Lead Web Developer
Colombo
IT /
Full Time /
Remote
As a Web Developer, you’ll be part of a high-performing team focused on bringing these websites to life. You’ll work with strategy, content, and design teams to develop scalable, lightning-fast sites — delivering 6 websites per month, each with around 20 pages.
This is an exciting opportunity to help shape a productised service offering from scratch, with space to grow your impact as the service expands. If you’ve previously worked in a content-led environment, like a marketing agency or startup, that’s a strong advantage — we move fast, collaborate deeply, and value people who understand the intersection of content, design, and technology.
Responsibilities
- Lead end-to-end development of custom-designed, AIO-optimised websites.
- Build ~6 websites per month (20 pages each) using clean, modular code.
- Translate Figma designs into responsive front-end code.
- Optimise websites for AI visibility (structured data, metadata, schema).
- Support both headless CMS and WordPress-based projects.
- Ensure fast performance, accessibility, and responsiveness across devices.
- Help define reusable frameworks and scalable build processes.
- Collaborate with strategy, content, and design teams.
- Stay informed on the latest in AI search, web tech, and UX trends.
- Deliver 6 high-quality, fully functional websites per month.
- Maintain and improve development workflow efficiency.
- Contribute to documentation of dev stack/processes.
- As the role expands, contribute to other internal builds and tools.
KPI’s:
To be successful in this role, you will have:
- Technical Skills (Essential):
- Strong front-end development: HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript (ES6+).
- Experience with custom coding (no-template builds).
- Familiarity with Java, responsive frameworks, and CMS platforms.
- AI/SEO optimisation: schema markup, metadata, structured content.
- Proficient in Figma — able to interpret and occasionally refine designs.
- Understanding of version control (Git), performance optimisation, site speed.
- Ability to work across service-based websites with a design-first mindset.
- Bonus / Nice to Have:
- Experience with Framer (or willing to learn).
- Familiarity with WordPress, Shopify, Webflow.
- Animation tools (e.g., GSAP, Framer Motion).
- Understanding of content pipelines (e.g., Markdown, CMS templating).
- UX/UI design sensibility.
- Experience embedding AI-driven tools or interfaces.
- Web accessibility knowledge.
- Knowledge of privacy, compliance, and consent frameworks.
- Soft Skills
- High attention to detail.
- Excellent verbal and written communication.
- Strong eye for design — pixel-aware and brand-consistent.
- Self-driven with a desire to grow and develop.
- Comfortable multitasking in a dynamic environment.
- Collaborative mindset with the ability to work closely with content and marketing teams.