Front End Developer
Front-End Developer
Tiny Prints, Inc. is a privately-held online retailer of modern, personalized and premium social stationery. Our two brands, Tiny Prints and Wedding Paper Divas, offer a wide range of products, from birth announcements to wedding invitations, holiday cards and thank you notes—all designed to help our customers celebrate life's important moments. Since 2004, we have built an exclusive network of top designers such as DwellStudio, and our loyal customer following includes celebrities like Gwyneth Paltrow. Now six years old and supported by more than 200 employees, the business has grown at an annualized rate of roughly 200% since its inception, and we have aggressive plans for further growth in the coming years. We are a fast-paced and profitable start-up backed by Summit Partners and Technology Cross Ventures.
We are hiring a Front-End Developer to join our growing Creative Department. We are looking for someone who knows and follows web standards trends and is active in understanding the latest techniques. This person must also be fully comfortable spending all day hand-coding web pages using (x)HTML, CSS (even a sprinkling of CSS3) and Javascript. This person is not comfortable in design-view. This person will be working side-by-side with colleagues in a highly collaborative (and fast-paced) environment to create beautiful, standards-compliant code using HTML, CSS and Javascript (if necessary).
If you:
Are passionate for web standards,
Have an expert-level understanding of cross-browser compatibility (IE6+, FF2+, Safari 3+),
Have an expert-level understanding of (X)HTML and CSS,
Have at least an intermediate level understanding of Javascript (Prototype, jQuery, Mootools, etc),
Have at least an intermediate level understanding of a Version Control System (SVN, git, CVS, etc), and
Are able to conceptualize a problem and find the best and most appropriate solution to it.
We want to talk to you! Even better, if you have any of the following:
CSS3/HTML5
Experience writing HTML emails
Flash experience
Start-up and e-commerce experience We REALLY want to talk to you!
apply to: jobs@tinyprints.com
Your responsibilities will include (but are not limited to):
Being a coding champion for our brands and find new and innovative ways to elevate our creative work (code is art!)
Building web pages for the company websites (tinyprints.com, weddingpaperdivas.com, etc) based on a template provided and within the current website framework
Building landing and promotional pages
Building HTML emails
Researching new browser and web technologies and then implementing them.
The characteristics we are looking for are:
Strong interpersonal and communication skills
Attention to detail
Organized and meticulous
Willing to go the extra mile to do and spend whatever time it takes to meet deadlines.
Able to work independently with little to no direction while being able to multi-task and handle various on-going projects at once and still remain extremely productive and timely.
Someone who takes great pride and ownership in their code and making it the best and most efficient as possible
A team player.
Additional qualifications and desired skills:
5+ years work experience as a Web Developer
Experience programming for SEO
Experience developing processes/standards/conventions for coding, file naming, CSS
Experience with bug/issue tracking software
B.S. in Computer Science or related field
Experience using Adobe products (Illustrator, Photoshop, etc) and Microsoft products (Word, Excel, etc)
Compensation:
Commensurate with experience, including 401(k) with matching, bonus plan, stock options, medical, dental and vision insurance plus other benefits.
To Apply:
Please reply to this posting with your resume and cover letter to pemberton.gordon@tinyprints.com with “Front End Developer" in the subject line. Please provide samples of your online work. Applicants will not be considered without samples that demonstrate your coding ability. Tiny Prints is an inclusive and equal opportunity employer. We encourage all qualified candidates to apply.
