Mid / Sr Frontend Developer

We are a startup with headquarters in Miami, FL. Offices in Mexico and clients from all over the world. Where now we have an opening for an experienced frontend developer with creative ideas; If you love well-maintained code and collaborative environments where you can innovate, read on. We are looking to create and grow an amazing in-house development team that will help us realize our business ideas and vision the greatest way possible, for many years to come.

Job description and Role:   This is a hands-on role that will take our services to a new level of excellence. You will ensure the readiness of our backend services and related projects and initiatives, for instance:

• Design top-tier UX
• Building new user interfaces
• Solve complex problems
• Integrating new technologies

Your primary focus will be the development of all client-side logic and the definition and maintenance of our code. You will ensure high performance and responsiveness on the browsers, taking into account scalability and peak traffic. You will also be responsible for integrating the back-end services built by your colleagues into the application so a basic understanding of back-end technologies is necessary. You and your new team will build, maintain and support all of our existing sites throughout the product lifecycle, including implementing functional enhancements, solving issues and maintaining a clean codebase with great documentation. Your playground will consist of a Vagrant environment running Ubuntu (LAMP), the main project is based on Laravel and Vue The new team member will work closely with Product Owners, Solutions Architect, backend team and front-end team developers following an Agile/Scrum methodology. 

Essential skills:

• Experience with JS frameworks (Vue.js, React, Angular or similar)
• HTML5 / CSS3 / Javascript
• CSS Frameworks (Bootstrap, Foundation, Bulma, etc)
• Bringing a designer’s concept to life with beautiful code
• Production, modification, and maintenance of websites and web application user interfaces
• Implementing responsive design for mobile sites
• Contributing some back-end experience with PHP and/or frameworks like Laravel (or similar)
• Strong experience integrating third-party services
• Good understanding of composer and npm package managers
• Website design experience
• English as a second language

Nice to have:

• Bachelor or Master degree in Computer Science or related field and at least 4 years of professional experience building backend/e-commerce sites with demonstrated success
• Linux shell experience
• Comfortable working with JIRA
• Understanding of accessibility, security compliance, and the OWASP security principles
• Experience in testing and continuous integration

Why work for GaraGroup?

• You will work in a very positive environment with helpful colleagues
• An attractive salary
• $1,500.00 – $1,900.00 USD
• Opportunity to make an impact on our clients/customers from day 1
• Healthy work/life balance (Gym membership)
• Office location in the heart of Guadalajara (Zona financiera Providencia )
• Young, growing and profitable company
• International working environment
• Relocation Bonus
• Friday lunch is on us

Job Type: Full-time

Job Type: Full-time

Salary: $1,500.00 to $1,900.00 USD /month