What are the responsibilities and job description for the Junior Front-End Developer position at United Wheels Inc.?
Overview Of The Company
United Wheels Inc. (“UWI”) is an international, privately held business, with affiliated companies and operations in Asia, the Americas and around the world. UWI is a world leader in the design, manufacture and international distribution of bicycles, e-bikes, and rideable toys, manufacturing more than 6 million bicycles and e-Bikes each year. In additional to cycling, UWI is at the forefront of materials science though Allite Inc. and its affiliated companies, which utilizes its proprietary magnesium alloys across numerous industries (e.g., sporting goods, robotics, electronics, aerospace, etc.).
UWI owns and operates several bicycle-related subsidiaries. These subsidiaries include:
Do you have a passion for web design, user experience, a keen understanding of front-end technologies, and the ability to work independently with minimal supervision? As a Junior Front-End Developer, you'll be responsible for creating and maintaining websites that inspire and delight.
Responsibilities:
United Wheels Inc. (“UWI”) is an international, privately held business, with affiliated companies and operations in Asia, the Americas and around the world. UWI is a world leader in the design, manufacture and international distribution of bicycles, e-bikes, and rideable toys, manufacturing more than 6 million bicycles and e-Bikes each year. In additional to cycling, UWI is at the forefront of materials science though Allite Inc. and its affiliated companies, which utilizes its proprietary magnesium alloys across numerous industries (e.g., sporting goods, robotics, electronics, aerospace, etc.).
UWI owns and operates several bicycle-related subsidiaries. These subsidiaries include:
- Huffy Corp. (https://www.huffybikes.com/), the iconic bicycling company based in Dayton, Ohio, with more than 125 years of bicycling history.
- Buzz Bicycles (https//.buzzbicycles.com)
- Batch Outdoors Inc. (https://www.batchbicycles.com/)
- Niner Brands International Inc. (https://ninerbikes.com/)
- VAAST Bicycles, (a division of Allite Inc.) (https://www.vaastbikes.com/)
Do you have a passion for web design, user experience, a keen understanding of front-end technologies, and the ability to work independently with minimal supervision? As a Junior Front-End Developer, you'll be responsible for creating and maintaining websites that inspire and delight.
Responsibilities:
- Craft delightful and functional responsive websites using HTML, CSS, PHP, and JavaScript
- Partner with our design and marketing team to bring their visions to life
- Write code that's clean, maintainable, and efficient
- Troubleshoot, UAT and debug any issues that arise with the website
- Stay on top of the latest and greatest advancements in web development
- Keep our website content fresh and up-to-date
- Ensure that our website is accessible and usable for everyone
- Work closely with other developers and teams to resolve technical challenges
- Ability to work independently with a minimum of supervision
- Minimum Associate degree in Computer Science, Web Design, Interactive Multimedia, or a related field
- 1-3 years of experience in web design and front-end technologies
- Strong understanding of HTML, PHP, CSS, and JavaScript
- Experience with Tailwind CSS
- Proficiency in using Figma Dev mode
- Experience with responsive design and cross-browser compatibility, and deployment testing
- Familiarity with version control (e.g. Git)
- Understanding of web standards and accessibility guidelines
- Excellent problem-solving and critical-thinking skills
- Strong communication and teamwork skills
- Customer Focus - Aims to satisfy all customers while maintaining effective relationships, both internal and external. Maximizes those relationships to improve personal, department, and organizational performance. Holds co-workers and customers to a similar standard.
- Energy - Have a tremendous amount of energy and passion for our people, products, and brands. Approaches each date willing to take on the day’s challenges. Operating at their individual peak performance without encouragement.
- Energize - Energize teams with enthusiasm and excitement without intimidating them. Projects a positive mental attitude and can-do spirit, who lifts members of his / her team. Does not get discouraged by setbacks.
- Edge - Have a competitive edge and an overwhelming desire to win. Hates losing and will give 100% commitment to achieving or exceeding their plan. Willing to make difficult decisions, when called upon.
- Execution - Action and performance oriented and focused on attaining results. A team player who is reliable and follows through on tasks to completion. Attention to details.
- Increases Company Value - Strives to increase sales, reduce costs, improve efficiency, and maximize profits to increase the value of the Company.
- Innovative / Continuous Improvement - Committed to improving processes, products, services, and a willingness to embrace change for the benefit of our team, department, organization, and shareholders.
- Integrity - The quality of being honest and having strong moral principles; moral uprightness. Elevating challenges to collaborate with co-workers, SLT, ELT, and the Board.
