Summary of Role:

iwerk is seeking an innovative Front End Software Developer to use various programming languages to develop, improve, test and/or maintain custom software built to make our clients’ business run better. 

This role will have the opportunity to be part of a team full of developers that are passionate about building modern applications that leverage the industry’s leading technologies. You will learn our client’s business, organization, systems, challenges, and goals, and then utilize that knowledge to work with a team to deliver outstanding results.

Our ideal candidate for the role is someone who has multiple years of development experience with high epitude in WordPress and ReactJS based solutions with a focus on large scale websites/applications. This person is flexible and comfortable multitasking to keep up with the dynamic nature of our incoming work. Candidates should have experience in building web applications, mobile apps and websites ranging from brochure to enterprise. 

Job Responsibilities:

• Participate in a development team, producing components for new and existing applications with focus on those based on ReactJS and similar technologies.

• Participate in development teams as a key contributor, typically following the agile delivery methodology

• Develop using secure coding standards through peer code and collaborative client review and QA

• Create technical specifications based on functional requirements

• Interface directly with customers, capturing feedback and discussing technical design

• Act as a key contributor in an agile sprint team, performing sprints on new and existing applications

• Perform basic support and debugging in test and production environments

• Identify and resolve problems

Preferred Qualifications:

We’re looking for a talented software developer who is able to communicate clearly with non-technical audiences. While passionate about technology, you have business sensibility to give/accept feedback, the desire to always get better and the social ability to connect well with your teammates and clients.

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent professional experience in computer science, information technology, or a related field

• Experience working with a team in a fast paced, changing environment

• Analyzing, designing, developing, implementing and maintaining application code in a variety of contexts

• Professional experience with…

  • WordPress

    • Custom theme and plugin development desired

  • JavaScript/ES6/Typescript

  • PHP

    • MVC experience preferred 

  • Familiarity with SSR, ISR, and CSR concepts

  • JavaScript frameworks - React, Vue, Angular, etc.

    • Specific experience with NextJS is desired

  • Creating highly-performant, optimized websites

  • Consuming REST API 

  • Version control (Git/Bitbucket) and branching strategies

  • Command-line utilities, build tools - Webpack, Grunt, Gulp