Freelance Umbraco Developers (Remote)
The Role
We are growing our network of Freelance Umbraco Developers to support us during our peak periods. If you have a deep understanding of the Umbraco ecosystem and thrive in a fast-paced support environment, we want to hear from you.
As a freelancer booked on a project, you will work closely with our Digital Project and Client teams to support, maintain and build high-performance websites. While we are open to freelancers working with us remotely, you must be available to work during UK business hours to collaborate with our project and technical teams.
Please note: You will need to be set up as a self-employed freelancer to undertake project work with us.
Type: Freelance contract
Timings: Flexible
Location: Remote
Key Responsibilities:
Write clean, scalable, maintainable code following team conventions and best practices - our aim is to deliver high-quality code, so it is important to understand best-practice code structure as well as performance and security
Ensure that tasks are completed on time and to specification, and are performant and secure
Participate in regular code reviews and take and give constructive feedback
Contribute to technical planning, estimation, progress meetings and standards
Required Skills and Experience:
3+ years of professional back-end development experience
Write clean, scalable and efficient code in C# with an understanding of MVC architecture
Experience with Umbraco and Optimizely CMS
Familiarity with version control (GIT) and common workflows (feature branches, pull requests)
Experience with profiling and troubleshooting applications
Familiarity with Azure Portal
SQL Management Studio and basic knowledge of relational databases and SQL
An understanding of good security practice, including OWASP vulnerabilities
An understanding of blue-green deployment model
A collaborative mindset and willingness to learn
It’s a Bonus if You Have:
Experience with Azure DevOps
Experience using security testing tools
Node/JavaScript
Next Steps
If you are successfully shortlisted for the role, the recruitment team will be in touch via email, and the process will begin from there. We endeavour to contact you within 5 working days of your application, however, this may vary depending on the volume of applications we receive. Good Luck!
As an employer, we are committed to ensuring the representation of people from all backgrounds regardless of their gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, race, religion, ethnicity, age, neurodiversity, disability status, or any other aspect which makes them unique. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds to apply and would encourage you to let us know if there are steps we can take to ensure that your recruitment process enables you to present yourself in a way that makes you comfortable.
- Department
- Digital
- Employment type
- Contract
- Hybrid
- Remote
London
About Emperor
Emperor is for your great ambitions. We're an employee-owned corporate communications and creative agency with 250 partners specialising in reporting, brand, digital, employee engagement, change and sustainability.
We want to be the agency of choice for ambitious talent. So, we’re looking for brilliant people who actively want to create great things with us.
Our culture is one where you’re free to do, learn and achieve better. We welcome every partner to experience a sense of belonging; whoever you are, wherever you’re working from, whatever your role. Our values guide how we work every day, with each other, our clients, and suppliers. And with our friendly inclusive environment, effort and empathy, we make the feeling real.
Our Pledges represent commitments from Emperor to each partner designed to promote personal and collective wellbeing, plus raise awareness of and address some of the bigger societal and environmental challenges, nurture our unique culture and make the business a healthier and more responsible place to work.
The wellbeing of our partners is a big focus at Emperor which why we have a dedicated Wellbeing and Pledges Manager to ensure our mind and bodies are working in sync to support our great ambitions.
Our employee-owned status helps us see working life differently, purposefully, and collectively. We’re fully committed to responsible business that leaves a positive footprint for our clients, our partners, communities, and society.