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As an Associate Developer, you’ve got demonstrated experience with HTML5, CSS3, and Vanilla JS, which means you’re good to go when it comes to developing innovative features for responsive websites. If you’re always looking to learn and grow in your role, then good news—you’ll get key mentorship from a Tech Lead and will gain experience working with departments like Creative and UX to create top-notch user experiences. You have a strong foundational knowledge of ES5 and ES6—but we’ll welcome any experience you have with JavaScript as well. Most importantly, you are driven to hone your craft through a passion for technology.
Our new hires & employees are the future of our organization, and we want to set you up for long-term success. In an effort to do so, we expect our team to work from an office a minimum of 3 days a week.
You Will:
- Rapidly prototype with code using modern front-end frameworks and digital pattern libraries.
- Deliver solutions balancing technical and business requirements.
- Understand business and user requirements.
- Maintain high coding standards and practices to exercise quality control on all aspects of web development.
- Problem-solve in all areas of web development.
You Have:
- 0-2 years demonstrated development experience with hand-coding advanced HTML, CSS, HTML5, CSS3, and JavaScript.
- Demonstrated understanding of Responsive Web Design principles.
- Proficiency with Semantic HTML Markup.
- Experience working with cross-functional and cross-office teams.
- Experience diagnosing and solving cross-browser and cross-platform issues.
You May Have:
- Demonstrated development experience with React.
- Package manager and automation tool experience (npm, gulp, grunt).
What We Offer:
- Global maternity and parental leave
- Competitive benefits packages
- Vacation, compassionate leave, wellness days, and flex days
- Access to online services for families and new parents
- Early Dismissal Friday’s (off at 3:00 PM local time every Friday)
- Diversity and Inclusion Board with 13 affinity groups
- Internal learning and development programs
- Enterprise-wide employee discounts
Critical Mass is an equal opportunity employer.
The Critical Mass Talent Acquisition team will only communicate from email addresses that use the URLs criticalmass.com and us.greenhouse-mail.io. We will not use apps such as Facebook Messenger, WhatsApp, or Google Hangouts for communicating with you. We will never ask you to send us money, technology, or anything else to work for our company. If you believe you are the victim of a scam, please review your local government consumer protections guidance and reach out to them directly.
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Critical Mass Chicago, Illinois, USA Office
225 N. Michigan Avenue, Suite 2050, Chicago, IL, United States, 60601
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