Sr. Web Developer

As a Senior Web Developer you will be part of our webops team and work very closely with our Design, Product, Business Development and Marketing teams.

You will be responsible for front-end, and some back-end, development. Own, build, and develop new and existing websites and write and support custom code.

You should also be very familiar with HTML, CSS, Javascript and have strong design principles. We currently use a mixture of tools but are primarily using Hugo and Wordpress.

Requirements

• Expert in HTML, CSS, JavaScript

• Strong knowledge of static site generators (we use Hugo)

• Basic knowledge of Wordpress and PHP

• Experience working with a design team to implement a front-end design system

• Experience working with a front-end framework/library such as React, Vue, Angular, or Svelte

• A general understanding of SEO practices and analytics tools such as Matomo (Piwik)

• Ability to work fast and under tight deadlines

• Experience building a responsive website across various screen sizes

• Understanding of general web security considerations

• Understanding of security issues surrounding all aspects of the front-end

Nice-to-have

• Remote work experience

• Basic understanding of Terraform or other Infrastructure-as-Code tools

• Understanding CDN systems (Fastly), VCL configuration, and cache purging

• Experience deploying and managing AWS services and web apps

Responsibilities

• Communicate with Product and Marketing teams to determine requirements for landing pages and web assets for new initiatives.

• Build landing pages, and all other customer-facing web assets, driven by Product and Marketing teams.

• Maintain existing websites and web applications.

• Supporting our existing websites and building out new features.

• Effectively translate designs into fully responsive and performant pages or apps. This occasionally involves offering design suggestions in order to better accommodate various screen sizes.

• Developing and quickly spinning up templated websites for new initiatives

• Ensuring high-performance and availability.

• Keeping us to a high security standard

• Setting up and maintaining redirects, and general upkeep of sites.

• Work collaboratively with geographically-distributed team members to help identify and fix bugs