Job Description
At Locals, We empower creators to be independent.
Founded in 2019 and based in New York, Locals is a platform that empowers independent content creators to publish their content, engage with their supporters, and make money from subscriptions (and not ads), on their own terms.On Locals.com, Creators significantly outperform other platforms in conversion rate to paid, subscription earnings, and positive sentiment.
About the role:
We are looking for a
Senior
Front End Developer to join our application engineering team to further develop our web applications written with the Vue.js framework. You will be responsible for feature development and maintaining existing applications including work on improving the architecture, the UI/UX and general application code working against an existing backend system. Working closely with product management and other developers, you will be crafting an application for use by millions of users.
What you’ll be doing:
- Work closely with the designers, product managers, and engineering leadership to build a high-quality user experience
- Extend and improve existing applications, working closely with other Front-End and Back-End Developers
- Work in Vue.js with JavaScript, and web technologies HTML/CSS
- Develop automated test infrastructure ensuring application quality (Cypress and other)
- Other duties as assigned
What you bring to the table:
- 5+ years overall front-end development experience, 2+ years with Vue.js experience
- Experience building responsive web applications
- Experience with CSS and frameworks to create a high-quality look and feel
- Strong understanding of JavaScript, and using REST API’s, building easy to maintain applications
- Experience creating custom Vue components
- Experience with Vue.js and SSR
- Strong communicator who collaborates well with cross functional teams
- Familiar with agile processes and continuous integration
In-office location: Sarasota OR Miami, FL
Remote: Eastern Time Zone only, also willing and able to travel 10%-25% of the time (mostly domestic)
EEO Statement:
Locals is an equal opportunity employer. We promote an equal playing field where everyone has the same opportunities regardless of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, veteran status, disability status, or any other applicable characteristics protected by law.
Physical Demands:
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit for extended periods of time. Required to extensively talk and hear. The employee frequently is required to walk; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; and stoop and kneel. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 20 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.