Freelance Developer

Bluecadet is an award-winning, internationally-recognized experience design agency focused on producing transformative digital products and environments. We work with story and experience-driven organizations and brands. Past clients include The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Nike, MoMA, Harvard, the MIT Museum, Princeton, The Smithsonian Institution, and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.

We're looking for a freelance Front End Developer to join us for on-going project based work. We're looking for someone who loves front-end work — the challenge and reward of writing solid, accessible markup, composing good CSS, injecting motion and animation to bring sites to life, and making experiences work across multiple browsers and devices. 

They have a commitment to accessible and inclusive products, and love balancing performance, ease of use, and beauty in what they build. Our work spans a wide spectrum: concept prototypes, front end style guides/design systems, CMS-driven websites, and interactive applications for spatial and experiential projects in physical space.

Our ideal candidate is curious, capable, open-minded, and a generous teammate. Our team is made up of a diverse group of folks who took different paths to the roles they hold today. If your experience doesn’t quite match what we’ve described, please apply anyway!

Primary Responsibilities:

• Develop, test, and deploy accessible, stable, and polished software using studio and industry best practices
• Provide and review development estimates and assess feasibility and scope within project budgets
• Assist clients in making technical and UX decisions that lead to the best product
• Make architectural and system level decisions together with Tech Leads, Directors, vendors and partners
• Lead front-end implementation on a project, potentially assisted by other developers
• Explore emerging technologies/industry trends that improve product development and end-user experience; share and apply knowledge to projects.
• Contribute to internal library of best practices (code samples and documentation)
• Collaborate with designers, producers, content devs, and other devs to deliver a best-in-class product and user experience. Proactively seek and incorporate feedback from teammates and clients.

Must Haves:

• Experience working with Drupal 8 and higher
• Understanding of Drupal’s theming approach (template files, preprocessor hooks)
• Strong HTML markup skills w/ a focus on accessibility: semantic markup, ARIA
• CSS: experience with a CSS methodology/approach (for ex.: BEM, SMACSS, CUBE, ITCSS)
• CSS: experience with modern layout: CSS Grid/Flexbox and when/how to use both
• Motion/animation at both a macro (animating multiple large components) and micro (rollovers) level

Nice to Haves:

• Experience directing other developers on a project
• FE style guides (for ex.: Storybook, Fractal)
• FE preprocessors/bundlers for CSS and JavaScript (for ex.: PostCSS, Rollup, Babel)

About Bluecadet

Bluecadet is an award-winning, internationally-recognized experience design agency focused on producing transformative digital products and environments. We work with story and experience-driven organizations and brands. Past clients include Google, MoMA, Harvard, Comcast, Princeton, The Smithsonian Institution, Doctors Without Borders, National Geographic, and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.

Our Commitment to Equity and Inclusion

Bluecadet’s staff represents a wide pool of talent, views, backgrounds, and interests across our disciplines. We believe in Equity and Inclusion as a general principle and look for ways to actively amplify our team’s diverse perspectives in service of the stories and messages we are entrusted to tell.