Contract Developer

 

  • Hours: Around 10 hours/week

  • Company Size: <10 people

 

Description

Vidcode is seeking a contract developer to help us maintain our creative coding platform. This position will work independently to maintain and improve Vidcode’s core products, allowing students and teachers to engage with creative coding. The ideal candidate is experienced in full-stack web development and eager to share the joys of creative coding with the world.

 

Responsibilities

You will be tasked with expanding and maintaining Vidcode’s core products, used in thousands of classrooms every day. Responsibilities for this position will include:

  • Researching, fixing to and prioritizing bugs and responding to bug reports by the team

  • Working closely with the Customer Support team and CEO to build new systems to support users

  • Maintaining integrated marketing systems such as Intercom and Mailchimp

  • Iterating on existing features of the Vidcode site, such as our workstation and classroom management tools

 

Who we’re looking for

Ideal candidates for this role will have:

  • Four or more years experience building websites in a production environment with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript

  • A creative mind and an ability to think critically

  • An ability to handle multiple tasks simultaneously and meet deadlines

As a Contract Developer, you will be working across the Vidcode stack. Strong candidates will have experience with the following technologies, though we don’t expect you to have experience with all of them:

  • Node.js, Express

  • MongoDB, Mongoose

  • Riot.js (experience with another JS application framework like React or Angular is also valued)

  • Redux

  • HTML5 Canvas API (experience with Canvas libraries like p5, processing.js, Paper.js, etc. is also valued)

  • ES6

  • SASS

  • Bootstrap

  • Webpack

  • Heroku

  • AWS

  • Git

 

Vidcode does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, military service eligibility, veteran status, sexual orientation, marital status, or disability. We encourage applications from those historically underrepresented in the tech industry.  

Details

  • 30-40 hours/month retainer

  • Looking for senior developers, this role has a lot of flexibility

TO APPLY

Please send a cover letter, resume, and portfolio website URL to [email protected] with the subject line “Developer”.