Front-End Developer

We’re on the lookout for self-starters who thrive on delivering great client experiences built with creative thinking, expertise, and fine craftsmanship.

Responsibilities

• Be a consultant to our clients by leading discussions to identify front-end technologies or techniques that would enhance the user experience or project maintainability.
• Collaborate with visual and user experience designers on wireframes, interactive prototypes, and production-ready web experiences.
• Evaluate design deliverables for build feasibility and provide constructive feedback to internal, clientside, and third-party designers, user experience designers, and project managers.
• Transform visual comps into rich web interactions that are fluidly responsive, performant, semantic, and accessible.
• Perform cross-browser testing and remediation for front-end performance and visual quality assurance.
• Partner with UX designers, web engineers and managers to move a project through development and launch.

Requirements

• At least three years experience with front-end engineering, web development, web engineering, or a similar field.
• Strong understanding of HTML and CSS (Sass) including cross-browser compatibility and accessibility implications.
• Ability to write front-end JavaScript to enhance the user experience and integrate with APIs.
• Code portfolio. Link us to your GitHub account, upload a .zip, or both (original files are helpful to get a sense of your PHP code structure and file organization).
• Proven ability to transform a static comp into a website from the ground up.
• Being collaborative, self-motivated, and an “always-learning” person, excited to create great web experiences.
• Basic understanding of ad implementations both on desktop and mobile.

Good to Have

• Experience with coding PHP, specifically for WordPress as a platform, including custom post types, taxonomies, and use of WordPress beyond typical “blog” use cases.
• Experience with a JavaScript MVC-style framework (E.g. Backbone.js).
• Experience with living style guides, atomic design, or component-based design.
• Experience with Sketch and/or Adobe Creative Suite.
• Design experience or formal design education.
• Remote working experience appreciated.