Front End Engineer

Summary

Join NerdWallet's Brand Studio team as a Front End Engineer and contribute to the company's brand and business success. You will develop and maintain internal tools, optimize the homepage, and support custom marketing initiatives. Collaborate with designers, copywriters, and product managers to create responsive, accessible, and visually appealing web experiences. This role requires proficiency in HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and modern frameworks. The position is remote (US or Canada) and offers a competitive hourly rate.

Requirements

• Experience: 3-5 years of experience in front-end development, with a strong portfolio of web applications and projects
• Technical Skills: Proficiency in HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and modern frameworks (e.g., React, Vue.js, Angular)
• Responsive Design: Solid understanding of responsive design principles and experience with CSS preprocessors (e.g., SASS, LESS)
• Performance Optimization: Knowledge of performance optimization techniques and tools for web applications
• Team Player: Excellent communication skills and the ability to collaborate effectively within a remote team via tools like Slack
• Problem Solver: Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with attention to detail

Responsibilities

• Develop and Maintain Features: Build and maintain the internal landing page publishing tool, ensuring it is user friendly and efficient for the creative and marketing teams
• Homepage Optimization: Collaborate with stakeholders to enhance the homepage surface, focusing on performance, accessibility, analytics reporting, and responsive design
• Custom Marketing Initiatives: Work on various marketing projects, implementing custom features and optimizing front end performance
• Code Quality & Best Practices: Ensure high quality code through best practices in coding standards, testing, and documentation
• Collaboration: Work closely with designers and product managers to translate wireframes and design prototypes into functional, performant, high-quality code
• Stay Current: Keep up-to-date with emerging front end technologies and trends to continuously improve our tools and processes

Preferred Qualifications

Experience with Next.js is highly preferred

Benefits

• Remote work (US or Canada)
• Hourly rate: $48.50/hour
• W2 contract role
• Estimated schedule: 40 hours per week from January-December