Bear Web Development is a 3.5 year-old web development firm focused on the online needs of businesses in the Seattle and Chicago areas. As we grow our business we need to add an experienced Web Developer to our team.
We're a very experienced Drupal shop, with over 115 drupal sites in production across 50+ clients. Projects encompassing online communities, e-commerce, and online marketing. You will primarily be focused on building innovative, multifaceted web sites for businesses, but you will also work with graphic designers, business development, project managers, and clients.We currently work as a 6 person virtual team, and our project-based work allows for fairly flexible work hours.
This is a full-time contract position.
Responsibilities will include:
• Developing web sites using Drupal CMS and Magento Commerce
• Creating and maintaining a detailed task plan and adhering to project schedules
• Managing and growing our code base of custom project work
• Triaging and scheduling support requests from existing clients
• Quality assurance and testing across projects
• Balancing workload across many projects simultaneously
• Collaborating cross-functionally and with a diverse group of clients
• Working with business development to assess and price new client projects
Background & skills needed to be successful:
• 3+ years in web development and intermediate PHP experience; experience with the Zend framework a plus
• Experience with Drupal or Magento and their respective APIs. Interest in the open-source software development model & participation in the open source development community.
• Experience integrating with third-party APIs and web services - specific experience with the Google Maps API important.
• Very strong on the front end. Front-end standard Internet protocols, cross-browser, XHTML, CSS, Javascript (jquery), Ajax
• CS degree preferred; education or professional experience with C#, Java or Ruby are beneficial. Most coding projects are currently in PHP.
• Professional and client service-oriented; able to react swiftly to meet client expectations
• Demonstrated organizational skills and proven ability to manage multiple projects
To learn more about the company, visit http://www.beargroup.com
