Front End Developer - remote

We The Collective
Posted 3 years ago
We’re seeking an experienced front end developer to join our technology team. 

In this role, you'll be responsible for the development of performant and creative websites and applications with a highly collaborative, creative team. You'll contribute to and inform living standards and practices. You should be an expert at crafting creative frontend experiences with cutting-edge web technologies, able to look at any creative web development challenge and add some flair to the result.

This role can be done from Vancouver (relocation available) or 100% remotely from anywhere, PST working hours required.

What’s required:
  • 3+ years experience successfully delivering web projects within an digital agency
  • Expert at writing semantic and well formed HTML
  • Expert at writing modular CSS
  • Proficient at writing JavaScript
  • Proficient with Sass, PUG/Jade, and NPM
  • Proficient with version control (GIT)
  • Proficient with current design and prototyping tools (Adobe, Sketch)
  • Strong understanding of design and UX
  • Strong understanding of cross-platform compatibility
  • Strong understanding of accessibility standards
  • Ability to enhance designs with complimentary animations, transitions etc.
  • Comfortable presenting ideas internally and to client stakeholders
  • Excellent time and priority management skills
Your responsibilities:
  • Development of websites and web applications on multiple projects of varying size
  • Development of systems and standards for existing and future projects
  • Collaborate with the project team to develop project plans and project estimates
  • Collaborate with the design team during the full life cycle of a project
  • Collaborate with the project manager to ensure projects are meeting project plan and timeline
  • Collaborate with the QA analyst to develop testing use-cases and testing strategies
  • Collaborate with the QA analyst to assess, test, and fix QA issues
We’re looking for someone who:
  • Fosters an attitude and culture of continuous improvement and optimizations
  • Loves design &technology and understands its value
  • Has a strong passion to learn and develop their skill-set
  • Prides themselves on an exacting attention to detail and follow-through
  • Thrives under deadlines
  • Is an excellent communicator
  • Is focused with a positive outlook
  • Has a strong sense of humour
  • Leads by example;with respect, empathy and candour
Our benefits:
  • A focused but casual studio environment
  • Competitive salary
  • Health &lifestyle benefits
  • Skill set development benefits
  • Holiday office closure in addition to paid time off