For over 20 years, Gorilla has been devising, creating, and implementing end-to-end ecommerce solutions. We’re a client-driven culture, looking for resourceful, motivated, and talented individuals to help us exceed our client’s expectations at every turn. We offer a challenging and rewarding environment where you’ll have the opportunity to work with leading brands, collaborate with some of the brightest people in the industry, and share in our mutual success. This includes profit-sharing and benefits that are so competitive they may challenge you to a race.
Gorilla is seeking a talented Senior Frontend Developer to help bring our industry leading designs to life. As a member of the Frontend Development team, you will be a key contributor to building out the vision for some exceptional B2B and consumer brands. Frontend Developers work alongside both creative designers and technologists along with our server-side developers to ensure a successful project. The position requires a true 'Frontend Developer' with a mastery of semantic markup and client side JavaScript chops all while looking to expand into modern technologies as we build for the future.
- Work in collaboration with Gorilla's Designers to implement their vision into fully functional experiences.
- Work in collaboration with Gorilla's server-side developers to ensure proper implementation of website data and functionality.
- Integrate designs and business requirements into ecommerce platforms such as Magento and Hybris.
- Continue to expand knowledge of new technologies, as well as strengthen current knowledge base.
- Build responsive sites for mobile and desktop web experiences.
- Follow the latest advancements in frontend technologies and techniques.
- A passion for the web and an eagerness to learn
- Superb written and verbal communication skills
- Excellent organisational skills
- A readiness to embrace and use new approaches and to keep up-to-date with industry advances
- An impeccable eye for detail with the ability to match your UI to any design in a cross-browser environment.
- Ability to self-manage during projects and proactively raise issues/concerns to the team.
- Fluent in HTML5/CSS3 and able to develop valid client-side markup.
- Basic understanding of CSS pre-processing platforms, such as LESS and SASS.
- Basic understanding in leveraging CSS architecture patterns for code reuse and modularity such as OOCSS, BEM and SMACSS.
- Basic understanding in using and debugging through a browser’s developer tools.
- Basic understanding of asynchronous request handling, partial page updates, and AJAX.
- Good fundamental knowledge of JavaScript and popular frameworks such as jQuery.
- Good understanding of SEO principles
- Experience with Git version control
- Experience with frontend build tools such as webpack, gulp, grunt, etc.
- Experience and understanding in using modern JavaScript that includes ES6, ES7.
- Experience with website performance testing and optimization.
- Experience with web accessibility best practices.
- Experience with PHP and/or JSP page templating.
- Experience in multiple CSS and JavaScript Frameworks.
- Experience with React and/or Vue.js JavaScript Libraries.
- Experience with eCommerce platforms such as Magento, Hybris, etc.
- Experience in using the Sketch Design App.
- Private medical care
- Multisport card
- English classes (fully covered by company) led by an American native speaker
- Trainings and possibility of certification
- Being a part of an international team in a non-corporate environment and working closely with North America and Kiev teams
- Working in a modern, industrial/loft style office, with variety of feel-like-home features: shiny coffee machines, daily supply of delicious coffee, tea, juices, sodas, fruits and sweets, foosball table, darts, video games etc.
- Convenient location in a city center, with parking and a nearby cantina (lunches discount)