Web Developer II

Web Developer II

Joyce, Inc. is a provider of fractional digital teams to organizations that need additional skill sets to meet their technical and marketing goals. Integrating with our clients’ teams gives them the knowledge, confidence and bandwidth to accomplish their mission.

We are seeking a technically minded person with a strong background in web development and a passion for user experience. You are able to work cross-functionally on the web development needs of various internal and client departments. You can see the bigger picture and provide solutions scaling from small requests to large projects.

This role will help our team and clients reach their goals through creativity and problem solving while providing practical, optimized and documented solutions.

How you’ll make an impact

• Under general supervision, build, test, debug, document, implement and maintain client and internal websites
• Act as a core part of the site build team and assist with the creative process for a site's design, wireframe, navigational layout and user experience while aiming to meet the client's general goals and expectations.
• Analyzing feedback and successfully iterating to improve deliverables
• Assist in troubleshooting, modifying, and enhancing existing websites and/or applications.
• Contribute to discussions on a range of topics including: functionality, technical specs, design trends, UI/UX and apply those decisions to your daily work.
• Test as you code to provide solutions that are compliant with industry standards as well as perform cross-platform/device testing and quality assurance testing on your own and other team members' work.
• Successfully optimize websites for speed, performance, accessibility and basic SEO.
• Maintain a regular schedule and execute maintenance for managed sites, including updates, audits and QA.
• Keep up-to-date on web design best practices, trends and tools

Positions at Joyce, Inc. can often span several disciplines and see a variety of work, allowing an individual to learn and grow naturally with the company and our clients. The ability to work cross-functionally with various teams and a willingness to continue learning is a must.

Requirements

• At least 4 years of experience in on the job web design and development
• Proficiency in front-end development web programming languages such as HTML and CSS, including modern layout and responsive best practices
• The ability to create deliverables that are aesthetic, functional, and user-friendly
• Experience with one or more forms of site optimization
• Experience with WordPress
• Experience working with various Content Management Systems while also being able to code pages from scratch when necessary
• Experience with Bootstrap or other responsive frameworks
• Experience with source control, such as Git
• Experience with project/task management software
• Good at problem solving and willing to do research to solve a particular issue
• A portfolio or example work

Required Soft Skills

• Strong attention to detail
• Excellent communication skills, you’re not afraid to ask questions and provide ideas and important updates
• Ability to take in a request, ask relevant questions and boil down the needs into appropriate tasks/solutions
• Ability to work directly with clients and internal team members in a friendly, professional manner
• Deadline oriented and organized
• Creative and open to new ideas
• Positive attitude
• Adaptable and willing to learn new techniques
• Able to multitask and meet deadlines for projects that vary in scope

Bonus Skills

• Experience with hosting, servers, domains, DNS
• Experience managing website CDNs
• Experience with Visual Studio or Visual Studio Code
• Experience with backend coding, databases or other full stack technologies such as ASP.net
• Experience with Adobe software products or general graphic design

Benefits

• Job Type: Full-time.

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Working with us has its perks

We aim to offer the perfect blend of employee opportunity, support, learning and voice in addition to the following benefits:

Flexible work location

Flexible schedule options

Small team culture

Laid back environment

Formalized professional development budget

Health, vision and dental insurance

Paid time off

401K company match