Job Description

STRENGTH LIES IN OUR DIFFERENCES. TOGETHER THE POSSIBILITIES ARE ENDLESS.

Located in the Green Mountains of southern Vermont, The Vermont Country Store, a family owned multi-channel business, has been successfully operating for 75 years. WE ARE CURRENTLY SEEKING A FULL TIME FRONT END DEVELOPER TO WORK AS A MEMBER OF OUR DIGITAL TEAM. Do you want to build and optimize new web features on a site that is visited by millions of customers annually? Are you interested in working in a growing and exciting e-commerce environment?  This role is an opportunity to use a wide variety of both design and technical web skills to produce functional and visual changes to our e-commerce site to increase our customer loyalty and conversion. Creativity and technical excellence are important attributes for this role, with the ideal candidate being an independent problem solver and critical thinker.

Are you...

• A problem solver who enjoys working in a world-class web development environment?
• Skilled at juggling multiple dynamic tasks?
• A detail-oriented person with consistent and timely follow through?
• Excited to work in a fast-paced environment with cross-functional teams?
• A disciplined team player committed to customer satisfaction and success?

Do you have...

• Understanding of the retail experience, customer journey and buying behavior?
• Understanding of general ecommerce practices?
• Data analysis capabilities and research skills?
• Knowledge of JSON, XML, HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, and in particular, React?
• Experience with GIT for source code control?

Are you ready to...

• Contribute to developing and improving the user experience on our e-commerce site including:

  • Usability and Accessibility?
  • Site Performance?
  • Mobile responsiveness and viewports?
  • Third party integrations?
  • Content updates?
  • AB testing and analysis?

• Write requirements and proposals for site enhancements?

• Visualize using wireframing, sketching and style guide?

• Work with designers, developers, and other users to design, develop, test, implement and document website functionality changes?

REQUIREMENTS:

• Bachelor's degree in UX Development, Computer Science or equivalent experience

• 1-3 years of front-end development experience

• Ability to communicate effectively, exhibit judgment and deal constructively with staff and managers

Additional Information

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.  

The Vermont Country Store provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.