Frontend Drupal & JavaScript Developer at Lullabot

Job Title: Frontend Drupal/ JavaScript Developer

Company: Lullabot

Location: Providence, Rhode Island, U.S.A

Posted Date: 2021 November 20th

Link: https://lullabot.bamboohr.com/jobs/view.php?id=29

Skill Level: Mid Level

Job Type: Full Time Remote

Job Responsibilities: Lullabot is seeking a full-time Front-end Developer who will thrive as part of the innovative and supportive Client Services team. They are looking for someone who writes organized, well-documented code, strives to follow coding standards and implement best practices, and who succeeds when working collaboratively on a team with content strategists, designers, developers, project managers, project owners and clients. They expect all candidates to have experience with Drupal, Sass/CSS, HTML, and modern JavaScript, and be comfortable building strategic front-end architecture for large websites. 

• Writing and debugging front-end code for Drupal (including but not limited to):

1. HTML, CSS, Sass, Twig, JavaScript
2. Theme template files, preprocess functions, theme hooks

• Writing and debugging front-end code with JavaScript (including but not limited to):

1. Vanilla JavaScript, JQuery, Drupal Behaviors

• Drupal site-building tasks (including but not limited to):

1. Enabling and configuring modules
2. Settings, configurations, views, menus, view modes

• Working with local development environments and command-line tools
• Attending scheduled stand-ups with the project team to provide updates
• Collaborating, planning, and completing development tasks
• Peer reviewing co-worker and client code changes
• Providing insight to improve front-end expertise of co-workers, contractors, and clients
• Documenting and evaluating requests from clients
• Setting priorities, expectations, and communicating with clients around project needs and task progress

Qualifications:

• Understanding of Drupal module ecosystem, including experience with Drupal 8 and 9
• Understanding of Package managers like Composer and npm
• Proficiency in core technologies for front-end development (CSS, Sass, HTML, and JavaScript)
• Comfortable working with jQuery and other more modern JavaScript libraries for front-end development like React, Vue.js and/or Node
• Recent experience for all aspects of Drupal theming including UI familiarity, configuration, and basic site administration, creation/manipulation of template files, preprocessing, and writing/overriding theme functions
• Used Git and Gitflow for version control in past professional roles
• Knowledge and adherence to Drupal coding and security standards
• Familiarity with terminal development tools like Drush
• Experience with pull request and peer-review workflow
• Familiarity working within an agile workflow and project ticketing systems
• Debugging experience in IE11+, mobile Safari, and more modern browsers
• Strong written and verbal professional communication skills
• Positive and encouraging attitude toward assigned work and co-workers
• Has a professional, collaborative, and proactive approach to people and problems
• The ability to use the following skills on a daily basis: friendliness, judgment, empowerment, respect, integrity, tact, and honesty
• A discerning, critical mindset that avoids cynicism
• Team player with proven ability to work well under pressure and within deadlines
• Self-directed: Able to work independently and within a virtual team, and consistently manage your own time and tasks 
• A desire for a healthy work/life balance: though additional work may sometimes be necessary, plan for a 40-hour workweek

Bonus  Skills:

• Experience with React, Vue, Node.js, etc.
• Experience creating and managing front-end build processes
• Hands-on experience with projects that implemented responsive design
• Knowledge of Docker-based local development environments
• Ability to identify and resolve front-end related performance problems
• Experience making front-end builds with npm/yarn
• Familiarity with accessibility best-practices
• Experience identifying and resolving accessibility-related issues
• Familiarity with developer tools available in modern browsers
• Familiarity with managed hosting services and deployment tools
• Been an active member of an open-source web community.
• Hands-on experience with projects that implemented design systems, like Pattern Lab
• Worked with large teams, 5+ people, on large projects from start to finish.

Pay Scale: $ 70,000-95,000 DOE