Senior Front-end Developer
What you'll do:
- Build and improve software systems for a fast-growing, disruptive e-commerce company
- Work with our designers to transform Sketch and Photoshop files into beautiful, fast, customer-facing web pages that make a user’s day better
- Build proofs of concept and functional prototypes
- Provide real-time feedback on the technical feasibility of designs
- Contribute to our web stack—from static HTML and CSS to our comprehensive React-based framework interacting with the Python backend
- Create reusable JS/CSS libraries and components for use throughout our site
Who You Are:
- Armed with at least 6 years of professional programming experience
- Comfortable taking ownership of your work
- A clear and friendly communicator
- Equipped with a strong eye for detail and a taste for aesthetics
- Someone with carefully considered opinions both about what makes for a good user experience and the technical specifics of how to build one
- Hungry for knowledge and skill sharing
- Eager to work in small collaborative teams with people that appreciate beautiful code
Extra credit:
- High-level experience in e-commerce
- A track record of building interesting and/or challenging side projects
- Experience with React, Backbone.js, or other modern client-side frameworks
- Experience using versioning software such as Github
- Full-stack experience
- Familiarity with Python
- Excellent verbal and written communications skills
- Off-the-charts leadership skills
About Warby Parker
Warby Parker is a transformative lifestyle brand offering designer eyewear at a revolutionary price while leading the way for socially-conscious businesses. By cutting out the middlemen and engaging directly with consumers, we're able to offer ultra-high-quality, vintage-inspired frames for $95 including shipping. There's a bigger picture, too: social innovation is woven into the DNA of the company, and for every pair of glasses purchased, a pair is distributed to someone in need.
Since all work and no play makes a dull office, we're thoroughly committed to infusing our days with surprises, brain-stimulating activities, and, when appropriate, costumes. As a team member at Warby Parker you can look forward to company outings, guest speakers, and all sorts of other goodness.
In 2015, Fast Company named us the #1 Most Innovative Company. We’re also a certified B Corporation, which means that we are held to the highest standards of social and environmental performance.
Some benefits and perks of working at Warby Parker:
- Health, vision, and dental insurance
- Cell phone reimbursement
- Flexible “My Time” vacation policy
- Parental leave policy
- Retirement savings plan (401k)
- Free eyewear (discounts for friends and family!)
- Health & wellness stipend
- Quarterly team outings