As a Front End Developer at Movable Ink, you’ll partner with some of the world’s most recognized brands, helping them bring dynamic, real-time marketing experiences to life across email, web, mobile, and display channels. You’ll work within a flexible React-based framework but spend most of your time writing vanilla JavaScript, HTML, and CSS to create polished, custom solutions that deliver immediate business impact for clients. Projects are short-cycle, varied, and collaborative, requiring creativity, technical craftsmanship, and clear communication. Think smaller, purpose-built applications in a fast-paced, agency-like environment.
Responsibilities:
- Collaborate with Client Experience Managers and Solutions Architects to scope and define technical requirements for client projects
- Build, test, and deliver client-specific apps and dynamic experiences on top of the Movable Ink Platform
- Translate designs and ideas into functional, production-ready email/web/mobile experiences
- Provide input on feasibility and UX improvements during the design phase
- Balance multiple projects at once with autonomy and ownership, delivering on time and upholding code quality
- Troubleshoot and support deployed client projects as needed
Qualifications:
- 2+ years of experience writing client-side technologies (JavaScript, HTML, CSS)
- Strong vanilla JavaScript fundamentals; React knowledge is a plus, but not the core of your daily work
- Experience working in an environment where priorities shift and projects are short-term and highly varied (agency or consulting experience is a plus)
- Familiarity with consuming REST APIs and working with dynamic data
- Strong UX sensibility and attention to detail
- Experience with automated testing tools (Jest, Karma, etc.) is a plus
- Strong time management skills and ability to work independently on multiple concurrent projects in a dynamic, client-facing environment
Studies have shown that women, communities of color, and historically underrepresented people are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification. We are committed to building a diverse and inclusive culture where all Inkers can thrive. If you’re excited about the role but don’t meet all of the abovementioned qualifications, we encourage you to apply. Our differences bring a breadth of knowledge and perspectives that makes us collectively stronger.
We welcome and employ people regardless of race, color, gender identity or expression, religion, genetic information, parental or pregnancy status, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, ethnicity, family or marital status, physical and mental ability, political affiliation, disability, Veteran status, or other protected characteristics. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer.
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