JavaScript Job: Front End Developer

JOB TITLE: Front-End Developer
REPORTS TO: Manager
TYPE: Full-Time
LOCATION: Toronto, ON
SALARY: Competitive based on experience

Business Overview

Trew Knowledge is a fast-paced and rapidly growing digital marketing agency focused on delivering world-class, innovative solutions for some of the world’s largest Brands. We specialize in WordPress, digital strategy, User Experience (UX) and User Interface (UI) design.

Job Purpose
The Front End Developer actively develops and maintains projects using CSS, HTML, and JavaScript. They are comfortable writing maintainable, accessible, responsive, and performant websites. They are able to discuss project requirements with clients and ask applicable questions to flesh out the work.

Key Accountabilities

• Transform visual comps into rich web interactions that are fluidly responsive, performant, semantic, and accessible.
• Collaborate with visual and user experience designers on wireframes, interactive prototypes, and production-ready web experiences.
• Evaluate design deliverables for build feasibility and provide constructive feedback to internal, client-side, and third-party designers, user experience designers, and project managers.
• Perform cross-browser testing and remediation for front-end performance and visual quality assurance.
• Partner with UX designers, web engineers and managers to move a project through development and launch.
• Build interactive components with modern JavaScript and React
• Participate in Sprint planning, retrospectives, and client demos.

Requirements

• At least three years experience with front-end development
• Strong understanding of HTML, CSS including cross-browser compatibility, and basic WCAG accessibility compliance.
• Ability to write modern, performant, and accessible JavaScript using latest technologies.
• Experience using React
• Experience using Git.
• Proven ability to transform a static comp into a website from the ground up.
• Being collaborative, self-motivated, and an “always-learning” person, excited to create great web experiences.

Nice to have

• Experience in task runners and bundlers like: Grunt, Gulp, and Webpack.
• Experience with coded style guides and creating highly componentized systems.
• Experience with coding PHP, specifically for WordPress.
• Experience using WordPress as a CMS
• Experience with Gutenberg and building out custom blocks.
• Experience with Adobe XD or Design Software.
• Design experience or formal design education.

Job Type: Full-time

Salary: $65,000.00-$85,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• Commuter benefits
• Dental care
• Extended health care
• Paid time off
• Vision care
• Work from home

Flexible Language Requirement:

• French not required

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

Supplemental pay types:

• Bonus pay
• Overtime pay

Experience:

• React: 3 years (preferred)
• WordPress: 2 years (preferred)
• Front-end development: 3 years (required)

Work Location: Remote