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Front End Developer

Siege Media

Front End Developer

San Diego, CA
Full Time
Paid
  • Responsibilities

    Job Description

    Siege Media is growing! We were nationally recognized on Inc.’s Best Workplaces list and Inc. 5000 list, highlighting the 5000 fastest-growing private companies in America. Interested in joining the Siege team? We currently have a spot open for a talented Front End Developer to help us continue to deliver great content for our clients.

    We don’t believe in making you sit in long meetings, create pointless reports, or work with people you hate. If you want career growth and the opportunity to help grow a company from the ground up, you’ve come to the right place. Perks include health, vision and dental benefits, 401k, donation matching, career development budget, unlimited PTO, work-from-home equipment, and free pens. Everyone loves free pens.

    We have offices in San Diego, Austin, and New York City. This full-time position will be remote (North American applicants only) but if you are located in any of these areas, you will have access to the office and there may be occasional team meetings held when things are safe to do so. Learn more about working at Siege by watching our careers video and experiencing our culture on Instagram!

    RESPONSIBILITIES

    • Develop best-in-class content that solves user search queries (such as creating a “wedding budget calculator” thousands search for each month), and ranks #1 online
    • Ability to translate wireframes and Designs into functional websites using HTML5, CSS, and JavaScript
    • Build reusable code and libraries for future use
    • Test and debug to ensure flawless functionality and performance of your design
    • Collaborate with project managers, writers, designers, and clients to create the best possible work
    • Help improve and iterate on the Siege Media website

    REQUIRED SKILLS

    • 3-4 years experience showing proficiency with front-end technologies, including HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, and jQuery
    • Familiar with Bootstrap framework
    • Experience building mobile-first, responsive web pages
    • Expertise with Advanced Custom Fields and Custom Post Types in WordPress
    • Expert understanding of WordPress themes and plugins; able to build a theme from the ground up, able to build a simple plugin, able to use a Text Editor to build complex WordPress posts and pages; able to create a custom page template
    • Experience working with headless CMS platforms, such as Contentful, Prismic, and Bloomreach
    • Site speed best practices and optimization (PageSpeed Insights, Pingdom, caching/minification, image optimization, etc.)
    • Good understanding of SEO principles and ensuring your content will adhere to them
    • Good understanding of ADA/WCAG compliance for an accessible web
    • Strong interpersonal skills, with ability to form productive working relationships
    • Strong project management skills, with ability to juggle multiple projects while still working effectively
    • Ability to set priorities, meet deadlines, and work independently
    • Familiar with source control technologies like Git (we use Gitlab)

    SUGGESTED SKILLS

    • Modern JavaScript frameworks (ReactJS)
    • Serverless setups / JAMstack
    • Static site generators (Gatsby)
    • Experience with CSS preprocessors (SASS) and task builders
    • Good understanding of AJAX
    • Python for task automation
    • Experience with Data Visualization Tools (D3.js, Chart.js, Google Charts)
    • Experience using Microsoft Office and/or the Google Doc tool suite
    • 1-2 years experience working in an agency environment

    Pay for this position depends on experience and skills, but mostly skills.

    TO APPLY FOR THIS POSITION, PLEASE COMPLETE THE ONLINE APPLICATION AND INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING:

    • Your resume
    • A short introduction/cover letter
    • Why you are interested in this position
    • Examples of content you’ve created online

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