Mid-Level Front End Developer

Mid-Level Front-End Developer

Location: Remote, USA

We are a creative technology company that connects people, products, and brands in powerful ways. Our team of designers, developers, producers, strategists, and content creators is distributed and remote first, with our headquarters based in Culver City, California. We believe in the power of storytelling, human-centric design, and the intersection of creativity with code to further humanity's relationship with technology. If you're the kind of person who obsesses over details, thrives in a collaborative environment, and jumps at the opportunity to take on new challenges, Left Field Labs may be the place for you.           

Position Summary

Left Field Labs is seeking a talented Mid-Level Front-End Developer to join our events platform team. You will work alongside a group of dedicated and multi-disciplined technologists and designers to bring high-quality, performant, and secure software to market. We count on our developers to write elegant and well-documented code, with a strict eye towards the separation of concerns and maintainability. Our developers are creatives; we expect an eye for design, collaboration on interactions, and understanding of overall user experience when building software.

As a Front-End Developer, you will be building the front-end applications for our events platform which are used every day by event administrators and guests alike. Your responsibilities will include implementing components per specs, wiring UI to a redux store, writing tests for all components added to the codebase, code reviewing your peers’ code, and contributing to technical discussions that determine the direction of the codebase.

Qualifications

Must have:

• Expert proficiency in creating pixel perfect responsive front-ends, using CSS tools like flexbox or grid.
• Proficiency with JavaScript, HTML5, CSS3.
• Experience with React, Angular, or LitElement.
• Experience with Redux or Mobx.
• Solid understanding of client-side scripting and object-oriented programming (OOP).
• Experience with CSS preprocessors like SASS.
• Experience with Node and package managers (Yarn, NPM).
• Experience with module bundlers (i.e. Webpack, Parcel, Gulp).
• Experience collaborating with Git.
• Proficient in client-side JavaScript debugging (i.e. Chrome Dev Tools, Charles Proxy, Postman, etc).
• Mac/Unix savvy - Capable of CLI manipulation of Mac/Unix systems.

Nice to have:

• Experience with TypeScript.
• Experience writing front-end tests using frameworks like Jasmine, Jest, etc.
• Experience with CI pipelines, including test suites and automated deployments.
• Experience with additional JavaScript frameworks, such as PIXI.js, Three.js, and Web Audio.
• Experience with UI design for web-driven or other applications.
• Experience with CSS animations.
• Experience in remote server sessions and management.

Ultra nice to have:

• Experience building progressive web applications, and in particular dealing with service workers.
• Experience with TinyMCE editor.
• Experience with Google Closure compiler.
• Experience developing in a back-end language.

Left Field Labs is an equal opportunity employer.

Left Field Labs is an E-Verify employer. E-Verify is an Internet based system operated by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in partnership with the Social Security Administration (SSA) that allows participating employers to electronically verify the employment eligibility of their newly hired employees in the United States.
Please click on the following links for more information: E-Verify Participation Poster. For more information visit the USCIS’ website: http://www.uscis.gov/e-verify/employees

Left Field Labs is an equal opportunity employer and committed to providing equal employment opportunity to all applicants and team members regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, handicap, veteran status, marital status, criminal history, or any other category protected by applicable federal and state law, including the City of Los Angeles’ Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance relating to an applicant's criminal history (LAMC 189.00). Left Field Labs makes reasonable accommodations for handicapped and disabled team members.

Left Field Labs is an E-Verify employer. E-Verify is an Internet based system operated by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in partnership with the Social Security Administration (SSA) that allows participating employers to electronically verify the employment eligibility of their newly hired employees in the United States.

Please click on the following links for more information: E-Verify Participation Poster. For more information visit the USCIS’ website: http://www.uscis.gov/e-verify/employees

Left Field Labs is an equal opportunity employer and committed to providing equal employment opportunity to all applicants and team members regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, handicap, veteran status, marital status, criminal history, or any other category protected by applicable federal and state law, including the City of Los Angeles’ Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance relating to an applicant's criminal history (LAMC 189.00). Left Field Labs makes reasonable accommodations for handicapped and disabled team members.