone, get on a screen-share or jump on a plane to go and evangelise the potential of Blaze & Byte9 to forward-thinking businesses. Byte9 intend to take full advantage of the product and technology opportunity, which will be very rewarding in a business development sense, we also intend to develop new partner channels and the opportunity to grow with the business and the business development and marketing team is significant, for the right candidate. 39 - 43 Putney High Street London SW15 1SP