Brigade is looking for a disciplined and entrepreneurial front-end developer to join our team. We need someone bent on crafting unique web experiences and who approaches every project as a potential awards piece. We strive to deliver innovative websites that rely on expressive animated and interactive components. To be considered, you must have a minimum of three years’ experience and a strong portfolio of work to share.
The key to success is building an entertaining website. Crafting smooth animations and clever transitions from state to state are a must. Your code must be clean and you always leverage grid systems, frameworks, preprocessors and third-party libraries to get the job done efficiently. You have a discerning eye for motion and design and are careful to preserve these elements when developing an awesome web experience. You are mindful of writing code so it will work on all modern browsers and devices. You have no fear of taking ownership of a project to ensure accuracy.
- 3+ years’ experience as a UI / front-end developer.
- Expert HTML / CSS / JavaScript / jQuery knowledge and you know the DOM like the back of your hand.
- Able to work with Tumblr as a CMS.
- Able to hand code and debug HTML email templates.
- Passion for creating engaging user experiences.
- Writing elegant code that works well on all modern devices and platforms.
- Strong understanding of web standards and cross-browser particulars.
- Affinity for iterative workflows.
- Comfortable using Photoshop to retrieve assets for development.
- Practice current web dev standards and aware of emerging trends.
- Strong communication and time management skills.
- Can balance workload in deadline oriented scenarios.
- Basic backend skills (Node, Ruby, Python or PHP and related database languages)
- CMS theme development (WordPress, Tumblr, Drupal, etc.)
- Integrating APIs (Google, Twitter, Facebook, etc.)