The Position

We are seeking a Senior Full-Stack JavaScript Developer responsible for transforming both technical and user experience requirements into high-performance, efficient code. This role encompasses a variety of web technologies including HTML, CSS (leveraging Sass methodologies), and both frontend and backend JavaScript. The successful candidate will demonstrate proficiency in working within different frameworks (such as React and Vue) and will handle related GitHub ticket resolutions effectively. A key aspect of this role is bridging the gap between frontend development and real-time communication with different backend systems, to aid in the building of both performant web apps as well as hybrid mobile-ready app ecosystems

Responsibilities

Development and Integration:

• Develop high-quality, efficient, and reusable code that meets both technical and user experience requirements.
• Create and maintain reusable component architecture that communicates efficiently with other components and APIs
• Create delightful interactive interfaces using libraries such as as GreenSock, Anime, and D3
• Extend this architecture into different monolithic methodologies,, such as Drupal and WordPress
• Manage and resolve issues related to code deployment, including efficient handling of GitHub tickets.
• Review Pull Requests of others and provide helpful insight on how to test and improve

Collaboration and Communication:

• Collaborate with design and development teams to bridge the gap between graphical design and technical implementation, ensuring the delivery of visually appealing and technically robust websites.
• Participate in client meetings, providing technical insights and updates on project progress.
• Conduct code reviews with teammates, focusing on clean, performant, and maintainable code.

Project Management:

• Participate in projects in both non-lead and lead capacities, adapting to the needs of the team and project requirements.
• Create strategic roadmaps that align client needs with company profitability, ensuring successful project outcomes.
• Participate in internal project-specific meetings to ensure alignment and effective execution of project deliverables.

Technical Problem-Solving:

• Apply a deep understanding of web technologies, (including PHP, HTML and CSS, as well as JS disciplines) to solve complex design and functionality issues.
• Work within environment strategies such as Vite, Redux and Snowpack to ensure quick setup on local computers.
• Manage the deployment strategies for projects to ship to hosting platforms such as Heroku and Digital Ocean

Professional Development and Mentorship:

• Stay abreast of industry trends and advancements in web and mobile development, continuously integrating new technologies and practices into projects.
• Provide mentorship and guidance to less experienced developers, helping them grow their skills and contribute more effectively to project goals.
• Engage in learning and development activities to enhance personal and team capabilities, including attending conferences, participating in workshops, and contributing to internal knowledge sharing sessions.

Client and Business Development Support:

• Aid business development efforts by providing high-quality technical input during proposal creation, project estimations, and client presentations.
• Maintain a professional demeanor in all client communications, effectively conveying technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.

About you

You have experience with:

• Developing high-quality web apps that have solve real-world problems
• More than passing familiarity of common CMS solutions such as Craft, Drupal and WordPress
• Proficiency in writing concise GitHub Pull Requests and conducting code reviews.
• Managing DNS for multiple domains and subdomains.
• Understanding of various API methodologies for end to end communication (REST and GraphQL in specific)
• Familiarity with authentication for using APIs
• Maintaining professionalism in client communications.
• Thriving in fast-paced environments and maintaining performance under pressure.
• Managing full lifecycle application development, from concept through deployment.

You care about:

• Providing proactive feedback and guidance on team tasks.
• Prioritizing tasks effectively within the project scope.
• Writing maintainable code that adheres to established best practices.
• Promoting accessibility and inclusive design.

Bonus points for knowledge in:

• Organizing or speaking at development conferences and/or meetups.
• Contributing to or maintaining open-source projects.
• End to End testing, Cypress, Puppeteer, or Jest

Soft Skills:

• Excellent communication and teamwork skills, ensuring effective collaboration and information exchange.
• Strong attention to detail and organizational skills to manage complex projects.
• Analytical abilities to systematically solve problems.

Salary Range:

• $90k - $115k

At Savas Labs, we believe building a team full of diverse perspectives and experiences is vital to success. Therefore, we strongly encourage anyone historically underrepresented in tech to apply for this role. Savas Labs does not discriminate based on gender, sexual orientation, race, religion, citizenship status, age, or physical ability. Empathy, authenticity, and inclusivity are at the core of all we do.

The Position

The Full-Stack Developer is tasked with transforming technical requirements and design documents into high-performance, efficient code. This role requires expertise in a variety of web technologies including HTML (and Twig or Pug), CSS (utilizing Sass methodologies), and frontend-focused JavaScript. The successful candidate will leverage their CMS knowledge to integrate custom HTML components into backends such as Craft or Drupal, effectively managing and resolving related GitHub tickets. This position plays a crucial role in bridging the gap between graphical design and technical implementation, ensuring the creation of visually appealing and technically sound websites.

