Front End Web Developer

Who are we?

Smarsh empowers its customers to manage risk and unleash intelligence in their digital communications. Our growing community of over 6500 organizations in regulated industries counts on Smarsh every day to help them spot compliance, legal or reputational risks in 80+ communication channels before those risks become regulatory fines or headlines. Relentless innovation has fueled our journey to consistent leadership recognition from analysts like Gartner and Forrester, and our sustained, aggressive growth has landed Smarsh in the annual Inc. 5000 list of fastest-growing American companies since 2008.

We are seeking a front-end web developer to join our team. Qualified candidates are expected to have a working knowledge of HTML5, CSS, JavaScript, the jQuery library, PHP, and the WordPress CMS. Leveraging your solid understanding of user interface and user experience (UI/UX) design, you will create repeatable code and build high-quality UI content with scalability in mind. You will also be responsible for implementing new functionality in the WordPress environment, creating custom web pages, handling the integration of third-party and custom plugins, child theme concepts and functionality, and performing routine maintenance and performance optimizations.

Smarsh is an award-winning tech company that helps companies communicate and collaborate while remaining compliant with ever-changing regulations. To promote our market leadership and build awareness of our unique value, we need you to bring your most innovative, out-of-the-box thinking and data-driven abilities.

This role reports directly to the Sr. Manager Web & Digital Marketing.

What will you do?

• Collaborate with designers to transform UI/UX wireframes into front-end code with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript/ jQuery within the WordPress CMS 
• Write high-quality, scalable, and repeatable code
• Optimize Web properties for maximum speed and scalability
• Develop and maintain responsive, cross-browser compatible webpages using the WordPress CMS
• Ensure high-quality graphic standards and brand consistency
• Troubleshoot and debug issues in front-end codebases; perform routine performance optimizations
• Participate in code reviews and contribute to our development best practices
• Build web applications with web development best practices
• Gather and refine specifications and requirements based on technical requirements or UX design 
• Work with SEO analyst to optimize web pages with technical best practices
• On-site search implementation and optimization
• Work with back-end developers to integrate UI components with APIs and databases

What will you bring?

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Web Development, or applicable experience.
• 5+ years of professional experience in front-end development
• Strong understanding of UI/UX/responsive design principles
• Knowledge of SEO principles and best practices, including on-page and technical SEO
• Familiarity with version control systems 
• Knowledge of cross-browser compatibility issues and solutions
• Prior experience working in an Agile/SCRUM environment
• Experience with JavaScript libraries such jQuery
• Demonstrated ability to integrate applications with 3rd party services
• Stay up-to-date with emerging technologies and industry trends

About our culture

Smarsh hires lifelong learners with a passion for innovating with purpose, humility and humor. Collaboration is at the heart of everything we do. We work closely with the most popular communications platforms and the world’s leading cloud infrastructure platforms. We use the latest in AI/ML technology to help our customers break new ground at scale. We are a global organization that values diversity, and we believe that providing opportunities for everyone to be their authentic self is key to our success. Smarsh leadership, culture, and commitment to developing our people have all garnered Comparably.com Best Places to Work Awards. Come join us and find out what the best work of your career looks like.