Front-End Developer - WordPress & Modern CSS Specialist

Crowd Favorite

Charleston (SC)

On-site

USD 75,000 - 85,000

Full time

14 days+

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Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare benefits

401(k) retirement plan

Flexible time off policy

Job summary

A leading enterprise Open Source agency in Charleston is looking for an experienced Front-End Developer. You will specialize in modern CSS architecture and WordPress block development, building responsive user interfaces and maintaining content management systems. The ideal candidate has a strong portfolio showcasing advanced CSS techniques and experience with React or Vue. This position offers competitive pay and comprehensive benefits.

Qualifications

2-3+ years of advanced CSS development including Grid and Flexbox.
2+ years in WordPress theme/block development.
2+ years integrating React or Vue with REST APIs.

Responsibilities

Build custom WordPress blocks using modern CSS techniques.
Create responsive, accessible front-end experiences.
Develop reusable components and component libraries.

Skills

Advanced CSS development

WordPress theme and block development

React or Vue component development

Automation testing

Accessibility expertise

Git workflow proficiency

Education

B.Sc. in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Webpack

Vite

GitHub

Job description

Front-End Developer - WordPress & Modern CSS Specialist

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This range is provided by Crowd Favorite. Your actual pay will be based on your skills and experience — talk with your recruiter to learn more.

Base pay range

$75,000.00/yr - $85,000.00/yr

Crowd Favorite, a leading enterprise Open Source agency, is looking for an experienced front-end developer to join our team, specializing in modern CSS architecture, native WordPress block development, and component-based front-end solutions. We are looking for someone who excels at writing clean code, understands the structure behind technical decisions, is well-versed at troubleshooting and investigating issues, and can clearly communicate in both technical and non-technical language. As a member of Crowd Favorite, you'll leverage your skills to both build new features and maintain high-performing content management platforms for enterprise clients, with a focus on stability and performance while growing your technical capabilities. You'll be building responsive, accessible user interfaces using modern CSS techniques, creating custom WordPress Gutenberg blocks and full-site-editing features, and developing Javascript components that integrate seamlessly with PHP backends.

What You'll Be Working On

Building custom WordPress blocks and modern solutions using the latest features for theme.json and full-site-editing for large-scale editing workflow needs
Creating responsive, accessible front-end experiences using modern CSS Grid, Flexbox, and custom properties
Developing reusable components and component libraries
Integrating React or Vue front-ends with WordPress and Laravel APIs for custom front-end experiences
Implementing complex CSS animations and micro-interactions
Converting design systems into maintainable CSS architectures
Building automated testing features to document experiences across multiple types of devices

Requirements

Code Portfolio Requirements

Applications without these will not be reviewed. This is a development position, requiring solid evidence of your ability to build effective code and you should be ready to discuss your code, implementation decisions, and testing approaches.

GitHub/GitLab/Bitbucket link showing custom WordPress blocks you've built
Live site examples demonstrating advanced CSS techniques (Grid, custom properties, etc.)
Components or custom blocks you've developed

Required Experience

2-3+ years of advanced CSS development (Grid, Flexbox, custom properties, container queries)
2+ years of WordPress theme and block development, including custom post types and fields
2+ years of React or Vue component development, particularly interfacing with REST APIs
2+ years creating and maintaining design systems or component libraries
Demonstrable experience with CSS methodologies (BEM, utility-first, CSS-in-JS, etc.)
Strong portfolio showing responsive, cross-browser compatible work
Experience with build tools like Webpack, Vite, or similar bundlers
Familiarity with PHP and the particulars for integrated work with WordPress requirements as well as Laravel front-end needs
Knowledge of PSR-4 autoloading and PHP namespace conventions for organized, maintainable WordPress and Laravel codebases
Writing effective automated tests (unit, integration, and functional) to ensure code reliability and facilitate confident deployments across complex projects
Accessibility expertise including WCAG 2.1 AA compliance
Git workflow proficiency in collaborative team environments

Preferred Experience

Experience with CSS preprocessors (Sass/SCSS) and PostCSS
WordPress plugin development and customization
Web component creation (lit-html, Stencil, or vanilla)
Animation libraries (Framer Motion, GSAP, etc.)
Performance optimization and Core Web Vitals improvement
Headless WordPress implementations

Communication & Collaboration

B2 level of spoken and written English language proficiency
Comfortable working productively with a distributed team
Able to communicate technical decisions clearly to clients and stakeholders
Experience translating design requirements into development specifications
Strong written communication for code documentation and project updates

We know great developers come from various backgrounds. If you're comfortable with most of what we've described but don't check every box, we encourage you to apply. We value potential and eagerness to learn as much as existing expertise.

Benefits

Crowd Favorite has a package of benefits that demonstrates our commitment to our team. Our time off policy is permissive, and covers holidays specific to your location, illness and professional development. We believe that a truly quality work-life balance requires a flexible and thoughtful approach to time away from work.

We respect the life our team leads, and even though we are not subject to FMLA or other requirements, we provide a family leave policy that is quite generous.

For our full-time US based employees we provide a 3 tier insurance option with United Healthcare and we provide a contribution to the cost of your monthly premium, which increases after a year if you are covering a family member (spouse or child). We also cover the cost completely for dental, vision and a small life insurance policy through Guardian Insurance. Finally, we also cover the cost for a telemedicine option through Healthiest You, which has the benefit of no copays for visits.

For US based team members, we have a competitive 401(k) retirement plan with Human Interest, and we match your contribution up to 4%. We offer a profit sharing type bonus program (as a discretionary benefit.)

We support you with provision of company hardware if needed, additional work space items upon request, all tools and subscriptions at company cost, educational accounts for training, and even travel and other costs related to professional development.

Crowd Favorite is committed to building an inclusive experience for all our employees. Regardless of race, gender, religion, sexual orientation, age, disability, or if you're parenting those future problem solvers, we firmly believe our work is at its best when everyone feels free to be who they are.

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