Job Description

FRONT END ENGINEER 

ZEEK IS A HIGHLY FOCUSED GROUP OF TALENTED PEOPLE. WE’VE BEEN BUILDING GREAT SOFTWARE AND SOLVING PROBLEMS FOR CLIENTS SINCE 1995 AND WE’VE BEEN FOCUSED ON THE WEB FROM DAY ONE. AS THE WEB HAS GROWN AND CHANGED, OUR SKILLS HAVE EXPANDED TO MATCH.

WE ARE CURRENTLY SEEKING AN EXPERIENCED FRONT-END ENGINEER TO JOIN OUR TEAM. YOU ARE OUR IDEAL CANDIDATE IF:

• YOU HAVE SIGNIFICANT EXPERIENCE DESIGNING, SCALING, DEBUGGING, AND OPTIMIZING SYSTEMS TO MAKE THEM FAST AND RELIABLE.

• YOU HAVE EXPERIENCE PARTICIPATING IN CODE REVIEWS AND MENTORING OTHER ENGINEERS.

• YOU ARE COMFORTABLE WORKING IN A FAST-PACED ENVIRONMENT 

• YOU ARE ABLE TO MANAGE YOUR TIME WELL, COMMUNICATE EFFECTIVELY AND COLLABORATE IN A FULLY DISTRIBUTED TEAM.

• YOU HAVE THE ABILITY TO SOLVE PROBLEMS IN ELEGANT, CLEAN AND STRAIGHTFORWARD WAYS.

• YOU ARE ABLE TO ACCURATELY ESTIMATE TASKS.

• YOU ARE A SELF-STARTER AND HAVE STRONG ORGANIZATIONAL AND TIME MANAGEMENT CAPABILITIES.

• YOU HAVE AN EYE FOR DETAIL AND A COMMITMENT TO QUALITY WORK.

• YOU ARE LOCATED IN AN AMERICAN TIME ZONE AND ARE LEGALLY ABLE TO WORK IN THE UNITED STATES.

REQUIRED SKILLS & EXPERIENCE

YOU SHOULD HAVE SOLID COMPETENCY WITH THE FOLLOWING:

• HTML AND CSS

• REACT

• TAILWIND CSS

• JAVASCRIPT (VANILLA JS)

• GRAPHQL

• NODE.JS

• WEBPACK (OR SIMILAR BUILD TOOLS)

• WORDPRESS THEME DEVELOPMENT

• GIT

• REST, JSON

YOU SHOULD ALSO BE COMFORTABLE WITH:  

• GATSBY AND/OR NEXTJS

• PHP

• MYSQL

NICE TO HAVES:

• WORDPRESS PLUGIN DEVELOPMENT

• LARAVEL EXPERIENCE

• 'FULL-STACK' DEVELOPMENT EXPERIENCE

• KNOWLEDGE OF SQL (WRITING, OPTIMIZING AND DEBUGGING QUERIES)

• API DESIGN EXPERIENCE

• UNDERSTANDING OF WEB SERVERS, SSL, DEPLOYMENTS, AND CONTINUOUS INTEGRATION

WORK WITH US ON INTERESTING PROJECTS LIKE

• AN ERP SYSTEM FOR A PRINT COMPANY THAT MANAGES JOBS AND ORDERS THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE PRODUCTION CHAIN (LARAVEL / WORDPRESS)

• A CLINICAL TRIAL TRACKING SYSTEM THAT ALLOWS THE TRIAL ADMINISTRATORS TO MANAGE THEIR PATIENTS INFORMATION AND SCREENING PROGRESS (LARAVEL)

• A REAL ESTATE VIDEO CREATION TOOL WITH AN AUTOMATED VIDEO RENDERING SYSTEM (LARAVEL / AFTER EFFECTS)

• A VIDEO PLATFORM THAT INTEGRATES WITH A PRE-EXISTING ECOMMERCE OFFERING (LARAVEL / WORDPRESS / IOS)

• A SEO RANK TRACKING SAAS THAT KEEPS TRACK OF HOW WELL CUSTOMER SITES ARE DOING ON MAJOR SEARCH ENGINES (LARAVEL / WORDPRESS)

• AN ERP SYSTEM THAT TRACKS ORDERS, SALES DATA, EVENTS AND PROMOTIONS (LARAVEL)

WHY ZEEK INTERACTIVE?

• 100% REMOTE

• FLEXIBLE SCHEDULE

• COMPETITIVE SALARY BASED ON EXPERIENCE

• UNLIMITED TIME OFF + PUBLIC HOLIDAYS

• FLEXIBLE FRIDAYS (EVERY OTHER FRIDAY OFF!)

• MEDICAL, DENTAL AND VISION INSURANCE

• HOME OFFICE SET UP

• 401K PROGRAM WITH COMPANY MATCH

• PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES

• BOOKS, CONFERENCES, AND TRAINING BUDGET

• GREAT WORK-LIFE BALANCE

• MATERNITY/PATERNITY LEAVE

• LAPTOP AND SOFTWARE

ZEEK PROVIDED THE FOLLOWING INCLUSIVE HIRING INFORMATION:

WE ARE AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER AND CONSIDER ALL QUALIFIED APPLICANTS EQUALLY WITHOUT REGARD TO RACE, COLOR, RELIGION, SEX, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, GENDER IDENTITY, NATIONAL ORIGIN, VETERAN STATUS, OR DISABILITY STATUS.

COMPETENCIES

• WORDPRESS PLUGIN DEV

• WORDPRESS THEME DEV

• GATSBY

• JAVASCRIPT BACKEND

• TAILWIND CSS

• JAVASCRIPT (VANILLA JS)

• REACT

• WEBPACK

• LARAVEL

• COMPOSER

• VUE

• REACT

• TAILWIND CSS

• LINUX

• BASH SCRIPTING

• NPM

• JAMSTACK

• GITHUB

• IDES

• XDEBUG

Company Description

Zeek Interactive is a small and highly focused group of talented people. We’ve been building great software and solving problems for clients since 1995, and we’ve been focused on the web from day one. As the web has grown and changed, our skills have expanded to match.