About You

You have experience with:

• Developing websites using CMS like Drupal, WordPress, Craft, Kirby, and Strapi.
• Writing concise GitHub Pull Requests and reviewing others'.
• Semantic HTML, CSS scoping, and JavaScript (Angular, React, Vue, Svelte) to enhance user experiences.
• DNS management for handling multiple domains and subdomains.
• Familiar with server environments including PHP, Apache, and Nginx.
• Solid understanding of back-end fundamentals: SQL for database management, Routing for server-side logic, and Deployment practices for software delivery.
• Professionalism in client communications.
• Fast-paced environments, maintaining performance under pressure.
• Full lifecycle application development, from conception through deployment.

You care about:

• Actively provides feedback and guidance on team tasks.
• Proactively takes on and prioritizes tasks within the project scope.
• Writing maintainable code that adheres to best practices.
• Accessibility and inclusive design.

Bonus points for knowledge in:

• Organizer: Participates in or speaks at development conferences and/or meetups.
• Contributor: Maintains an open-source project.
• Design Enthusiast: Reads design blogs or holds specific opinions about fonts.

Soft Skills:

• Excellent communication and teamwork skills, ensuring effective collaboration and information exchange.
• Attention to detail and strong organizational skills to manage complex projects.
• Analytical abilities to solve problems systematically.

Education & Training

• Preferably 3-5 years of experience. Agency background preferred but not essential. Emphasis on strong portfolio and practical skills over formal education.

Salary range:

• $75k - $90k

At Savas Labs, we believe building a team full of diverse perspectives and experiences is vital to success. Therefore, we strongly encourage anyone historically underrepresented in tech to apply for this role. Savas Labs does not discriminate based on gender, sexual orientation, race, religion, citizenship status, age, or physical ability. Empathy, authenticity, and inclusivity are at the core of all we do.

The needs at Savas Labs are continually evolving as we grow, but one constant is that we always love to meet ambitious, hard-working people who seek to excel.

We strive to create a productive, collaborative work environment that is friendly, inclusive, and rewarding — with the aim for everyone involved to learn and grow together. You’ll like it here.

So, if that fits you, and you don’t fit perfectly into one of the current openings, drop your resume here!

The Position

We are looking to hire a UI/UX Designer who is responsible for identifying new opportunities to create better user experiences and ensure the end-to-end journey with our clients' products or services meets desired outcomes. We'd like to see 3-5 years of experience in performing well in a fast-paced environment.

The right candidate has a passion for well-crafted interfaces and enjoys collaborating, communicating, and leading effectively with both internal team members and client stakeholders. You are genuinely curious about a myriad of subjects andlove to understand both clients and their business. You enjoy and have an eye for good design as well as a desire to work efficiently. Above all, you are a very strong communicator, curious problem-solver, and motivated self-starter. The position requires an understanding of how the web works, and how to design for content management systems and/or digital products.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with peers to design high quality digital products and websites
• Articulate complex ideas through documentation like sketches, site maps, user-flows, wireframes, design compositions, or prototypes
• Create visual design compositions and system design elements as a visual designer where applicable in either internal, pro bono, or client projects
• Present and lead strategic, design, and user-centered functionality discussions in client meetings with support from senior designers
• Aid business development efforts by providing high quality design work

About

You have:

• An eye for good design
  
• Strong communication
• Excellent problem-solving skills driven by curiosity
• Initiative and show up as a motivated self-starter
• Basic understanding of HTML and CSS
• Ability to design for content management systems
• Knowledge of accessibility and inclusive design

You have experience with:

• Creating user flows and wireframes based on user research and information architecture
• Testing existing hypotheses and analyzing data from quantitative and qualitative research to provide suggestions for improvements.
• Building low-fi prototypes based on provided wireframes to be used in user testing.
• Basic knowledge of UX methodologies
• Basic to advanced knowledge of UI methodologies
• Ability to create high fidelity design layouts and prototypes based on wireframes and low-fi prototypes with a medium level of support from senior to director members of the team.
• Presenting and participating in strategic, design, and user-centered functionality discussions in client meetings

You care about:

• Learning and building with new technologies or processes
• Reading blogs, articles, and tutorials to stay abreast of industry trends
• Building tools or designing to develop new skills and market new company competencies

