We're looking for a Back End Developer to join our tech team on a 12 month fixed term contract. The development team at RY is an expanding group of multi-skilled professionals. Their interest lies in all things technology, from systems design, implementation, open source community membership and interactive web applications.Their goal is to supply our consultancy team with stable appropriate technologies to push our clients through the digital age. Working closely with the design and UX departments, they're at the heart of RY's digital offer.

The role (In a nutshell):

Ensure our thinking and designs are translated into digital solutions and products that work seamlessly, look great and are accessible. Advise and guide colleagues on development opportunities, limitations, risks and best practice. Ensure an accurate translation of project requirements into functional and technical specifications and accurately deliver against these. Bring ideas and views on current and emerging trends and implement where appropriate. Understand where we could go from a technology standpoint versus where we should go. Deliver clean code, using ASP.NET, C# and Umbraco.

Your background:

Strong agency experience. Professional level knowledge of Microsoft C# ASP.NET, ASP.NET MVC and SQL Server. Solid experience of Umbraco V6/7 with XSLT – Including multilingual. Good knowledge of core front-end web technologies including HTML, Javascript/jQuery, CSS. Experience with source control systems. It'd be a bonus if you also had the following, but not essential:

Server administration – IIS/SQL Server Management/TSQL Sitecore knowledge Agile development methodologies Umbraco certified

Who we are

We are a creative consultancy. We tend to work for large companies and organisations headquartered in Northern Europe. We answer complex briefs that concern strategy, identity, communications, culture and/or performance.

Our purpose is to help organisations, brands and services engage totally with all their audiences to build trust and ultimately become more successful.

We search worldwide for this exceptional talent, from all backgrounds. People who share our passion for getting to the heart of understanding the complexity of our clients’ worlds, and who work as one team to deliver lasting results. The strength of our reputation lies in the collective skills and talents of the individuals whom we employ, and our ambition is not only to do brilliant work for our clients, but also to make RY the best place to work.

Note to recruitment agencies:

We have a dedicated recruitment function in-house, so we try to do as much direct recruitment as possible. When we do struggle to fill a role, we brief our requirements to our preferred suppliers who we have existing partnerships with.