Sr. Web Developer

Job Description

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