Front End Developer
Location: US, CA, San Francisco Bay area
Employment type: Full-time
Required experience: Mid-Senior level
Required education: Bachelor's Degree
Industry: Online Media
Function: Engineering
Company profile: Kettle is an independent digital agency based in New York City and the Bay Area. We’re committed to making digital do more — for both people and brands — because we believe the digital world offers more than meets the eye. Every online experience has the potential to change a life, a brand, or even change the world. And we carry this philosophy into each and every product we build.
Description: Kettle is hiring a Front-End Web Developer!Job Location: San Francisco Bay AreaKettle is a growing digital agency focused on finding great people to deliver fantastic interactive products. We are a passionate, fearless, multi-disciplinary team advocating for users to the benefit of our clients. Based in the heart of Soho, we work in an open, collaborative, creative environment. Our clients include leading brands and digital innovators such as American Express, Sesame Street, McGraw-Hill, The New Museum, YouTube, and many more. Check out our website for a selection of recent work.We are looking for a full-time Front-End Web Developer with an appreciation for pixel-perfect creative implementation and intuitive interaction. Maybe pondering how best to implement a responsive grid keeps you up at night. Or maybe you prefer SASS over LESS, or you've never gone back to adding extra CSS classes once you discovered pseudo-classes. Maybe the first application you load up when your computer starts is Sublime Text. And while you may not love them, you know the in's and out's of CSS generators.If this sounds like you, this is a unique opportunity to work on a high profile client known for it’s innovative technology team. Want to try a new SASS plug-in that would be a good fit for a particular campaign? Go for it. Use the right technology and approach for the task at hand. No dogma here...Your responsibilities as a Front-End Web Developer include:Working with the Product and Creative teams to provide level-of-effort assessments, product recommendations, and technical considerationsBuilding the client-side code for polished Web applications, from HTML to CSS to JavaScriptWork with designers to create pixel-perfect templates and sliced imagesCollaborate in an Agile environment to rapidly iterate and prototype digital productsWrite clean, well organized and fully documented codeYou must have a strong understanding of the following:HTML5CSS3 (including transitions)JavaScript proficiency (including object-oriented design)A CSS generator, such as LESS or SASSA CSS grid framework, such as Bootstrap or YUIWeb browser backward compatibility—especially Internet Explorer quirksExtra credit:Server-side scripting such as PHP, Python, or RubyCoffeeScript or similarTable-based HTML e-mail template creationMore about the job:This is a full-time jobCandidate must be able to work onsite in the Bay Area, and be a US citizen or have a work permit.Candidate must also understand that this is not a 9-5 job: we take a lot of pride in our work, which sometimes requires one to put in a few extra hours to deliver. But we make the work environment fun and enjoyable.Competitive compensation based on experience and breadth of skill set.No recruiters or agencies please.
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