Front-End Developer

Description

We are five, intensely independent former freelancers who started Gravity Ward in order to do things smarter. We have a diverse background, from agencies, to video games, and manufacturing. We're always looking for the best - hardware, software, libraries, business processes, cars, and even clothiers. We choose our clients and projects carefully. We work with people we like, doing work we think is awesome. We're a distributed team split between Austin and Chicago. Not local either? That's ok. We'll figure it out.

Our website is still a placeholder from a year ago, and isn't a great reflection of our passion for our work - one of your first responsibilities will be to help us fix that.

OUR WORK & OUR CLIENTS
They're good, but we're working hard to make them great. We're currently building several products for our clients that range from web apps to complex manufacturing systems. And we have a "white whale" that we talk about quietly, behind closed doors.

WE NEED YOU. YEAH, YOU.
You are a great Front-End Developer. You're adaptable, a quick study, and like diving into the deep end and figuring things out. You ask "Why". You don't just take a spec or design and build what's handed to you. You want to know how it works and more importantly, why. You often think you have a better way of executing and can explain it clearly. We thrive on that. Solutions are more than just software to you. It's about the people and the problems that you can solve for them.

Your responsibilities will include working with our team of UX designers and front- and back-end developers on client and internal projects. You must be able to create clean, maintainable, cross-browser and standards-compliant code. You will be working on multiple projects at the same time, either as a member of a team and occasionally individually. You must be self-motivated and comfortable with remote-work tools like: Hangouts, DropBox (or similar), Slack, Trello, Evernote, etc.

SKILLS & REQUIREMENTS

Expert in HTML5, CSS3, and JavaScript

Strong Knowledge of REST and AJAX

Proficient in modern front-end frameworks such as Angular and jQuery as well as responsive HTML frameworks such as Bootstrap or Foundation, but not dependent on them

Working knowledge of CSS pre-processing

Familiarity with Yeoman, Bower, and Grunt

Comfortable with various version control systems, specifically SVN and Git

Excellent communication and self-management skills

Experience with server-side platforms such as PHP or .NET is a plus

This is a freelance-to-hire position and carries a competitive salary and benefits package.