What are the responsibilities and job description for the Front-End Web Developer position at PSPDFKit?
What We Do…
PSPDFKit is the leading document processing and manipulation platform for developers and enterprise businesses. Our customers use our offering to create, edit, sign, and collaborate on documents in their applications across mobile, web, and all other major platforms. We’re on a mission to empower developers with the tools needed to innovate beyond paper.
Nearly a billion end users in more than 150 countries rely on PSPDFKit every day including industry leaders like Dropbox, DocuSign, SAP, IBM, Volkswagen, Fabasoft, Wolters Kluwer Deutschland, and the European Patent Office. Our software development kits enable companies to work smarter and faster, saving time and expenses along the way, while effectively replacing the need for paper processes.
What You Will Do…
PSPDFKit is seeking a front-end web developer to join the Marketing team. The ideal candidate is curious about new digital technologies and aspires to combine usability and accessibility with visual design. Ultimately, they should be able to create a functional and attractive digital environment, ensuring a great user experience for everyone.
Responsibilities
- Develop UI and UX according to specifications and design concepts.
- Own front-end and back-end architecture of all web properties (e.g., PSPDFKit.com, Muhimbi.com, Aquaforest.com, GdPicture.com).
- Lead day-to-day web development processes, such as code versioning, code reviews, build processes and deployments.
- Perform day-to-day site maintenance of multiple web sites.
- Write readable and well-documented code.
- Collaborate with other teams (e.g., design, product and marketing) using Slack, Jira, GitHub, and Zoom.
- Analyze and improve reliability, security and performance of websites, databases and infrastructure.
- Ensure websites are compliant with external and internal brand and security standards.
- Serve as lead programmer, act as liaison with cross-functional teams, and routinely collaborate with graphic designers to develop websites.
About You…
- 7 years of hands-on web development experience (working with Global Marketing preferred).
- Good knowledge of web technologies (e.g., HTML, Ruby, React.js. Next.js, Javascript/jQuery, HTTP, REST, PHP, Cookies, DOM).
- Familiarity with UI frameworks (e.g., Bootstrap, Tailwind CSS).
- Manage and prioritize multiple concurrent projects, meeting deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
- Technical expertise with enterprise content management systems (e.g., WebFlow, Wordpress, ProcessWire).
- Have good communication skills and enjoy working with a passionate team and experience working on a globally distributed team.
- Have a well-rounded approach to problem solving, and understand the difference between when to apply a fix and when to refactor to remove a specific class of bugs.
- Experience integrating with various Marketing technologies and tools/APIs (e.g., Pardot, Marketo, Hubspot, Google Analytics, Matomo, Salesforce).
About Us…
PSPDFKit has more than 140 employees globally. In 2021, PSPDFKit announced its first strategic growth investment led by Insight Partners, a New York-based global venture capital and private equity firm focused on growth-stage software and technology companies. Insight’s investment, which totals more than $115 million, is being used to accelerate product growth, sales & marketing efforts, and fund strategic acquisitions, further expanding the capabilities of PSPDFKit’s highly adopted document processing platform.
PSPDFKit hires people who are curious, creative, communicative, and collaborative. We’re a highly cross-functional organization, and we’re committed to tackling challenging problems so our customers can focus on building great products.
We are a globally distributed company with a mostly remote engineering team. Some roles work a hybrid schedule in one of our offices in US, UK, France, and Austria. To ensure overlap with most of the team across the US, Europe and Asia, we’re looking for someone who will have a significant overlap with US and European working hours. If working from the US, you must be located in Florida, Massachusetts, North Carolina, Ohio, South Carolina, or Virginia for payroll processing. Preference will be given to candidates within a commuting distance of our Raleigh, North Carolina office.
We Value…
- Continuous improvement
- Feedback
- Transparency
- People
- Creativity
- Character
For a deeper understanding of our core values, please visit our website.
PSPDFKit is an equal opportunity employer with people from many different cultures and countries. We celebrate diversity and are committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, skill sets, perspectives, as well as providing our employees with a work environment free of harassment. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, age, marital status, national origin, ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other non-merit factor. We’d especially love to receive applications from individuals who are underrepresented in the tech industry.