Description
Barrel (www.barrelny.com) is an interactive agency based in New York City that partners with clients to deliver best-in-class design and technology solutions. We work primarily with healthy lifestyle brands to create impactful digital experiences to help our clients grow their businesses.
We are seeking a talented and passionate Web Developer to join our team for a period of 3 to 4 months. Developers play a critical role in bridging strategy, user experience, and design with clean, scalable technology solutions. This opening is for a contract position; you will work from our office, integrating with our project teams and collaborating closely with other in-house developers, UX and visual designers, QA analysts, and producers.
Our ideal candidate has:
- A fluent knowledge of best practices for coding HTML, CSS, and JavaScript for modern browsers
- Experience developing custom back-end solutions for CMS platforms including Drupal and WordPress
- Knowledge of modern development workflow tools like Grunt or Gulp
- Experience using Git for version tracking and collaboration with other developers
- Experience implementing custom analytics event tracking using Google Analytics and/or Google Tag Manager
- Expertise in developing responsive websites that function beautifully on mobile devices
- Understanding of AJAX and experience with the integration of third-party REST-style APIs
- An understanding of current SEO best practices
- A working knowledge of performance optimization strategies and their importance (such as caching, asset minification, CDNs, etc.)
- A good sense of design and an eye for the details
- A positive attitude and love working with a team
- Excellent written and verbal professional communication skills
- A high level of self-management and organizational skills, with the ability to work in a fast-paced environment and manage multiple projects with strict deadlines
- A keen interest in learning new languages and technologies, and the ability to learn new development techniques as needed
Info for the application
If you’re interested, please send us your resume, cover letter, and a link to your portfolio or a few examples of sites you’ve developed in the past.
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