Senior Front-End Designer & Developer

Chromatic in a Nutshell

Chromatic is a digital agency with over a decade of experience creating websites. Using open source technologies, Chromatic is a recognized leader in open source content management systems. We’ve helped some of the web’s biggest brands solve hard problems in publishing, e-commerce, and non-profit spaces. We provide leadership and expertise to our clients through design, back-end development, and automation.

Role Summary

We’re looking for an outgoing and motivated developer to join our fully distributed team. We need someone with exceptional communication skills who would be excited to join a talented and tight-knit team in our compelling saga to rid the world of bad websites. A strong portfolio of your best work should be included with your application. We do a fair bit of work with Drupal and other enterprise systems, so experience here is a real plus.

• Manager: Dan Arbello: Development Manager
• Timeline: We hope to fill this position by the end of October, or sooner.

If you’re someone who’s interested in working alongside top-tier web experts, helping steer the trajectory of a small company, and joining a unique agency culture, Chromatic is the place for you. More details can be found below:

Roles & Responsibilities

• Work closely with clients and Chromatic team members on engagements to deliver exceptional designs, code, consulting, and advice.
• Participate in and contribute to peer design/code reviews and project stand-ups.
• Assist in defining project requirements.
• Evangelize design/development/process best practices to Chromatic’s clients and the community.
• Work with developers of all experience levels and lead by example where appropriate.
• Engage with the open-source community via code contributions, projects, presentations, blog posts, etc.
• Estimating the effort required to execute interface designs and implement functionality.
• Attending client on-sites.
• Presenting yourself to others in a way that represents Chromatic well.

What We Are Looking For

The following experience is required:

• Proficient in designing and delivering exceptional web experiences via HTML/CSS/JavaScript.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Strategic thinker that often anticipates problems before they occur.
• A proactive mindset.
• Ability to identify and articulate knowledge gaps that might impact a project’s success.
• Creation of and adherence to best practices.
• Developing responsive web and/or mobile application UIs.
• Architecting and maintaining front-end tooling and workflows.
• Located between UTC-10 and UTC+2 time zones.

Experience with the following is a plus:

• Open source/Drupal.org project experience.
• CSS preprocessors.
• Dependency management.
• Style guides and component libraries.
• Task runners.
• HTML5 APIs.
• Web content management systems.