Senior Front-End Developer (remote)

Description

About Us
PeopleSpark is a beautiful, powerful SaaS platform that helps fast-growing companies improve their cultures as they scale. Right now we’re in stealth mode, but we are well funded, focusing on an industry that’s ripe for disruption and our founder has previously built 3 successful technology companies and raised over $100M in venture capital.

About The Role
In the role of senior front-end developer, you'll be a crucial member of our small team and will completely own our front-end stack. You’ll help create a purpose-driven SaaS platform that improves the culture, communication and transparency inside thousands of fast-growing companies all around the world.

If you admire products from companies like Apple, Mailchimp, Square and ZenDesk and strive for elegant simplicity when building products yourself, then please keep reading...

Your Skills

You’ve worked in various roles with a strong focus on front-end development for web-based applications that are responsive and look great on both desktop and mobile

You can translate high-fidelity PSDs into pixel-perfect prototypes using HTML5, CSS3 and AngularJS that work across all modern browsers

You have worked with Foundation and Angular.js on multiple projects

You have (at least) minimal experience with Ruby on Rails

You build lightweight HTML/CSS/Javascript implementations and keep a close eye on the performance of your web applications because you know load time is critical

You can work on your own most of the time but are open to feedback because you know it helps you continue to improve - so you seek it out regularly

Nice-to-Have's

Experience with CoffeeScript and HAML

Github or similar version control experience

Back-end experience with Ruby on Rails, Django or a similar language

Your Experience

3+ years as a mid or senior-level front-end developer

A proven ability to create products that people love to use

You’ve owned the entire front-end development for at least one web application

Worked at both fast-growing startups and established companies

Solid experience freelancing and/or working in remote teams

You’re a flawless communicator, both written and verbally

Can work as part of a small team or on your own as needed

You’ve had to wear multiple hats in previous roles

Your Character

Honest

Humble

Entrepreneurial

Results-driven

Reliable

Committed

Resourceful

Learner

Things You Might Do

Take PSDs and turn them into pixel-perfect, hand-coded HTML5/CSS3 prototypes

Talk with our designers and engineers regularly (via Slack and Hangouts) to move features from design to front-end development (you) through to engineering

Convert an existing “desktop” feature into a responsive feature that works across smart phones and tablets

Interview customers and incorporate their feedback into your design work

Use your eye for detail to do final acceptance testing (cross-browser, UX, etc) on new features once they have been built and are ready for production

Benefits and Perks

Highly competitive salary

Stock options

Premium health coverage

Work from wherever makes you happy (we are a distributed team)

Reimbursement for a desk in a co-working space if required

Choose the hours you work (4+ hours overlap with U.S. required)

Macbook Air

Unlimited books from Amazon

Unlimited Starbucks card

Membership at your favorite health club

2 international trips per year for team events (2 weeks total travel)