Employment Benefits

• Competitive salary
  
• Health dental, and vision insurance covered at 100% for you and your family
• Short- and long-term disability
• 401(k) plan with matching
• Flexible work schedule
• Generous PTO, sick leave, and holiday schedule
• Semi-annual team retreats
• Weekly team social and/or skillshare sessions
• Conference presentation and attendance opportunities
• Annual technology, health, and productivity stipend
• Annual paid community service hours
• Monthly team paid lunches

Salary Range

• $70k-$80k

At Savas Labs, we believe building a team full of diverse perspectives and experiences is vital to success. Therefore, we strongly encourage anyone historically underrepresented in tech to apply for this role. Savas Labs does not discriminate based on gender, sexual orientation, race, religion, citizenship status, age, or physical ability. Empathy, authenticity, and inclusivity are at the core of all we do.

The position

We are looking to add a Senior Full-Stack Developer to our core team. In this role, you will be responsible for gathering technical and user experience requirements, collaborating with design, implementing, configuring, and deploying complex PHP CMS projects (Drupal, WordPress, and Craft) while collaborating with and supporting others. While front-end focused, we’d also like to see back-end architecture experience.

About you

You have experience with:

• Drupal, WordPress, or Craft
• delivering on multiple concurrent projects
• maintaining and evolving best practices and principals
• implementing features in a PHP CMS
• developing themes and using the Twig templating engine
• developing APIs and integrating with external APIs
• command line tools
• configuring deployments and establishing development workflows
• modern PHP best practices and are versed in common libraries and paradigms, including Composer and dependency management
• communicating directly with clients and can effectively address non-technical audiences

You care about:

• performance, scalability, and security
• writing maintainable code that adheres to best practices
• accessibility and inclusive design
• learning and expanding your skillset

Bonus points for knowledge in:

• React Native
• CI/CD pipelines
• local development with Docker
• common PaaS hosting environments like Pantheon, Platform.sh, WP Engine

The Position

We are looking to add a Business Development Coordinator to our core team. In this role, you will have inbound and outbound responsibilities. For inbound requests, you’ll take initial information-gathering calls, validate opportunities, create schedules, and coordinate the required team and resources to help us win work. You’ll be responsible for organizing and upkeep of the CRM. Outbound responsibilities will include outreach to target clients and vetting RFP opportunities.

About You

You are an eager, curious, results-oriented self-starter who will work directly with company leadership to support the sales and marketing systems we have in place to improve them over time through experimentation and learning. The right candidate has the energy and drive to follow up quickly on tasks and is both proactive and personable in their communication. You will be a crucial part of the first impression Savas Labs has on prospective partners. Authenticity and thoughtfulness will be key to your and our success.

You have experience with:

• Performing well in a fast-paced environment
• Collaborating with cross-functional teams
• Highly organized, good at prioritizing time, and deadline-oriented
• Assisting with the preparation of presentations and pitches for prospective clients
• Creating and maintaining client records and mail lists in a CRM

You care about:

• Being an excellent communicator both verbally and in writing
• Reading blogs, articles, and tutorials to stay abreast of industry trends
• Learning sales and marketing principles

Bonus points for knowledge in:

• Crafting solutions for partners
  
• Experience working within HubSpot CRM

Working at Savas Labs

At Savas Labs, we prioritize a few things. We like people who are enjoyable to work with. We learn from and teach one another, and often the result is others learn as well either via blog posts, conference presentations, or social media. We dedicate time each week for self-improvement, socializing, and collaboration. We encourage a flexible work schedule so long as we uphold our commitments to one another and our clients. We value openness and encourage our team members to push and recognize the boundaries of their expertise in a given area. We are honest, yet respectful; this is not a cut-throat environment, but rather a supportive one. We take a lot of pride in the quality of our work and we work hard. We value a work/life balance that keeps us productive and happy. We like to have fun and yet take our values seriously. We greatly embrace inclusivity. You’ll like it here.

Employment Benefits

• Competitive salary
• Health, dental, and vision insurance covered at 100% for you and your family
• Short and long-term disability
• 401(k) plan with matching
• Flexible work schedule
• Generous PTO, sick leave, and holiday schedule
• Semi-annual team retreats
• Weekly team social and/or skillshare sessions
• Conference presentation and attendance opportunities
• Annual technology, health, and productivity stipend
• Annual paid community service day
• Monthly free lunches