We are looking for a competent C# Asp.Net web developer to join our team and lead it. You will be involved in the full life cycle of our projects which range from small enhancements through to full site builds including client consultancy and team management.

Overview about us

Simon Antony are an Umbraco Certified Gold Partner Digital Agency offering standard off the shelf agency products i.e. website design, enhancements, SEO, Support and Maintenance etc. but also providing a strong consultancy approach to our business and clients.

We can cope with pretty much any size of project that the SME would be involved within. At heart, we are Microsoft Dotnet Developers and a Certified Umbraco Gold Partner.

We have a strong SEO side to the business and offer managed Social Media marketing for some of our clients.

Our client base is wide and varied with us being the preferred Umbraco development partner for a number of blue chip agencies in the UK. We also have a strong core client base covering SOHO through to Blue Chip companies.

We also have a number of other business channels that we wish to develop upon and there is a lot of scope for a successful, varied and challenging career for anyone appointed for this role.

Aim of role

Currently our development team is three full time and one contract resource which you will be managing on a day to day basis.

We specialise in Umbraco which is a key part of the role so ideally you will need experience of this or another similar CMS such as Sharepoint, Umbraco, Sitecore, Sitefinity, Trillian, episerver etc. Training will be provided for the successful candidate. You should ideally have a minimum of 4 years demonstrable experience with C# / Asp.net and be comfortable with API calls, web services, an understanding of system architecture with a good grasp of IT hardware and software.

You do not necessarily need to have management skills, however you will be looking for a role that takes you down the path of a Lead Developer, Senior Developer or Development Manager where you have a major say in the way we develop and deliver software in the business.

Essential skills

• Asp.Net
• C#
• Visual Studio
• JQuery
• MVC 2/3/4
• IIS
• SQL Server
• Source Control (SVN, Mercurial, Git)
• Windows Server
• Razor

Desirable Skills

• Experience of CMS such as Umbraco would be beneficial
• HTML / HTML5 / XHTML
• CSS
• Javascript
• XSLT

Typical duties will include

• Helping to manage and shape the development team, improving processes and measuring performance
• Producing high quality code first time that works to fit the brief
• Suggesting improvements to our applications and services
• Offering advice to our clients on how to get more out of their website or online presence with a view to us developing further with them Learning about what we do as a business
• Challenging how we work to make us more efficient
• Providing technical support as required to our clients
• Managing the project workload with the project managers

Who we are looking for

• A skilled software developer that has written and worked upon many Asp.Net websites and applications.
• Someone that understands the software development lifecycle.
• Someone that has a keen eye for detail but balances this view with profitability in mind
• Someone with experience in a similar environment, ideally for a digital agency
• Super organised, confident, empathetic, and motivational
• Fascinated by all things digital - that means keeping up-to-date with technology, web and creative
• Someone that has excellent written and communication skills
• Someone that wants to build a solid business, be a part of that growth and help us to try things out without fear of failure if it does not work.
• Someone that is confident in their abilities and can be left alone to self manage their workload as required.
• Someone with a great buzzing personality that can help the team to develop
• Ready for a new challenge, one that is rewarding, constantly evolving and FUN!

OH... and you are also crazy about all things DIGITAL, web trends, Apps, ecommerce platforms - you name it, and you know that Penguin and Panda relate to Google's search algorithm and not the latest residents at London Zoo.

Send email with covering letter / cv in confidence to jobs@simonantony.co.uk