Web Developer
Design by Cosmic|Santa Cruz, CA
Full-time
14 days ago
Us Cosmic is a Social Impact Creative Agency. We empower social impact organizations to catalyze real world change by helping them nail their impact story, build brand awareness, and inspire action. We’re a distributed team with roots in Santa Cruz, CA. A bit about us:
- We are deeply committed to our mission to support social impact organizations working towards creating a more just and equitable world
- We’re a team of creatives, strategists, and technologists dedicated to exploring how digital experiences can spark real world change
- Developers on our team are included in each project from start to finish and weigh in on design, strategy, and interactions
- Each project is collaborative and includes the developer, designer, and content strategist, project manager, and creative director.
- We work a 4-day week and believe that good work is sustained through true work/life balance
- Our team has a broad spectrum of interests. Our culture’s defined by an appreciation for social good, design, music, coffee, craft beer & food, outdoor adventure, amazing film & TV, and finding the perfect animated gif to express our thoughts.
- We value impact, intention, innovation, integrity, balance, and empathy
- You have experience as a Web Developer, and specifically agency or client-facing experience is required
- You instinctively think ahead, adapt, and quickly problem solve, all while keeping your cool
- You have the ability to iterate, remain flexible, and prioritize on a daily basis
- You enjoy working within a fast-paced sprint cycle where new work and iterations of previous work is presented to the client on a weekly basis
- You have experience developing websites and interactive digital experiences using the JAMStack philosophy (Our typical stack is Gatsby, Netlify, and Prismic/CraftCMS)
- You are extremely familiar with modern frontend technologies (CSS, Javascript, React)
- You enjoy integrating with third party API’s, and developing plug-ins to extend base CMS functionality
- You have experience developing complex CMS-powered websites
- You have an understanding of web servers and ability to deploy code using Github
- Solid understanding of GitHub/Version Control
- Exceptional ability to translate designs into semantic, accessible front-end code
- Strong understanding of modern web technologies and workflows
- Strong understanding of mobile & responsive design & development practices
- Appreciate atomic design methodology and are comfortable developing in a componentized framework
- Solid understanding and appreciation for color, typography, and composition
- Ability to work directly with designers to implement designs and provide design feedback if necessary
- Ability to explain and defend your technical recommendations to other team members, Creative Director, and clients
- You relish the ability to be involved with a project from start to finish
- Able to work within a clear and consistent workflow and process
- Must be open to changes in approach to coding that follow new and evolving standards that will be developed with team input and discussion
- You enjoy learning quickly and diving deep into each client’s world to understand their market space, how they function within it, and how we can help them meet their goals
- Develop scroll-stopping interactive digital experiences or micro sites, digital engagement and fundraising/action centers, educational or storytelling websites, and websites that edge into being mini-applications
- Develop integrations with third party API’s and Applications
- Participate in the processes used by the Cosmic development team to keep current on developing and evolving technology and platforms
- Participate in the process of maintaining the Cosmic code standards and frameworks as well as documentation for easy communication and evolution of these code standards for use by the in-house developers
- Help develop tools, workflows, and starters to simplify the in-house development process and provide consistency when used by the Cosmic team
- Work with Cosmic’s Founder in regards to the strategic approach to projects, technology stack choices, and problem solving
- Participate in a workflow and established process for code review, testing process, and help maintain standards of all code produced across the team
- Collaborate with Cosmic project teams to develop information architectures for websites, apps, interactive digital experiences, and digital action centers
- Join weekly sprints with each of our clients, where you will present your development progress in collaboration with the team
- Stay up to date on the technology used in donor engagement, social/civic engagement, sales processes, and emerging technology trends that could support clients in the social impact digital space
- Continue to evolve as a thoughtful, empathetic developer
- We work a 4-day work week (32-40 hours per week). Enjoy 3-day weekends every week!
- We are a fully distributed team
- 401k Plan + employer contributions after a year on the job
- 2 weeks paid vacation each year
- 5 days paid sick time each year
- 5 paid holidays each year, plus the Studio closes for the last 2.5 weeks of the year as an additional long paid holiday
- Northern California centric brand
- Join a humble, collaborative team