Experienced Front-end Web Developer

What you’ll be doing day-to-day

• Writing code with a focus on performance, speedy page load times, improving conversion rates
• Building sites and implementing redesigns, designed in Illustrator/Sketch, on our WordPress or static-based sites
• Coding features for our sites (both through WP Themes and not) using HTML5/CSS/PHP/JS
• Designing and developing better user experiences and measuring the effect on those through A/B tests
• Future-proofing our sites with maintenance fixes, updating features, and rolling out responsive, mobile-friendly platforms
• Conversing, committing, and delivering via Asana/Slack/GitHub/email (in whatever order that is)
• Exploring new technologies/tools for finding solutions to new (and old) problems
• Optimizing conversions with A/B testing

Application Architecture (things you’ll HAVE to know)

• Experience with static site generators like Jekyll, Gatsby, or Hugo
• Fundamental PHP experience especially as it relates to maintaining WordPress themes and websites
• Semantic HTML
• Sass, Bourbon, etc. (or other CSS pre-processor)
• CSS Frameworks (Bourbon/Neat, Bootstrap, etc... we roll our own, btw)
• JavaScript & jQuery skills
• Experience with build and package management tools like Gulp, NPM, Bower, etc
• Structured Data (gotta satisfy the Googles)
• Advanced understanding of all the cool buzzwords... SEO, Web-standards, accessibility and usability concepts, information architecture, UX & UI design (heavy on the UX)
• Good communication skills & a great can-do attitude (We’re totally serious about this one.)
• A GitHub account or experience with other version control (SVN, CVS, etc. ... but git/gh is where it's at)

Tech Stack

Must Know:

• Jekyll, Liquid (templating)
• HTML, CSS
• JavaScript, JavaScript, JavaScript, jQuery
• PHP, WordPress, MySQL

Prefer to have:

• Ruby
• CI/CD

Bonus:

• JAMstack (Jekyll, Gatsby, Hugo)
• JavaScript (Vanilla, React, jQuery, ES6)
• Node.js, Express, React
• Build Tools (Gulp, Webpack)
• AWS Lambda, RDS, Firebase, Netlify
• MongoDB, GraphQL, and Apollo

Pluses

• Chris Coyier is a hero of yours.
• You’ve hosted a website with Netlify, Forestry, or a similar service
• You have converted a WordPress website to Jekyll, Hugo or another static site
• You know the entire CanIUse library inside and out.
• You want to teach as much as learn.
• You have a pixel-perfect design eye with Photoshop/Illustrator or Sketch skills to match. It’s going to come in super-handy.
• You read sites like SmashingMagazine.com and actually put tutorials into practice.
• You’ve attended a WordCamp, Meetup, or other industry conference.

Human Environment

• Centrally located in downtown Houston, free employee parking
• Coed work environment, casual dress
• Cool office perks (free sodas/Topo Chico/coffee, snacks, etc.)
• Generous salary considerations & full benefits

What We Value

We love to work as a team but office hours are flexible. Producing is more important than meeting a “9 to 5” schedule. We understand there are moments when you need to isolate yourself to concentrate so working from home is permitted and encouraged. We like to have a good time and minimize stress with good in-office coffee, lounge/reading time and regular happy hours. We work hard and meet realistic deadlines. What good is delivering a poor product early?

HigherEducation.com builds sites that attract more than 15,000 online student enrollments annually for our university partners.

Apply

If you think you’d be a good fit, fill out this application and we’ll talk: https://goo.gl/forms/dG4iUxe2cgxYzjLI2