Web Developer

Optimizely

1d • $74,000 - $137,000

About The Position

Reporting to the Sr. Manager, Web Development, the Web Developer will be a core part of our digital experience team-working at the intersection of front-end development, content, and marketing to build a world-class web presence powered by Optimizely's own market-leading SaaS CMS. In this role, you will turn design files into polished, high-performing web experiences that bring our brand to life and make our site easier to grow. Working closely with a team of multidisciplinary designers, content creators, and senior engineers, you will build and maintain reusable UI components, ship pixel-accurate pages from Figma, and connect the front end to content through a headless CMS.

Requirements

• Strong JavaScript and React fundamentals with a solid grasp of component-based UI development.
• Working knowledge of HTML and CSS, including a utility-first framework such as Tailwind CSS.
• Comfort translating design system files (Figma) into production-ready web pages.
• Familiarity with Next.js or a similar server-rendered React framework.
• Experience using Git and standard version control workflows.
• Detail-oriented approach to consistent styling, code quality, and structured conventions.
• Collaborative working style with the ability to bridge communication between content/marketing teams and engineering.
• Excellent communicator comfortable working in a deadline-driven environment.
• Ability to work independently and manage multiple tasks with different timelines.
• Ability to work across multiple projects at the same time.
• Must possess a strong understanding of the software development cycle, Object-Oriented analysis, design and development. Strong understanding of design patterns like MVC and MVVM.
• High level of comfort using git alongside other developers, including deployments and code reviews.
• Understanding of issues involved in reliably deploying optimized websites from git code repositories.
• Understanding concepts of developing for a content management system.

Nice To Haves

• Experience working with Headless CMS platforms (e.g., Optimizely, Contentful, Sanity).
• Working knowledge of GraphQL basics.
• Experience with web accessibility standards (WCAG).
• Understanding of automated testing (unit and end-to-end).
• Exposure to component documentation tools like Storybook.
• A web development portfolio or past work examples that showcase your coding capabilities.
• Experience with Azure App Services, Functions, and SQL Databases.
• Experience with Optimizely (formerly Episerver).

Responsibilities

• Strong JavaScript and React fundamentals with a solid grasp of component-based UI development.
• Working knowledge of HTML and CSS, including a utility-first framework such as Tailwind CSS.
• Comfort translating design system files (Figma) into production-ready web pages.
• Familiarity with Next.js or a similar server-rendered React framework.
• Experience using Git and standard version control workflows.
• Detail-oriented approach to consistent styling, code quality, and structured conventions.
• Collaborative working style with the ability to bridge communication between content/marketing teams and engineering.
• Excellent communicator comfortable working in a deadline-driven environment.
• Ability to work independently and manage multiple tasks with different timelines.
• Ability to work across multiple projects at the same time.
• Must possess a strong understanding of the software development cycle, Object-Oriented analysis, design and development. Strong understanding of design patterns like MVC and MVVM.
• High level of comfort using git alongside other developers, including deployments and code reviews.
• Understanding of issues involved in reliably deploying optimized websites from git code repositories.
• Understanding concepts of developing for a content management system.

Benefits

• Optimizely is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Optimizely is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level