Senior Front-End Developer

TEKsystems - Chicago, IL

Full-time - Mid Level

Remote - Chicago, IL

10,001+ employees

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

About the position

The Senior Front-End Developer role at One North, a TEKsystems company, involves working within a creative and energetic team to build innovative digital experiences for clients. This position emphasizes collaboration across various disciplines, allowing developers to explore and create while focusing on performance, accessibility, and maintainability of web applications.

Responsibilities

• Create beautiful and useful end-user experiences, while simultaneously engineering for performance, accessibility, and maintainability
• Bring an expert-level understanding of the tools, processes, and approaches for building world-class front-end experiences
• Exhibit an appreciation for UX/UI and creative design principles
• Collaborate with multi-disciplinary teammates to deliver strategic solutions to our clients' challenges
• Act as technical expert for front-end projects, giving thoughtful guidance and suggestions
• Provide insight and consult on codebases and component libraries

Requirements

• 3 or more years of experience working in an agency or consulting environment highly preferred
• Advanced practitioner of HTML/CSS/JS, using modern, best practices
• Ample experience with JS Frameworks (we currently use React/Next and Vue/Nuxt)
• Considerable experience with SCSS or similar CSS preprocessors
• Ability to develop resilient websites that deliver consistent experiences across screen sizes, devices, and browsers
• Understanding of SEO concepts, especially concerning semantic markup
• Experience with design systems as contributor or consumer (ideally both!)
• Ability and desire to create websites that meet accessibility standards (WCAG 2.1)
• Ability to integrate 3rd party libraries to meet project requirements
• Ability to traverse Git-based repositories and apply version control concepts
• Familiarity with various front-end build tools (e.g., Webpack, Gulp, Parcel)
• Experienced in populating content with both headless and traditional Content Management Systems
• Ability to navigate design platforms (Figma, Figjam) and identify potential conflicts/opportunities
• Experience with JavaScript and timeline-based animation libraries (e.g., GSAP, Three.js)

Nice-to-haves

• Effective communication and desire to collaborate
• Eye for detail and high personal standards around builds
• Professional curiosity and ability to stay up to date with emerging technologies
• Engaged in industry best practices and standards

Benefits

• Annual bonuses
• Commissions
• Profit sharing