Description
We’re always keeping our eyes out for great people—always looking, carefully hiring. The right person loves collaboration with coworkers and clients and believes it leads to the best work. The right builder also wants to work in a learning-hungry web environment and help lead the web industry by sharing. Sparkbox has been intentionally working to build a team where we acknowledge our own imperfections, make all feel welcome, and humbly help each other grow.
If you’re right for this position, you have solid knowledge of HTML, CSS, and JavaScript (and applicable browser support) while being mindful of the diverse ecosystem of devices and connections. You’ve gained enough industry experience to have proven success shipping quality web products while collaborating with teams. You care about and are eager to learn the details of deployment, commit history, refactoring, design patterns, web accessibility and other development practices. You understand the value of design systems throughout the product design and development lifecycle and are willing to dig deep on this topic. You have a standards-centric view of the web, know its limitations and possibilities, and care about performance and progressive enhancement.
You will be expected to help craft solutions to client needs, recognizing the constraints of each unique situation. You’ll work with our team of designers and developers to turn those solutions into high-quality, well-tested websites and applications that are accessible to as many people as possible.
We’re looking for applicants with professional web development experience. To be very clear: if you don’t have experience working as a web developer beyond a classroom or a bootcamp, this particular position is not a good match. Instead, you may be a great fit for our Full-Stack Developer Apprenticeship.
Requirements
We’re actively looking for individuals that will bring a diverse perspective to the Sparkbox office. Passion and humility are vital, as you’ll work directly with our designers, project managers, and other developers at Sparkbox. You’ll also interact with clients and should feel comfortable presenting work. You’ll need to be hungry to learn new things, advance your skills, and push to find new processes.
A few things you could spend your days with:
- JavaScript, Typescript, and frameworks such as React, Angular, Vue, and Express
- CSS, Sass, and CSS-in-JS built responsively for many browsers
- Clean, semantic HTML
- Git, Github, CircleCI, Netlify, and Heroku
- Dynamic Pattern Libraries, Design Systems, Storybook
- Accessibility (WCAG 2.1 AA or higher) and Progressive Enhancement
- WordPress, Drupal, ExpressionEngine and other CMS technologies
- Closely working with UI Designers to translate designs to code
- Test-Driven Development
- Continuous Integration and Delivery
- Potential to lead project teams in partnership with client developers
- Weekly time dedicated to mentoring more junior team members and apprentices
- Share your learnings on the Sparkbox blog— Check out The Foundry
Inclusive Mindset
Sparkbox has been intentionally working to build a team where we acknowledge our own imperfections, make all feel welcome, and humbly help each other grow. If you can bring a fresh perspective to a team of humble people who love what they do, we’d love to talk with you.
Benefits & Compensation
Our compensation amount for this role is targeted at $70,000 – $95,000 for all remote locations. Final offer amounts are determined by multiple factors including candidate skillset and expertise and may vary from the amounts listed in this posting.
In return for your outstanding work, Sparkbox offers the following:
- Remote work
- Flexible Schedule
- Healthcare Insurance
- Vision Insurance
- Dental Insurance
- Group Life Insurance
- Mental Health Benefit (Employer Paid)
- Accident, Critical Illness & Hospital Insurance
- Health Savings Account (Employer Match)
- Flex Savings Account
- Simple IRA (Employer Match)
- Paid Vacation
- Vacation-Buy Option
- Annual Vacation Bonus
- Annual Wellness Budget
- Annual Education Budget and Match
- Home-Office Budget
- Competitive Salary
- Commission Opportunities
- Paid Holidays
- Short/Long-Term Disability
- Provided Equipment
- Some of the Best Coworkers You’ll Ever Meet
People and families come first around here, which is part of why we offer 13 paid holidays (including a week or more shutdown at the end of the year) in addition to vacation.
All applicants must be legally authorized to work in the U.S. to be considered. Sparkbox is not registered internationally or in CA, NY, or IL at this time.
PLEASE NOTE: Be sure to watch your spam folder after you apply, as some emails from our applicant tracking system find their way to the wrong folder. We never ghost our applicants, so if you haven’t heard from us, chances are the email is hiding in your Spam or Promotions folder.
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It is the policy of Sparkbox to ensure equal employment opportunity without discrimination or harassment on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, marital status, citizenship, national origin, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law. Sparkbox prohibits any such discrimination or harassment.