Web Developer
Hireology’s technology empowers businesses to build great teams. Over the last seven years, we’ve grown from a startup to a market-leading organization with over 150 team members, and built an award-winning culture that makes this company an amazing place to work.
It’s with that in mind that Hireology is looking to add a dedicated Web Developer to our User Experience team to help us lead and grow our Career Sites product line. Our Career Sites product helps our customers communicate the value of their own culture to potential applicants. The person in this role will work with both internal teams and our customers to ensure that value is being communicated in an effective manner, regardless of what device the applicant may be using.
Note that while this job will is initially based in our Chicago headquarters and be allowed to work from home a few days a week, there will be an option to make it fully remote in the future.
As our Web Developer, you’ll be responsible for:
Leading development and support of our Career Sites product, which currently is comprised of over 800+ individual websites (HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Jekyll).
Working with our backend engineers to improve and maintain the administrative interface for Career Sites (HTML, CSS, Ruby).
Researching and testing various SEO strategies and implementing them across Career Sites.
Occasionally collaborating with our Marketing department to provide maintenance and make minor improvements to our main website, our conference website, and the website for “The Best Team Wins”.
So what kind of person are we looking for in this role? We have a pretty unique culture here at Hireology, and the person who will be successful in this role will be:
Comfortable collaborating both across departments and with our customers to deliver the best product.
Driven to ensure the experience for our user’s applicants is great regardless of what device they are using.
Passionate about growing professionally.
Okay, we’ve laid out what the job is - now are you qualified? Below are the minimum qualifications we’re looking for in a Web Developer. Also, we want a chance to get to know who you are and why you applied, so please include a cover letter.
Minimum three years of experience in a web development role.
Passion for crafting great user experiences on multiple devices.
Deep understanding of HTML, CSS/SASS, and responsive development.
Understanding of vanilla JavaScript design patterns and best practices.
Experience in either mobile-friendly or mobile-first development practices.
Understanding of current best practices concerning SEO.
Knowledge of Git (or other source control systems).
Must have unrestricted work authorization to work in the United States.
Bonus points for experience with:
Interaction design
Ruby
WordPress
So what can you expect after you apply? You will:
Take a brief true/false survey. Be sure to check your email after you apply.
Have a phone conversation with our Director of People. This is a high level conversation about you, but also a good opportunity for you to learn more about us.
Meet with our Manager of UX to talk shop. Be prepared to talk about how you approach work technically with examples of how you have done it in the past. No whiteboaring solutions or anything like that. We just want to nerd out a bit with you about CSS and Javascript.
Come in to the office to meet with our VP of Product and Manager of Implementation. This is a great opportunity to learn about where the product you are working on came from, where it is now, and where we hope to take it.
Provide us some references. We use our automated reference check system for this, so you just give us some names, they fill out a survey, and we are all set.
Meet virtually with some of the remote team. We want to give you some idea of the people you will be working with. We ask the serious questions here, like your top three movies.
Talk to our CEO, Adam Robinson. Adam has spoken to nearly every hire that has ever been made at Hireology. If you have made it this far, just be yourself, and everything will be fine.