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Sr. UX Frontend Developer
UX/UI

Sr. UX Frontend Developer

New York
Type of work
Undetermined
Experience
Senior
Employment Type
Permanent
Operating mode
Remote

Tech stack

    HTML5

    master

    CSS3

    master

    JavaScript

    advanced

    RESTful API

    regular

    Babel

    junior

Job description

Pypestream is looking for a Senior UX Frontend Developer Superhero. The right person for this role will have a deep understanding of good UX design and UI development using JavaScript (JS), HTML and CSS/SASS/CSS3/ITCSS etc. You will be responsible for taking designs from our highly creative and talented design team and moving those designs into performant JavaScript HTML/CSS markup with respect to our brand and you’ll be part of that creative process to work directly with the design team and our talented frontend developers who are building out components in ReactJS.

This is a fast-paced, agile environment; our team is passionate about their projects, they are collaborative and believe in a work/life balance. Come join a team that is writing applications to make sure people stay connected. Given the size of our team, you will have a very influential role both technically and professionally.

What You’ll Do

  • Work with Product Management and Design team on existing and new wireframes, user flows, and digital prototypes, translating designs and wireframes into high-quality code JS and markup build with quality and integrity
  • Following brand guidelines, use mobile-first and responsive-design principles to create performant, highly animated user interfaces to be implemented by our developers
  • Write code that is maintainable, scalable, reusable, and clearly-documented
  • Maintain and develop highly visual interfaces to be delivered and realized by our ReactJS development team
  • Optimize interface for speed (and the appearance of speed)

Preferred Skills And Qualifications:

  • Extremely proficient in HTML5/CSS3 and CSS processors, Strong proficiency with vanilla JavaScript (not jQuery), including DOM manipulation and the JavaScript object model
  • A passion for building highly animated and dynamic JS code that scales
  • Proficient in writing code that is responsive and performant across devices
  • Familiarity with RESTful APIs
  • Experience with common front-end development tools such as Babel, Webpack, NPM, Gulp, etc
  • Familiarity with code versioning tools (we use GIT)
  • Ability to convert design specs (invision, photoshop, zeplin, sketch etc) into full working & pixel-perfect html5/css/jsx templates

Bonus Points

  • Familiarity with BEM methodology
  • Write code with accessibility and web standards in mind
  • Building reusable components and front-end libraries for future use
  • Experience working in Agile Development organization