Secure Message

Web Developer

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Web Developer

At a Glance

We are looking for a Web Designer/Developer who will help us to create amazing user experiences. Your duties will include translating high-level requirements into interaction flows and artifacts, transforming them into beautiful, intuitive, and functional designs. We expect you to have an eye for clean and artful web design. You should also have superior user interface design skills. You will build new websites or modify existing websites. In this role you will work with the engineering manager (and sometimes customers) to design mock-ups and code templates, layouts, and themes for Backdrop CMS. Experience in (or a desire to quickly learn) Backdrop CMS is required. Competence in PHP, HTML, CSS, and JavaScript is essential for this role.

Where You'll Be

This role is fully remote and open for US based applicants only. You may work from your home office or a shared office space.

What You will do

  • Conceptualizing creative ideas with client.
  • Testing and improving the design of the website.
  • Coding of modules, themes, and templates using PHP and JavaScript.
  • Using AI as necessary to assist with tasks, “vibe coding”.
  • Set design guidelines, best practices and standards
  • Maintaining the appearance of websites by enforcing content standards.
  • Designing visual imagery for websites and ensuring that they are in line with the organization brand identity.
  • Working with the Backdrop content management systems.
  • Communicating design ideas using user flows, process flows, site maps, and wireframes.
  • Incorporating functionalities and features into websites.
  • Designing sample pages including colors and fonts.
  • Preparing design plans and presenting the website structure.
  • Participate in all visual design stages from concept to final hand-off
  • Develop original website design ideas that bring simplicity and user friendliness to complex roadblocks
  • Interact with the team to share and discuss design ideas
  • Prepare wireframes, storyboards, user flows, process flows and site maps
  • Discuss designs and key deliverables to peers and executive level stakeholders

What we are looking for

  • 3+ years’ experience of working with PHP
  • 1+ years’ experience of working on a Web Designer or Developer position
  • Significant experience in creating wireframes, storyboards, user flows, process flows and site maps
  • Excellent knowledge of HTML, CSS, JQuery, and JavaScript
  • Good working experience with Krita, Inkscape, Photoshop, Illustrator or other visual design and wire-framing tools
  • Strong graphic design and visual design skills with sensitivity to user-system interaction
  • Strong problem-solving skills with creative approach
  • Good understanding of search engine optimization principles.
  • Good understanding of (or willingness to learn) Backdrop content management systems and theme templates
  • Proficiency in front-end development web programming languages such React and Next.js is a plus
  • Proficient understanding of cross-browser compatibility issues.
  • Creative and open to new ideas.
  • Adaptable and willing to learn new techniques.
  • Excellent communication skills.

Additional Information

Compensation for this role depends on location and experience. This is a project based contract remote only position with no travel requirements. The average rate per project is between $600 and $1,000.

What to Expect

SecureMessage is changing the way people work. Your job is not your life, our employees work Monday – Thursday for 6 hours a day (9:30 AM to 3:30 PM). We offer several paid federal, Christian, and Catholic holidays, as well as Columbus Day, Halloween, Election Day, and your Birthday.  Everyone has access to a flexible unlimited “take as you need” vacation policy.  Additionally, our business shuts down at the end of each year in observance of Yule, usually the last 12 days of the month of December. Finally, we do not use video conferencing, our meetings are audio only. Daily interaction is primarily text based communication with real-time chat and (of course) Email!

SecureMessage is changing the way software is built. Here there are no Agile or Scrum rituals to waste your time that result in poor quality software with frequent superfluous releases and minimal impact. We schedule our new releases during the fall and publish refinement during the spring. Giving both our customers and developers ample time to plan their strategy and set expectations.

Our Interview Process:

  1. Resume Review
  2. Email Based Screening Questionnaire
  3. Technical Skills Assessment/Interview
  4. Background Check & Identity Verification
  5. Offer

Note: SecureMessage does not ask for references, we believe this is an outdated practice and prefer to get to know you by you alone.

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