Lead Front End Developer
Our mission is simple: we build profitable and measurable advertising campaigns for companies across North America and around the world. We are a fast growing team, our continuous growing and advanced technology, allows us to remain two steps ahead of our competitors.
About The Position
Looking for a Lead Front End Developer to join our dynamic web and creative service steam. You’ll have the opportunity to deliver high performance lead generation focused Jekyll, WordPress and Shopify website and web work that supports our marking campaigns while staying updated with industry trends and working in a fast paced fun environment. You will guide and mentor more junior developers, in completing digital production projects including but not limited to optimizing, building and maintaining systems and teams to efficiently manage webwork, ranging from developing sites optimized from pay-per-click advertising, to word-press themes and site builds.
You will work closely with designers, developers and Project Managers, to deliver these client marketing materials. Continually improving and modernizing our work flows, templates and tools with your colleagues is also an integral part of the position.
What You’ll Work On
- Lead a team of developers, defining and enforcing technical best practices
- Provide mentoring and coaching to other team members
- Work closely with a team of designers and project managers, to create conversion and lead generation focused front end user experiences
- Debug websites, regularly to improve performance
- Scope and provide estimates for potential projects or change requests
- Work collaboratively with other team members and project managers to constantly improve both technical and creative aspects of our products, workflows and strategies
- Execute the development and quality assurance testing of Jekyll, WordPress, and Shopify websites
As A Senior Member Of The Team
- Define and enforce technical based practices
- Continuously analyze and work with a team of developers to improve upon the efficiency and accuracy of our web development systems, tools and workflows
- Perform code reviews as needed, work closely with the project management team to ensure project workflows and technical solutions are as efficient as possible
- Work closely with our creative lead and design team to ensure consistency with our design systems, goals and branding
- Liaise with our operations and technical support teams to manage needs and impacts to websites and web related materials
- Provide technical training in onboarding of new production team members
- Contribute to creating and maintaining technical documentation
- Develop relationships and work closely with third party web freelancers if needed to ensure optimal performance and adherence to partner agreement guidelines
In addition to the above technical skills, a member of our team must possess the following skills:
- Ability to provide creative solutions to technical problems
- Communicate technical issues and solutions, clearly and concisely to non- technical team members and Stakeholders
- Ability to critically analyze content and ensure messaging and imagery align and convey a strong cohesive marketing message
- Strong multitasking skills to manage multiple projects simultaneously
- Delivery of high quality, well tested work in a timely manner
- An understanding in what makes for an intuitive and seamless website experience from a customer’s perspective
- Attention to detail and a passion for delivering high quality design solutions
- Enjoy working in a fast-paced growing company that has a lot of fun
All Applicants Must Have…
- 3-4 + years of hands-on experience developing HTML, WordPress, and Shopify websites, with a strong emphasis on custom coding, theme development, and plug in customization
- 1-2 + years of experience leading a team of developers
- Expertise in HTML5, CSS3, Node. JS, Tailwind, Bootstrap, SAS and JavaScript/ECMA
- A portfolio showcasing your knowledge of website development best practices, demonstrating a strong understanding of technical principles and information architecture
- Prior agency experience or working with a team of developers, designers and project managers is preferred
- Strong understanding of how to troubleshoot cross-browser compatibility issues
- Strong understanding of responsive web design techniques
- Strong communication skills and ability to explain technical concepts, clearly and concisely
Applicant Skills That Are A Bonus:
- Experience in Shopify theme development and customization
- Ability to define and enforce technical best practices
- Ability to provide technical training and onboarding of new production members
- Experience with prototyping software and Figma and Sketch
- Intermediate experience with using Adobe illustrator and photoshop or other graphic design tools, to produce appealing designs for print and digital marketing materials, websites and banner ads
- Knowledge of Vector artwork, possession of creative flare, versatility, conceptual, visual ability and originality
Equal Opportunity Provider
We are committed to equal employment opportunity for all employees and to providing them with a work environment, free of discrimination and harassment. We are committed to meeting the accessibility needs of persons with disabilities in an effective and timely manner, by preventing and moving barriers with persons with disabilities in accordance with applicable legislation, including the accessibility for Ontarians With Disability Act, 2005 and the Ontario Human Rights Code. The company has policy and procedures in respect of the provisions of accommodation in all parts of the recruitment, assessment and onboarding process. If you feel you need accommodation(s) because of illness, disability or any other protected ground, please do not hesitate to contact us at your earliest convenience