Are you a Senior Web Engineer with a passion for Open Source technology and a commitment to excellence located in the U.S.? If so, we may be just the team you are looking for.
As a CauseLabs Senior Web Engineer, you must have advanced knowledge of PHP and Javascript along with experience in building performant web applications at scale. You must be familiar with systems design and configuration. Your written and verbal communication skills must be top-notch and you must value collaboration over going it alone.
In addition to your advanced engineering skills, you must be skilled in architecting engineering approaches and providing accurate estimates for prospective work assignments. You must be able to demonstrate a history of accurate delivery of projects while remaining within the scope and on budget.
Requirements
- Be passionate about your profession and creating a better world.
- Have at least five years of experience focused in back-end web development.
- Possess advanced knowledge of front-end web development approaches.
- Possess advanced or expert level skills in a range of technologies including, but not limited to: PHP, JavaScript, React.js, jQuery, WordPress, HTML, CSS.
- Have experience building and interacting with RESTful APIs.
- Possess expert-level skills in delivering well-tested, quality code on time and on budget.
- Have experience in debugging technical, performance, and caching issues.
- Have experience with version control via Git and its varied branching strategies.
- Have experience with build tools such as Composer, npm/yarn, and webpack.
- Work collaboratively with team members
- Communicate technical information in a non-technical manner.
- Be able to set up and maintain your own local development environment.
- Possess general knowledge of cloud hosting platforms like AWS.
- Have experience working remotely as part of a team.
Technologies we regularly employ:
- PHP (WordPress, headless WordPress, Laravel)
- Javascript (ES6, React.js, JQuery, VueJS)
- Databases (MySQL, MariaDB)
- Git (Bitbucket, GitHub)
- CSS (CSS3, Sass, Tailwind, Bootstrap, Materialize)
- Hosting (AWS/Linux, Google Cloud, WP Engine)
- JIRA, Slack, Zoom, G Suite
Key Responsibilities
- Working collaboratively to deliver elegant solutions to complex technical problems.
- Creating custom user interfaces powered by WordPress.
- Integrating third-party APIs for critical interactivity.
- Extending the WordPress admin experience for enterprise applications.
- Providing estimates for prospective work assignments.
- Providing peer-reviews for other team members’ code.
- Resolving bug reports from clients in a timely manner.
- Actively participate in our company culture-based activities.
- Accurately tracking and logging your time.
- Meet assigned deadlines in accordance with project requirements.
What to Expect
On a typical client project you’ll find yourself working within a small project team consisting of a project manager, creative strategist, and one or more engineers (hey, that’s you!) that will work closely and collaboratively with clients to achieve the project goals. You’ll be a core part of our growth as we continue to serve and lead our market.
A bit about us:
CauseLabs is a digital services agency specialized in strategic problem solving and complex platform design and development for world-changing organizations.
Our core focus is to Grow Positive Impact and we do so by leveraging technology as a force for good. We understand the unique challenges of the nonprofit and social enterprise sectors and partner with innovative organizations to build websites, web applications, and platforms that deliver impact-driven, scalable results.
Notable notes:
- We’ve been around since 2003
- Woman/Veteran/Minority/Family-owned and operated
- Certified B Corp &a Public Benefit Corporation
- Climate Neutral Certified
- We’re a growing distributed team with our home office anchored in Fort Worth, Texas next door to some amazing tex-mex restaurants and historic stockyards.
- Learn more about us at www.causelabs.com and our Careers page.
CauseLabber Life
We’re a team that places a high value on doing good in our world. We are distributed across the United States with CauseLabbers in most every time-zone and come together daily to collaborate, have some fun, do good work and make a difference!
On a typical day in the “office”you might find yourself:
- Joining our morning social huddle to discuss a question of the day like “What’s your clown name and why?”or “Favorite childhood cartoon?”
- Checking in with our Slack-based standup
- Taking part in a client meeting to discuss project ideas or roadblocks
- Debating which bear is actually best
- Collaborating via JIRA, Slack, Zoom, or email with other CauseLabbers and clients
- Defending your honor with your best gif
- Going heads down on a tough technical challenge
CauseLabber Benefits
As a Certified B Corp since 2014, we have earned the Best for the World Workers Award for several years. Our goal is to take great care of our team and a big part of that is done through our benefits:
- 100% employer-paid medical insurance for employee + family
- 100% employer-paid dental for employee
- Vision Insurance
- 401k + 1% match, 100% vested from the outset (eligible after 90 days)
- 50k of Life Insurance &ADD –employer paid
- Disability Insurance: Short Term and Long Term –employer paid
- 100% U.S. Remote (We’ve been remote since our inception!)
- After the first 30 days of onboarding, the option to set up a flex schedule.
- 3 Weeks Paid Vacation, 1 Week Sick Leave, 9 Paid Holidays, 1 Floating Holiday