Front-end UI & Shopify Developer

• Work collaboratively with designers, researchers, project managers, quality analysts, and other developers to plan and implement interactive experiences for agency work.
• Think through project challenges to provide recommendations and out of the box solutions.
• Lead technology discussions for client interactions.
• Research and evaluate new technologies that may improve performance and the elegance of how we work.

Requirements

• Solid experience (3+ years minimum) in UI or Frontend Development with a proficient understanding of web markup, including HTML5, CSS3 and JavaScript.
• Proficient understanding of client-side scripting and JavaScript frameworks, including jQuery.
• Good understanding of advanced JavaScript libraries and frameworks such as VueJs and ReactJS.
• Proficiency in developing on Shopify.
• Experience working with clients to gauge expectations. Ability to translate brief to actionable work, execute against requirements, and demo work while adhering to feedback from client to deliverable.
• Ability to own sprint tasks and burn down.
• Solid experience in developing CSS3 styles straight and through SASS. Deep knowledge of SASS features and how it works, strongly desired.
• Excellent problem solving and debugging skills with the DOM.
• Good understanding of asynchronous request handling, partial page updates, and AJAX.
• Proficient understanding of cross-browser compatibility issues and ways to work around them.
• Experience using GIT as a version control system with a team.
• Good understanding of SEO principles and ensuring that the application will adhere to them.
• Basic knowledge of image authoring tools, to be able to crop, resize, or perform small adjustments on an image.
  Familiarity with tools such as Sketch or Photoshop.

Preferred skills & technologies

• High-level communication skills, being able to communicate complex technical concepts and ideas for non-technical audiences
• Exposure to GraphQL in client or server environments
• Full-stack experience with languages such as JavaScript, PHP, Lambdas
• Experience working with AWS cloud platform services such as S3, CloudFront, and Lambda
• Familiarity with databases such as MySQL
• Ability to quickly learn a wide range of languages and tools
• Experience working at a professional services company such as a marketing agency or consulting firm 
• Experience managing complex web development projects 
• Experience working in the eCommerce industry
• Experience with Shopify+ platform

Benefits

Remote Work and Flexibility: We offer the option to work remotely, providing you with the flexibility to manage your time and achieve a healthy work-life balance. If you prefer, you can also choose to work from our office in Montevideo according to your preferences.