Tasks and duties

• Analysing project requirements and designing solutions and features.
• Creating wireframes and virtual prototypes to illustrate project specifics.
• Using computer software and hardware to write and modify programming code.
• Testing code for bugs and implementing improvements and fixes.
• Developing testing and validation processes.
• Deploying code to the live environment.
• Backing up a website to mitigate risk in event of disaster or online attacks.
• Controlling and enforcing ongoing security and safe hosting of websites through testing processes and liaising with other technical professionals such as web-security experts.

Like other Software Developers, Web Developers may work freelance on a contractual basis. They are commonly employed in large tech companies, digital agencies or within IT departments of other businesses.