Gale Creative Agency

GALE is a business agency that helps brands solve complex challenges through our integrated consultancy and agency offering. Headquartered in New York with offices in Toronto and Bangalore, our teams are connected by a set of core values that inform everything we do, from how we hire to how we work together: values like Everyone Matters, No Silos, and Masters of Our Craft. If you’re driven by a passion to build something great, a desire to innovate, and a commitment to achieve excellence in your craft, GALE is a great place for you. As a Sr Front End Developer you are both technical and creative. You are the glue that holds the design and the technology together by bringing to life the killer creative and experiences that we design. You create pixel perfect, reusable, extensible, flexible, high-performing front-end experiences that integrate seamlessly with back-end code. You are passionate about coding in ReactJS, HTML5, CSS3 and JavaScript … especially JavaScript frameworks and UI Libraries. You have experience working with one or more of these modern frameworks and libraries like VueJS, ReactJS and Angular you know the landscape changes in lightning speed so you constantly keep yourself up-to-date experimenting with new frameworks. Who you are: Post-secondary education in Computer Science or equivalent In-depth understanding of asynchronous code, call backs, and promises Strong experience using front-end frameworks (React.js, React Native, Redux, HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, Node etc.) Familiarity with the MVC pattern Some Knowledge of web standards, SEO and accessibility Asset if you have experience integrating front-end code with backend services (web services, RESTful services, JSON, XML, web sockets) Knowledge of responsive design methodologies Knowledge of CSS pre-processors like LESS or SASS is an asset JavaScript unit testing frameworks like Jasmine is an asset Ability to articulate and explain details around web development basics like browser security issues, iframe to iframe communication, https requests, CORS What you will be doing: Design and develop front-end and mobile applications using React.js and React Native Develop front-end code that adheres to architectural guidelines (secure, high-performing, scalable, extensible, flexible, simple) Understand business requirements and turn them into technical designs Understand style guides and turn them into front-end code- Understand information architecture and visual designs and turn them into front end code Understand backend interfaces and develop front-end code that integrates with those interfaces- Execute in a test driven development environment, writing unit tests and building code to pass unit tests Execute in an agile environment using industry standard tools and delivering weekly code releases- Understand cross browser, cross platform development issues and solutions Estimate for design and development effort

GALE helps brands solve complex challenges through our integrated consultancy and agency offering. Headquartered in New York with offices in Toronto and Bangalore, our teams are connected by a set of core values that inform everything we do, from how we hire to how we work together: values like Everyone Matters, No Silos, and Masters of Our Craft. If you’re driven by a passion to build something great, a desire to innovate, and a commitment to achieve excellence in your craft, GALE is a great place for you. As a Senior Full Stack Developer, you’re a creative and technically skilled individual responsible for bringing great user experience and design to life. You create reusable, extensible, flexible, high-performing web applications from front end to back end. You’re a master of lightweight, scalable web technologies like HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript and ReactJS on the front end and Python, Django on the back end. You know the technology landscape changes rapidly and enjoy keeping up to date by experimenting with new frameworks. You’re comfortable working in an agile environment, using test-driven development, automated testing suites and continuous integration. You’re comfortable using industry standard development tools like GitHub and JIRA. You’re as comfortable working with clients, business strategist and designers as you are working with hard-core techies. You love delivering innovation and creating applications for high-profile clients. Who you are: 4+ years of experience developing great web applications Experience in Python using Flask, Django with an ORM like SQLAlchemy Development experience in HTML5, CSS3, and JavaScript Proficiency using Bootstrap and jQuery Experience building multiple websites using a framework like ReactJS, AngularJS, KnockoutJS, BackboneJS Experience building responsive websites Experience using a CSS preprocessor like LESS or SASS Experience developing databases for using with middle tier, working with MySQL, Mongo, Postgres etc. Familiar with relational or document database design Solid experience working with Git source control What you will do: Design and develop full stack web applications using the latest web technologies, primarily Python, Django Create technical designs based on business requirements Execute in a test-driven development environment, writing unit tests, and building code to pass unit tests Execute in an agile environment using industry standard tools and delivering weekly code releases Develop and test for cross browser, cross platform applications