Front End Developer

Summary of Position:

• We are team focused on improving the e-commerce website user experience and performance through rigorous experimentation.
• We are looking for a talented front-end developer skilled in the use of JavaScript to join our team of developers. Our team creates A/B tests for use on multiple clients' e-commerce sites and use several different A/B testing platforms.
• The applicant should be skilled in writing pure JavaScript code. We cannot use JS frameworks or 3rd party tools in our A/B testing platforms, and we do not use React/Angular/Vue.js/Node.js. Training in developing A/B tests and using A/B testing platforms will be provided.
• The applicant should also be proficient in the use of HTML and CSS, and be able to create JS/CSS/HTML code to modify a web page or pages across an e-commerce site. They should also be conversant with how Single Page Applications work so they are able to create A/B test code that will work on a SPA.
• The applicant must be able to test that their code works correctly on different browsers and on different devices using Browsestack, real devices or similar.
• This is a remote or hybrid position - the applicant must be capable of working on an A/B test on their own, creating a JS script that will modify an existing web page to match exactly the design and requirement.
• The applicant will be required to remotely attend daily scrum calls, plus regular team, department and company calls.

Required Skills:

• Education: Bachelor's degree
• Experience: 4–5 years working with front end development, especially in pure JavaScript, HTML and CSS.
  Experience in modifying and manipulating the DOM dynamically.
• Strong communication skills to work with our Design, QA and Account Management teams.
• Experience in cross browser testing for troubleshooting and QA.
• Comfortable debugging and manipulating live websites.
• Familiarity with using browser dev tools and console debugging.
• Familiarity with agile workflows and version control (Git).
• Proficient in using an IDE like VS Code.

Nice to have:

• Experience of client side A/B testing.
• Experience of A/B testing platforms such as VWO/Optimizely/Monetate/Dynamic Yield.
• Experience of working on e-commerce websites.
• Experience with asynchronous API requests.
• Experience of working on SPA websites.
• Experience of Browserstack for device testing.
• Understanding of UX principles and web performance.
• Experience of Jira.