Front End Web Developer
Chapel Hill / Carrboro, NC
This position has been filled.
Job Description
Caktus is looking for a professional user experience designer and front end web developer who enjoys working on a team and is excited to make beautiful, user friendly websites. The ideal team member is also motivated to learn and work on new and diverse projects. Your work will involve:
- Creating mockups and wireframes of proposed designs and user stories
- Converting PSDs into standards compliant HTML and CSS
- Performing front-end JavaScript and jQuery development
- Cloning project repositories and running Django sites locally for development
- Working closely with and incorporating feedback from clients, project managers, and developers
Qualifications
- At least 3 years of professional web design experience
- Strong command of HTML and CSS
- Extensive knowledge of jQuery and other JavaScript frameworks
- Intimate knowledge of cross-browser compatibility, web standards, and SEO best practices
- Comfortable with template languages, especially Django templates
- Solid understanding of JSON, XML and interacting with public APIs
- Pro skills in Photoshop or GIMP
- Strong knowledge of usability and user experience (UX) design
- Good eye for layout, composition, and typography
- Always learning web new technologies and is active in the open source world
- Enjoys a fast pace, dynamic, challenging and team-oriented work environment
Bonus Points For
- Experience with distributed version control (Git, Mercurial)
- Experience with HTML5 and CSS3
- Experience developing mobile-optimized web applications
- Some Python experience is a plus, Django is even better
This is a contract-for-hire position that can grow into a full time position with benefits and is based out of our Carrboro, NC office.
We work hard to find the right people, and then reward them with a handsome set of benefits:
- Paid vacation and personal time
- Employee sponsored medical, dental and vision coverage