Senior Front End Web Developer Contract

East Brunswick, NJ - USA

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 30+ days ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Candidate applying for the role

Thorium Digital is a growing digital agency that has provided services to clients from startups to Fortune 500 companies. We are comprised of self-motivated professionally sharp and team work oriented individuals. You will be working in a collaborative and flat structured environment where there are plenty of opportunities to learn and grow with us.
The Senior Front End Web Developer must have a strong technical foundation as well as a full understanding of common coding standards configuration management and full life cycle systems development. This individual must have senior and lead level developer experience.
The Senior Front End Web Developer is an experienced contract remote role. The candidate must have minimum 8 years of experience working as a Front End Web Developer and must have strong experience in React TypeScript and working with and Frameworks - with some backend web experience. Must have experience working with headless CMS solution. Must have experience with Website Accessibility and building websites meeting WCAG 2.1 A/AA standards. The candidate must be able to work effectively with our clients technical leads our other in-house developers and non-technical staff. This person would have strong communication skills and possess the ability to present complex technical information to a wide range of audiences from other technical staff to senior management. Individual should be a fast learner of new technologies be a creative thinker share skills and information freely and be able to mentor and train other developers.

Essential duties and responsibilities

Participate in the full project delivery including planning meetings estimations design sessions and development.
Deliver project assignments on time within budget and with high quality.
Understand and analyze project risks and provide risk mitigation.
Work as part of a team to help define technical requirements explain the capabilities and limitations of various systems and generate diagrams/documentation for internal and client use.
Provide assistance training and/or mentoring to the other developers and other team members. Document daily progress on work items & communicate to appropriate stakeholders.
Work out of hours when appropriate to support major implementations or to react to high priority service issues.
Guide development of tools infrastructure and processes within the configuration build and release process.
Decompose high-level information into details and abstract up from low-level information to resolve solution vs. requirements conflicts.
Provide expertise in determining the strategic technical direction and system architecture for projects as needed.
Translate design materials (Photoshop Figma etc.) into HTML/CSS.
Other duties as assigned.

Minimum qualifications

Minimum 8 years of experience working as a Front End Web Developer.
Strong experience in ReactJS TypeScript HTML5 JavaScript and CSS.
Minimum 5 years of React experience.
Strong experience working with and Frameworks - .
Experience working with headless CMS solution. Contentful is preferred.
Experience working with Shopify experience with Hydrogen is a plus.
Experience with Website Accessibility (WCAG 2.1 meeting A/AA standards).
Experience with SEO best practices.
Experience with performance optimization techniques for front-end code.
Working knowledge of Figma Photoshop and/or Illustrator.
Experience with agile and scrum methodologies.
Be detailed oriented and must be able to multi-task manage details and keep sight of overall objectives.
Able to work well under pressure and meet tight deadlines within a dynamic environment.
Must possess an exceptional ability to effectively communicate both verbally and nonverbally with technical and non-technical personnel.
Strong work ethic positive attitude and a desire to work in a challenging position.
Individual must have a strong technical foundation as well as a full understanding of common coding standards and configuration management.
Understand the complete deployment life cycle from design build test and deployment.
Experience with cloud computing configuration and administration (Vercel AWS or Azure).
Experience with platforms like Algolia Dynatrace Siteimprove and Google Analytics is a plus.
Familiarity with one or more version control systems (Git Bitbucket).
Technical knowledge of PHP/PHP Frameworks (e.g. Laravel or Lumen) Object-Oriented programming design patterns and best practices.
Excellent analytical and creative problem-solving skills.
Experience in Azure DevOps for version control and building pipelines is a plus.
Must be able to speak English fluently.
Authorized to work in the US without sponsorship.

Required Experience:

Senior IC

Candidate applying for the roleThorium Digital is a growing digital agency that has provided services to clients from startups to Fortune 500 companies. We are comprised of self-motivated professionally sharp and team work oriented individuals. You will be working in a collaborative and flat structu...

Candidate applying for the role

Essential duties and responsibilities

Participate in the full project delivery including planning meetings estimations design sessions and development.
Deliver project assignments on time within budget and with high quality.
Understand and analyze project risks and provide risk mitigation.
Work as part of a team to help define technical requirements explain the capabilities and limitations of various systems and generate diagrams/documentation for internal and client use.
Provide assistance training and/or mentoring to the other developers and other team members. Document daily progress on work items & communicate to appropriate stakeholders.
Work out of hours when appropriate to support major implementations or to react to high priority service issues.
Guide development of tools infrastructure and processes within the configuration build and release process.
Decompose high-level information into details and abstract up from low-level information to resolve solution vs. requirements conflicts.
Provide expertise in determining the strategic technical direction and system architecture for projects as needed.
Translate design materials (Photoshop Figma etc.) into HTML/CSS.
Other duties as assigned.

Minimum qualifications

Minimum 8 years of experience working as a Front End Web Developer.
Strong experience in ReactJS TypeScript HTML5 JavaScript and CSS.
Minimum 5 years of React experience.
Strong experience working with and Frameworks - .
Experience working with headless CMS solution. Contentful is preferred.
Experience working with Shopify experience with Hydrogen is a plus.
Experience with Website Accessibility (WCAG 2.1 meeting A/AA standards).
Experience with SEO best practices.
Experience with performance optimization techniques for front-end code.
Working knowledge of Figma Photoshop and/or Illustrator.
Experience with agile and scrum methodologies.
Be detailed oriented and must be able to multi-task manage details and keep sight of overall objectives.
Able to work well under pressure and meet tight deadlines within a dynamic environment.
Must possess an exceptional ability to effectively communicate both verbally and nonverbally with technical and non-technical personnel.
Strong work ethic positive attitude and a desire to work in a challenging position.
Individual must have a strong technical foundation as well as a full understanding of common coding standards and configuration management.
Understand the complete deployment life cycle from design build test and deployment.
Experience with cloud computing configuration and administration (Vercel AWS or Azure).
Experience with platforms like Algolia Dynatrace Siteimprove and Google Analytics is a plus.
Familiarity with one or more version control systems (Git Bitbucket).
Technical knowledge of PHP/PHP Frameworks (e.g. Laravel or Lumen) Object-Oriented programming design patterns and best practices.
Excellent analytical and creative problem-solving skills.
Experience in Azure DevOps for version control and building pipelines is a plus.
Must be able to speak English fluently.
Authorized to work in the US without sponsorship.