**Why work for DreamHost?** We help people own their digital presence. It's not just wishful thinking. It's our noble cause — an idea that drives everything we do. When you put your dreams online—your words, your photos, your creations—you shouldn't have to worry about your service provider mining that data for marketing purposes. Those are your dreams — not ours! DreamHost's open platform gives you the power to share your data and the freedom to control how it's used. Working for DreamHost you can be a steward of your own career. We invest in our people, we promote from within the organization when possible and we offer extensive training to aid in your success. In this role, we offer the flexibility to work from home and during local business hours. We are proud to be a US employer with a fantastic culture and the ability to offer so much to our team members. **Benefits Offered** - Competitive salary - Kazoo team member recognition - Udemy online learning courses - Opportunities for profit sharing bonuses - Fun monthly events - Opportunities for growth - Laid back atmosphere - New Team Member Buddy System - You'll be paired with a member from your team for the first 3 months of your contract. This person will be your Buddy! * Overview* **You are an ideal fit if** - You live and breathe development. You have a firm grasp of best practices, stay on top of new trends and look for ways to incorporate them, but also know when to step back and work with time-tested or existing solutions. - You don’t just code, but build awesome products - you go beyond following a ticket to the letter and know when to ask important questions or speak your mind about potential issues at the product level. - You’ve walked into more than a couple existing codebases blind and have a knack for finding your footing fairly quickly. - You have a strong attention to detail and strive to write code that isn’t just clean, elegant code, but also polished and bulletproof. - You’re no stranger to code reviews and know how to both give and receive constructive feedback. - You’re an experienced communicator, able to properly explain and educate others on your development decisions and concepts where needed. * You might NOT enjoy it here if * - You groan at the prospect of having to write CSS, or else do so only grudgingly. This job will require not only writing CSS extensively, but being a Subject Matter Expert on its various implementations. - You’re seeking an on-rails corporate or agency-like work environment with strictly defined roles, processes, and directives. We value a culture of giving our employees greater freedom, flexibility, and autonomy than your typical workplace, but this isn’t necessarily for everyone! * Responsibilities* - Lead ongoing development of our products utilizing the latest front-end and back-end technologies: React, CSS, Node.js, TypeScript, Python - Develop DreamHost products - Design user interactions on web pages - Maintain and refine a component library to help optimize workflows and speed up development times - Work alongside graphic designers for web design features - See through a project from conception to finished product - Design and develop APIs - Meet both technical and consumer needs - Fluent in English - you may be asked to complete and pass an English assessment - Experience in front-end and back-end code performance analysis - 5+ years experience writing HTML/CSS - Skills in front-end engineering using JavaScript and TypeScript with both Functional Programming and Object Oriented Programming methodologies - Strong proficiency in CSS, SCSS and either Tailwind or Bootstrap - 3+ years of experience with vanilla JS and associated technologies: Git, CLI, Node.js, NPM, Yarn, etc. - Strong back-end engineering skills by means of experience with Node.js, Python, Perl, Python, Ruby, or similar - Fluency in modern website development techniques and best practices - Experience with Docker - from perspective of development (Dockerfile, Docker Compose) and production (docker build in CI) environments - A portfolio with examples of work * As a Plus* - Skills in architecting microservices systems - Experience with Kubernetes and Helm - Experience with Terraform