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Brighton Solutions is currently seeking a Web Engineer with an understanding of the Full Stack, but with an emphasis on Front End development skills to join the team. We are ideally seeking someone who is passionate about building technologies and solving user experience problems. In this role, you will be accountable for designing and maintaining web applications that revolutionize the way business gets done. You will be joining our team as a long term Consultant/Contractor for what is designed to be a multi-year engagement with the possibility of being converted to full time.
Our ideal candidate in this role is an organized, driven individual with a desire to continually discover and leverage the latest web technologies. You will join an agile development team to design, develop and support multiple web applications. You will follow established coding standards, investigate emerging technologies and suggest improvements.
Key Responsibilities include:
Design, develop and maintain critical, customer facing websites and applications
Write clear, well-structured and tested code
Analyze and resolve UX/UI and performance issues with applications and websites
Translate UI/UX requirements into lightweight, scalable code
Ensure the technical feasibility of UI/UX designs
Optimize code for maximum speed
Ensure compatibility with all major digital devices and browsers
Work with Web Application Developers and Quality Assurance to build and test solutions
Core Qualifications that we are seeking include:
Minimum 4 years of front-end software development working on enterprise level applications.
Proficiency with modern vanilla ES2015+ JavaScript, AJAX, HTML5 and CSS3
Expert on desktop and mobile browser quirks and how to get around them
Solid application-level JavaScript development skills
Experience implementing frontend code into a CMS in such a way that makes it easy for developers and rich enough for content editors
Proficient in modern web standards and tools
Experience of web development processes and information architecture
Good Nice to haves include:
Front-End experience with frameworks like Angular, Vue.JS and React
Experience with Wordpress and Joomla, specifically having written custom themes and user interfaces
Experience with tools such as Git for version control, JIRA for project management
Used and configured build tools like Yarn, Gulp, or Grunt
Experience working inside of a PHP based backend MVC-style framework
Familiar with CSS preprocessors like LESS and SCSS
Experience designing and developing mobile applications
Development experience within an Agile and/or Scrum environment
Requirements:
Good written and Oral communication skills.
Some of the ideal characteristics that we seek include:
- an attitude that means you're always looking to improve yourself, your code, and bring out the best in your team.
- Someone that thrives on working in a high energy team focused environment
- Demonstrated ability to respond to business issues with the appropriate sense of urgency
- Ability to organize and manage multiple projects and assignments with minimum direction
- Problem solving skills and strong attention to details
- Ability to identify and document business/system requirements
- Self-starter with exceptional communication skills
Brighton offers competitive compensation strong medical, dental, life and vision benefits, and a 401k. This position can be supported onsite or in a hybrid-remote environment. Ideally, we are seeking individuals within a 4 hours drive of Chicago to be able to be onsite for periodic meetings.
We cannot consider Visa Sponsorships and no 3rd parties for this position.
