Yext puts business on the map. The Yext Knowledge Engine™ lets companies manage their digital knowledge in the cloud and sync it to over 100 services in the PowerListings® Network. Yext Listings, Pages, and Reviews help businesses around the globe facilitate face-to-face and digital interactions that boost brand awareness, drive foot traffic, and increase sales.
We’re currently on the hunt to add an amazing Web Developer to our team. This individual will sit in the Marketing organization, where they will learn from a more experienced developer as we build and maintain a world-class marketing website.
This is a great opportunity for a green developer to hone their skills on a lean, fast-paced team. You will work directly and closely with our Marketing Team alongside our designers, digital marketers and international teams to help create and maintain beautiful and functional websites and scalable backend content management systems. You’ll take a hands-on approach to a diverse set of development challenges, grow into new responsibilities, and have a huge business impact. This developer will also gain exposure to in-demand digital marketing skills like SEO and conversion rate optimization.
Our dream candidate is a curious, resourceful and detail-oriented problem-solver, with a passion for building web experiences that delight and convert users. Our candidate not only has exceptional coding skills and up-to-the-minute knowledge of web standards and innovations, but also has a natural understanding of design and bringing creative ideas to life. If you relish the opportunity to join that kind of team, we need to talk.
Responsibilities
- Support Yext's Marketing Team by developing and maintaining pixel-perfect, lean, and secure websites, landing pages, and digital communications
- Help build out a number of Content Management Systems (Wordpress) used by our Marketing Team
- Work with international teams to launch and maintain localized sites
- Continually look for ways to optimize interactive digital design and implementation to improve performance and accessibility
Minimum Requirements
- Has used coding skills in real-world applications and can share professional or personal examples of work
- Fluent in HTML5, CSS3, jQuery, and Javascript
- Familiarity with Content Management Systems such as Wordpress
- Good understanding of a programming language (bonus points if it’s PHP)
- An energetic, flexible, and approachable work style
- Must have ability to work on a team or independently
- Front-end development experience
- Ability to write clean, reusable code
- Proven experience in cross-browser optimization and creating responsive, mobile-friendly sites
- Experience with frontend development techniques such as AJAX
- Ability to turn design prototypes into websites
- Experience with SaaS or B2B software marketing a plus
- Experience with SCSS or other CSS compilers a plus
- Experience using source control software (such as Git) a plus
- BS in Computer Science or relevant technical certifications
Compensation, Benefits & Perks
Yext offers the following exceptional benefits: competitive compensation, 401k, unlimited snacks, daily meal allowance, flexible hours / paid time off, and excellent health / dental / vision insurance. Our mission is to help people go places—both consumers to our customers’ doorsteps and our employees to new heights in their careers. We treat our employees well and offer tremendous growth opportunities. Challenging work pushes our people to be creative in a casual environment that is caring, fun, and collaborative. We believe that when you have smart, happy people working together you can produce something special.
About
Yext is based in the heart of New York City, with offices operating in Berlin, Chicago, Dallas, London, Paris, Tokyo, and Washington D.C. Yext has been recognized as one of America’s fastest-growing companies by Inc. 5000 (2015 & 2016), one of Forbes’ Most Promising Companies (2014 & 2015), and one of Fortune's Best Places to Work (2014, 2015, & 2016). Most recently, Yext was named the #1 Workplace in New York City by Great Place to Work® and Fortune.
You can learn more about the Yext team and culture on the muse, our website, and blog.
Yext is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, creed, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, national origin, disability, age, genetic information, or Veteran status. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know.
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