This is an opportunity to assist with front-end development for multiple B2C digital brands. You’ll be under the guidance of our global engineering team and help push the business forward in critical areas.
This is a full time position out of our Delray Beach office. You must have at least 1 year of hands-on experience with HTML, CSS, JavaScript, cross-browser/platform considerations, and testing. Preferred: BS/BA degree in Computer Science, Computer Information Systems, or related study area.
Launch Potato is a profitable startup studio that incubates and launches mobile and web companies on our proprietary technology stack.
We are building teams that can solve complex issues in product development, engineering, creative, and data science. Now we need you!
This position would work on a product that is already existing under the LP umbrella and optimally poised for high growth over the next year.
We have flexible architecture and an adaptable Engineering Team that is supportive of new ideas and developer styles.
You’ll be responsible for the timely and quality delivery of front-end components, ensuring an expectional user experience and bridging the gap between graphical design and technical implementation both on site and in email.
We are seeking an individual with an eagerness to become a master of front-end concerns, a desire to be a leader, and a drive to understand the "whys " behind the "whats" of implementation choices.
You’ll translate design requirements and mockups into fully functioning site features and email templates, working directly with the engineering and marketing teams. You’ll set up A/B experiments in testing tools like Optimizely and Google Optimize.
You must have excellent project management skills. You’ll work within our project management tool, Asana, daily and because you’re highly motivated and enjoy working in a tight-knit group, you’ll proactively communicate progress and challenges to the team.
As an expert in HTML5, CSS3, JS and responsive design techniques, you’ll look at cross-browser/application issues with a positive attitude, and more importantly you’ll identify and creatively resolve coding challenges to work around them.
You’ll also be aware of changing trends so you can contribute intelligently to our team of highly trained and passionate professionals.
• Learn from a world-class, global engineering them
• Work on existing, profitable digital businesses with high-volume traffic
• Energetic, fun startup culture
• Work directly with founding team, 4 young Internet execs who successfully developed and scaled double-digit million dollar online businesses from the ground up in the past decade
• International exposure working with an amazing, talented team distributed across the US and world
• Unlimited career growth
• 1+ year of hands-on experience with HTML, CSS, JavaScript, cross-browser/platform considerations, and testing. Preferred: BS/BA degree in Computer Science, Computer Information Systems, or related study area.
• Self-starter who is passionate about meeting marketing goals and proactively implements new ideas
• Ability to traverse the entire "front-end stack" from PSD to code
• Excellent understanding of web markup including HTML5, CSS3, and responsive design techniques
• Deeply familiar with JS frameworks and other libraries, including jQuery
• Passionate about high-quality code; proficient understanding of cross-browser and cross-device compatibility issues and ways to solve them
• Comfortable making in-code visual design decisions in order to ship code faster
• Proficient understanding of code versioning tools, such as Git
• Proven ability to manage project plans & adhere to deadlines
• Excellent project management skills and comfortable working in fast-paced environment
• In-depth knowledge of current UI trends and strategically planning for future
• Knowledge of Vue.js, AngularJS, Bootstrap and other popular libraries
• Familiarity with JS-based build tools like Gulp, Grunt, and Bower
• Experience coding and debugging email templates
• Analytics and tracking platforms (Mixpanel, Google Analytics, Snowplow, email platforms)
• Ad Serving Technology and Tags (Google Adsense, Adzerk)
• Familiar with server-side CSS pre-processing platforms, such as SASS
• Strong command-line skills
• Familiarity with Photoshop
Our normal team work hours are roughly 10am-5pm ET M-F. However, we are a distributed digital team and there may be late/early meetings due to different time zones. We always try to work with everyone's schedules but at times there may be meetings earlier in the morning and later at night.
We communicate throughout the day using Slack and Asana and several times a week using Google Hangouts. You'll be expected to actively participate in these discussions and be an active, awesome contributing member of our team!
Send your resume and the information below to ilovejs@launchpotato.com with a subject line that includes “{Your Name} - Junior Front-End Developer”
* Applications without the requirements will not be considered.
1. 1. A video in which you explain why you're qualified for this role. Maximum 1 minute. Provide file or link.
2. Links to your public code repository (GitHub, Bitbucket etc) and/or links to your portfolio
3. Provide several big chucks of your favorite code & why you like it
4. Rank yourself 0-10 (0 being “no experience”, 10 being “expert”) on your skillset with the following:
* HTML5
* CSS3
* Javascript
* Advanced CSS animation
* Python
* Photoshop
5. Describe a recent technical challenge you experienced and how you solved it.
In-person resumes will not be accepted.
We are not interested in working with recruitment or staffing agencies at this time. Do not forward resumes to our jobs alias or to employees.
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