Frontend Web Developer
Departments: Engineering
Location: Los Angeles, California, United States
About Us
We're on a mission to revolutionize the CAD industry by developing the world's most advanced hardware design infrastructure and tools. Mechanical CAD is in the dark ages, and hardware demands have outpaced today’s hardware design infrastructure. The industry is due for a refresh, and we're laying the foundation for a modern hardware design toolkit so that you can create new design tools never before possible.
We are headquartered in Los Angeles, CA with both a local and remote team. We were founded and incubated by Embedded Ventures in 2021.
About You
We’re looking for curious, innovative, and ambitious self-starters to join our lean and growing team to help us bring our mission to life. We think you’ll thrive on our team if you’re:
- Curious at your core, with an eagerness to learn and do things differently
- Customer-focused, always thinking about ways to improve the user experience
- Able to operate autonomously and work asynchronously, while also being an effective team player
About The Role
We are looking for a creative and highly-skilled Web Developer to join the Zoo team! You’ll be responsible for building and maintaining a modern, high-quality web presence, intuitive user flows, and robust API connectivity. We have a fun and playful brand, so this is a great opportunity for you to flex your creative juices and developer skills to help us build and maintain a modern website for our users. This role is ideal for someone who gets excited about developing creative and complex websites, writes elegant code, and also cares deeply about delivering seamless, delightful user experiences.
What You’ll Do
- Lead the development of web experiences that are fast, accessible, and beautifully responsive across browsers and devices
- Implement and maintain structured, scalable, and maintainable web architecture with clear organization and consistent conventions
- Build and optimize user registration flows, pricing tiers, and other dynamic features with attention to performance and rigorous test coverage
- Work closely with Marketing to translate high-fidelity mocks into pixel-perfect, standards-compliant HTML/CSS
- Support the implementation of an intuitive and scalable CMS that makes content updates and site editing a seamless experience
- Integrate with REST APIs to power data-driven components and pages
- Communicate trade-offs between flexibility, performance, and maintainability in a way that helps teams make informed decisions
- Advocate for best practices around web development and user-centered design
What You’ll Need
- B.S. Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience
- Professional experience as a Web Developer building and maintaining custom, complex websites
- Strong proficiency in Javascript, including Three.js
- Strong proficiency in HTML/CSS, and Tailwind CSS
- Experience with REST APIs
- Proficiency with Github
- Familiarity with Vercel
- Familiarity with Figma
- Prior experience optimizing websites across various browsers and devices
- Experience with setting up super seamless and tested user registration, pricing tiers, etc
- Prior experience building out and managing a CMS such as Sanity
- An eye for design and a knack for creating intuitive and engaging user experiences
- Ability to create animations and assets optimized for performance and minimal page load time
The salary range for this role is provided below. The final offer will depend on multiple factors including candidate experience, skills, expertise, and market data. Compensation may vary by geography. In addition to salary, we offer competitive equity as well as a full benefits package which may vary by geography as well.
Zoo is an equal-opportunity employer committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace. The Zoo team is made up of incredibly talented and unique individuals from across the globe. All qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, Veteran status, age, or any other trait that unfairly targets a group of people. We encourage everyone interested in our mission to apply!