Developer - Front End Web in Croydon

Join Superdrug Head Office - Make a Real Difference Every Day!

Location: East Croydon

Hours: 37.5

Salary: Competitive

Why Superdrug?

Passionate about Beauty and Health? Want to be part of an innovative, trend-setting retailer? Our vibrant Head Office, based by East Croydon station is a fantastic environment filled with hundreds of brilliant personalities. We're a team that puts our customers and our teams at the heart of everything we do. At Superdrug, we aim to be the best in accessible health & beauty, loved by our customers for value, choice, friendly advice, service and fun. Our success comes from our people; they make the difference. We're all about personality, we have fun, and we work hard to deliver That Superdrug feeling.

Here's the exciting bit… a day includes:

This is an exciting opportunity to join an established and growing high street retailer. We are looking for a Dot Net Developer to join our expanding development team. The team is working in an AGILE manner using Kanban methodology. Generate detailed customer-focused initiatives, in line with the IT Department strategy and support with execution. Listen to the customer and implement new ideas and ways of working which are designed to improve service considering both Online and Offline. Whilst ensuring the team prioritises actions which delight the customer/team member.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design, develop, and maintain high-quality software solutions.
• Collaborate with product managers, designers, and other stakeholders to define project requirements and deliverables.
• Ensure the scalability, performance, and security of software applications.
• Conduct code reviews and provide constructive feedback to team members.
• Stay up to date with emerging technologies and industry trends.
• Troubleshoot and resolve technical issues as they arise.
• Contribute to the continuous improvement of development processes and best practices.
• Customer Focused: Be the voice of customers and orchestrate the organisation to live the brand purpose and inspire a customer-first culture to build customer love in every touchpoint of our O+O platform.
• Tech & AI: Helping your team understand when to use AI, when to rely on human judgment, and how to combine both.
• Tech & AI: Rethinking how work gets done - Actively shifting work from repetitive tasks to higher-value activities as AI takes on routine work.
• Tech & AI: Role modelling behaviours to encourage confidence with AI. Actively developing your ability to use AI effectively and think critically about outputs.
• Tech & AI: Strengthen Human Touch - Keeping the human element strong: Balancing AI efficiency with human coaching, empathy, and team cohesion.

Technical Responsibilities:

• Design software solutions, ensuring alignment with business goals and technical requirements.
• Conduct code reviews and provide constructive feedback to team members.
• Develop and maintain technical documentation, including system architecture diagrams and API specifications.
• Troubleshoot and resolve complex technical issues, ensuring minimal disruption to development processes.
• Optimize application performance and scalability through effective coding practices and system design.
• Implement and manage CI/CD pipelines to streamline the development and deployment process.
• Ensure the security and integrity of software applications through adherence to cybersecurity best practices.

Qualifications:

• Bachelors or Masters degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
• 2 years+ experience as a .Net Developer or similar role.
• Strong proficiency in the .Net Stack.
• Experience developing mobile applications in Xamarin / .Net MAUI / Flutter.
• Experience with software development methodologies such as Agile or Scrum.
• Excellent problem-solving skills and attention to detail.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, collaborative environment.
• Experience with cloud computing platforms, ideally Azure.
• Establishes strong relationships at all levels.
• Can manage tough/complex messages with all stakeholders.
• Role model collaboration to the team to exceed goals.
• Positive attitude towards feedback, uses this to generate initiatives to meet/exceed expectations, and shares feedback in a meaningful way.
• Effectively manages their team by playing to strengths and proactively addressing its opportunities. Ensuring everyone’s wellbeing & diversity is considered and celebrated.

Here's what's in it for you:

• 33 days holiday rising to 38 days with length of service (inclusive of bank holidays).
• 2 staff discount codes for yourself and a family member or friend.
• 30% discount on Superdrug Own Brand Products both in store and online.
• Hybrid working patterns available depending on role responsibilities with 2 days working from home and 3 days in our stylish, modern and collaborative office close to East Croydon Station.
• Company pension matching and bonus.
• We offer Wagestream - a money management app that gives you access to a percentage of your pay as you earn it.
• Being part of more! We are part of a group who work closely with Savers, The Perfume Shop and Three UK.
• We are part of A.S. Watson Group, the world's largest international health and beauty retailer with over 15,700 stores in 25 markets!
• Unrivalled Learning and Development programmes.
• Enhanced maternity/shared parental/adoption leave, company sick pay and pregnancy loss and support.

Come and be part of something special!