Senior Front-End Web Developer

A rapidly-growing company that is providing e-commerce businesses with comprehensive multi-carrier shipping software that will allow them to grow, is looking for a Senior Front-End Web Developer. The selected candidate will be collaborating closely with the design and product teams to interpret UI requirements into code. The U.S.-based company is helping e-commerce retailers to compete with market giants by providing them access to the best-in-class tools and technology. During their Series E round, the company successfully managed to secure $150mn+ in funding. This position requires 6+ hours of overlap with the PST time zone. 

Job Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with the design team to create beautiful, interactive, and responsive webpages
• Lead in the implementation of developing new pages end-to-end
• Identify, make suggestions, and lead or assist others in creating the website's consistency and look and feel while working with design
• Participate in design reviews and give the design team early feedback to help them streamline their concepts for execution
• Together with the design team, develop a tool for building interactive interfaces, rapid prototypes of design ideas, and designs that are responsive and accessible
• Keep abreast of high-performance best practices, run performance tests frequently, continuously improve web pages, and promote the use of HTML, CSS, and JavaScript developments

Job Requirements:

• Bachelor’s/Master’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science (or equivalent experience)
• At least 5-7+ years of relevant experience as a front-end developer
• Demonstrable experience working with React and WordPress
• Prolific knowledge of web technologies, and latest developments across HTML, CSS, and JavaScript ecosystems
• Prior experience building and maintaining a codebase using a React client-side framework
• Demonstrable experience creating a CMS-based solution 
• Experience working on SEO and Analytics with any of the following tools Google Tag manager, Google Analytics, and Optimizely.
• Prior experience successfully creating extensible style library and organizing code for reuse and maintainability
• Strong knowledge and understanding of best practices for high-performance websites
• Familiar with creating responsive web experiences leveraging browser and device capabilities, making use of emerging tools and best practices
• Willingness and interest in learning new frameworks and technologies
• Interest in and understanding of security practices and test automation
• Deep awareness of customer demands, enthusiasm for customer success, and ability to interact with team members that are not technically inclined
• Nice to have some experience with web flow
• Solid understanding of best practices around project deployment 
• Exceptional interpersonal communication skills
• Excellent written and spoken English communication skills