Web Developer - New Product Development
The Behavioural Insights Team
- Closing: 9:00am, 29th Jan 2019 GMT
Job Description
We are a small, entrepreneurial team of 7 inside a larger research/public policy organisation. We use behavioural insights to help build digital products and startups and we are looking for another web developer to join the team. You will build new products, often from scratch, with friendly, smart, and enthusiastic colleagues. We use a range of technologies, currently including PHP, Go, JavaScript, React, MySQL, Amazon Web Services, and Ubuntu. (You don't need experience with all of these).
Every product we build has a social mission, from reducing bias in recruitment (beapplied.com), improving student attendance/attainment (promptable.com), or flagging high-risk cases in Children's Social Care (TBA).
We work closely with our colleagues in the wider organisation, The Behavioural Insights Team (BIT) - informally known as the 'nudge unit' - who are world leaders in applying behavioural insights to improve public services and government policy. Our product ideas arise from the wider team's diverse range of real-world projects, building on their expertise and knowledge of behavioural insights.
About you
Are able to take product ideas and specs and make them into working websites and web-based products (with guidance from a senior dev)
Are comfortable working with frontend and backend technologies (but we will play to your strengths)
No visual/design skills necessary
About the job
You will be:
Building new products for social-purpose applications
Adding features to existing products (and often seeing them deployed the same day)
Working with in-house UX/product managers, and external designers and agencies
About us + benefits
Open to different technologies, depending on your interest/experience
Free coffee, fruit and soft drinks
Agile working, flexible working hours and working from home
Standing desks available
Generous 7% employer pension contribution, and annual training budget
Plus many more
Removing bias from the hiring process
Applications closed Tue 29th Jan 2019
Removing bias from the hiring process
- Your application will be anonymously reviewed by our hiring team to ensure fairness
- You’ll need a CV/résumé, but it’ll only be considered if you score well on the anonymous review
Applications closed Tue 29th Jan 2019