Looking for an exciting and rewarding career?

Team Idol are looking for experienced and enthusiastic web developers to join our team with remote or flexible home/office working supported.

theidol.com is an award winning, rapidly growing tech company based on the edge of the Lake District National Park in Cumbria. It’s the ideal setting to get out, enjoy a walk, be inspired and conceive our next innovative product or solution. We’ve been leading online innovation since 1999 and specialise in creating cutting-edge web applications and solutions for customers and businesses of all sizes.

We are part of the Legal & General group and partner with household brands such as GoCompare and ComparetheMarket. We pride ourselves on innovation and early adoption of new technologies and working practices.

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If you feel you have the skills and experience required to join the team at theidol.com, please send us your CV, contact details and a short statement about you and your suitability for the role.

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The benefits

Come work for us and take advantage of amazing benefits such as:

  • Flexible working hours.
  • Christmas bonus and annual bonus based on company performance.
  • Death in service life insurance benefit of 8x salary.
  • Cigna Health Insurance.
  • Generous pension scheme with up to 10% employer pension contribution.
  • Access to Legal & General’s share schemes.
  • A modern, custom built office with free parking.
  • On site gym and recreational activities including pool and table tennis.
  • Free tea, coffee, soft drinks and fresh fruit.
  • Exceptional events delivered by our social committee.

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Working with us

We are looking for experienced and enthusiastic web developers to join our team. This is a full-time role and we are happy to support remote or flexible home/office based working. You must be adaptable to work in a range of different technologies, both client and server-side; such as NodeJS, Vue.js, Postgres, MySQL, JavaScript, JSON and XML. Experience working in Agile Scrum would also be beneficial but not necessary.

Duties & responsibilities
  • Attending daily Agile Scrum Ceremonies within a squad.
  • Maintaining and developing our existing code-base.
  • Collaborating with team members to deliver functional, iterative application development.
  • Developing cutting-edge applications.
  • Innovating with new technologies, programming languages and infrastructure.
  • Version managing and unit testing throughout the development process.
  • Working closely with all parties internally and externally.
Beneficial skills
  • Versatile full-stack web development experience.
  • Experience developing in JavaScript/Node.JS, HTML, CSS and frameworks such as Vue.JS and React.
  • Postgres, MySQL or similar database programming experience.
  • Ability to create and consume data from a wide range of sources including database, XML and JSON.
  • Knowledge of Docker.
  • Knowledge of CI/CD systems and pipelines.
  • Working with third-party APIs or creating public facing & internal APIs from scratch.
  • Experience with Agile project delivery methodologies.
  • An eagerness to learn and adapt to new emerging languages.
  • Code commenting, formatting, testing and documenting.
  • Ability to manage your own code through tools such as Git or SVN.
  • Working knowledge of application security.
Experience

To be successful in this role you’ll need to be highly motivated to work autonomously within a growing team. Commercial experience would be highly valued and passion and an ability to quickly adapt to new technologies is a must. Candidates must be prepared to be challenged and take the initiative. A degree of self-learning will be expected; however, support and training will be provided where needed.

General
  • This is a full-time Monday to Friday role with flexible working of 7.5 hours a day.
  • Remote or flexible home/office working supported.

Over to You

If you have a genuine enthusiasm and an ability to quickly adapt to new technologies, you may be just what we’re looking for!

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What’s in it for you?

Health & Wellbeing

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Work life balance

With flexible home or office working to help you strike the perfect balance for you.

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Onsite gym & Table tennis

Work up a sweat between meetings.

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Communal bicycles

Ditch the car and take a trip into town.

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Holidays

Including a day off for your birthday!

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Private medical insurance

Access to private medical and dental care.

Financial benefits

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Annual bonus

Generous Christmas bonus and an annual bonus based on company performance.

Yearly pay increases

We review your salary annually, to make sure we’re paying you fairly.

Death in service

We look after our employees with group life insurance.

Pension scheme

Up to 10% employer pension contribution.

Share scheme

Access to our Legal & General share scheme.

Tailored office environment

Social events

Exceptional events delivered by our social committee team.

Breakout rooms

Spacious meeting rooms and breakout areas.

Drinks and snacks

Complimentary hot and soft drinks, as well as free fruit.

Free parking

No need to worry about parking charges!

The Idol office

Where we are


Based in Eden Business Park, our modern office space reflects our culture and how we want to work. Step outside and you’re instantly looking out onto the Thacka Beck Nature Reserve.

We love where we live and we’re proud to remain a homegrown Cumbrian technology business. This pride extends to embracing our role in the community to champion, inspire and develop digital skills.

What to expect


We create a rewarding working environment for our teams to develop, collaborate and enjoy. Expect high energy, creative flair, attention to detail and an embraced adoption of new technologies.

Working in agile development squads, our teams freely exchange ideas and expert knowledge - sharing this both with each other and our clients. This approach encourages for continuous improvement, ensuring the projects we deliver are as truly considered and innovative as possible.

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Find your balance


Adopting a healthy work life balance is an essential part of our culture. We offer flexible working hours, remote or blended home/office working, as well as funded social events.

Our modern, custom-built office is the perfect working environment for our teams, with spacious social working areas, free hot/cold drinks and fresh fruit. Facilities include an on-site gym, showers and table tennis.

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Challenge yourself

Continuous professional development is more to us than ticking a box. It underpins our approach and belief in the value of personal and professional growth.

Training is accessible to everyone in all roles and across all levels, enabling you to develop and deliver your best work with us.

Working with you, we’ll identify and build a tailored development plan. Training opportunities include short courses and bootcamps, through to apprenticeships and industry-recognised qualifications.

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You’re in good company


It’s important, dare we say essential, to enjoy what we do and have fun at work. Our staff-led social events team organises exceptional social events, including Christmas parties, axe-throwing, cheese and wine evenings, bake off events and even trips to the Crystal Maze!

Our annual summer party brings everyone together in the heart of the Lake District for an evening of live music, free food and drink.