Solution Architect

Id Job: 316e354

🏢 On-site

💼 World of Books

📍 Worthing, South East England, England

🕒 2 days ago

💰 59138 – 79581 GBP ANNUAL

Job Description

As a Solution Architect your role will:

Maintain, design, build and extend our Wob.com website
Develop the backend of the Wob.com website and it’s integration with the e-commerce engine
Integrate with the backend APIs of the website to develop the right customer experience on the frontend
Develop the frontend architecture of the Wob.com website
Ensure cross-platform optimization for mobile phones
Fix bugs before production release
Identify potential issues, bottlenecks
Enabling the business to reach its full potential through the website
Make recommendations on how to improve our website, including features and customer experience
Ensure that engineering best practices are in place on the project
Work in the Wob.com Product Team with a Product Manager, a designer and fellow engineers, including QA
Work with the engineers from other teams of the Wob engineering organization to improve our ways of working and share the knowledge we all have
Ensure quality and performance of the application to specifications.

As An Solution Architect we expect you to:

Extensive experience in Java EE development, including working with the Spring ecosystem
Proficiency with fundamental front-end languages such as HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.
Proven experience in working with one of the leading javascript frameworks like (preferably) vue.js, Angular or react
Significant experience with database technology such as MySQL or PostgreSQL
Bachelor’s degree in computer science or software engineering.
Proficient in git version control
Familiarity with push notifications, APIs, and cloud messaging.
Experience with high quality continuous integration pipelines
Have top-notch teamwork and communication skills.
To be able to manage your workload with minimal supervision

What we offer:

Flexible working hours
Long term career in an international environment
Home office

Our Group
Founded in 2002, World of Books is a circular economy, for profit company that supports charities and protects the planet by enabling more goods to be reused. We are pioneers in the re-use and recycling of unwanted books, recycling about 80 million books each year, equivalent to around half a million trees.

We achieve this through three direct-to-consumer e-commerce businesses, supported by our own technology.
Find out more about the World of Books Group here: https://www.worldofbooks.com/en-gb/about-us/group

World of Books
Is the UK’s largest seller of used books online; selling to over 190 countries through our own website, marketplaces and wholesale partners. World of Books inventory is in excess of 4 million books, purchased from UK charities in return for payment and saving their waste disposal costs.
For those books we cannot sell, we ensure they are recycled and turned into products such as newspaper, cardboard packaging and tissue products.
Find out more about World of Books here: https://www.worldofbooks.com/en-gb/about-us

Ziffit.com
Established in 2013, to buy unwanted books, CD’s DVD’s, Blu-ray and console games directly from consumers via its market leading app. The smart technology enables consumers to use their mobile device to scan a product bar code or to simply tap in an ISBN code from a book for an instant valuation.

Ziffit sells all its books, CDs, DVDs and games via World of Books own website or partner websites such as Amazon and eBay.
Find out more about Ziffit.com here: https://www.ziffit.com/en-gb/about-us

World of Rare Books
Sells books published prior to 1970 (including rare, vintage and 1st edition titles) alongside vinyl and other ephemera through our own websites and other marketplaces. This business offers one of the largest selections of pre-ISBN books in the market and is the largest supplier of wholesale vintage books for decoration in Europe.
Find out more about World of Rare Books: https://www.worldofrarebooks.com/about-us

Our Technology
Our success is underpinned by our technology. We have developed bespoke software solutions to tackle changing market conditions and pricing. Our technology manages our warehouse, streams our stock and extends our reach to over 20 global marketplaces.

Our Vision
To be the leading seller of used books globally, while helping people to reuse and recycle for less through innovation and technology

Our Values
Responsibility: We work responsibly, value each other and treat the planet with respect.
Action: We take actions that improve our business for customers, colleagues, partners and shareholders.
Pioneering: We find new ways to better ourselves, lower our costs and grow our business.

Business for Good
World of Books Group is committed to using its business as a force for good in the world and we take our social and environmental responsibilities seriously. Our business model is designed to do good: helping charities, the environment and providing access to literature. As our business grows, so will its impact across these areas.

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