Siege Media is hiring a
Front End Developer

Summary

The job is for a Freelance Front End Developer at Siege Media, a growing and remote-first content marketing agency. The role involves creating best-in-class content that ranks #1 online, collaborating with team members, and improving the Siege Media website.

Requirements

• 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
• 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)

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

Preferred Qualifications

• Modern JavaScript frameworks (ReactJS, Vue.js)
• 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