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Position Overview:

The Sparks Full-stack/Front End Developer role works with the Creative Technology team to build, deploy, and support the software that powers our cutting-edge interactive experiences that connect audiences with brands at live and digital events.

We are seeking a Full-stack/Front End Developer who loves to move fluidly between both creative and technical thinking, is comfortable engineering beautiful interfaces, and strives to realize unique interactive experiences with these proven skills. Our ideal Full-stack/Front End Developer brings an engineer’s mind and a designer’s mentality together to solve complex UI problems in code and in design. This role is focused on defining the needs and requirements for front end interfaces, defining scope, and working closely with the larger Creative Technology and IT teams and a team of developers on testing, deploying, and integrating with back end services to ship amazing experiences.

Responsibilities:

• Lead technical design and integration efforts from discovery meetings through launch

• Know and understand the tech stack and present feasibility studies for proposed designs to the development team

• Work with the development team to help define system architecture

• Work with the design team to help define UI requirements and constraints

• Translate designs and build beautiful front end experiences, test components, and integrate with back end services

• Define front end architecture and components, define user experience, handle state and client-side experiences

• Write tests for code, deploy, and support

• Fine tune system requirements based on load and performance

• Work to thoroughly document process for future technical support

• Support research + development efforts internally for new technologies

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or similar, or equivalent practical experience

• Experience with AWS and GCP and platform-specific technologies

• Experience working with engineering teams across an organization

• Experience in front end technologies and frameworks, focus on Vue preferred but experience in Angular, React, vanilla HTML and JS as well

• Experience consuming APIs, posting data, managing state in dynamic applications

• Understanding of back end technologies and requirements: we use Laravel, Flask, Node and others

Preferred Skills:

• Proficient in Google Drive and Microsoft Office

• Strong attention to detail, a positive attitude, and a team player

• Ability to operate within a fast-paced environment

• Excellent written, verbal and interpersonal communication skills

• Up to date on current technology paradigms and frameworks

One or more of the following:

• Knowledge of Docker and containerization

• Github or related version control

• Vue, React, Angular or similar

• Deploying to cloud services: virtual machines, databases, and other resources

• Familiarity with Laravel, Rails, Django or similar