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Front end engineer / web development firm (Contract/Project-based)

The Long Now Foundation is looking for help bringing new capabilities to longnow.org. We are looking for individuals or web development firms with experience using JavaScript-based frameworks including Astro, Ghost, Strapi, and React. You’ll work from detailed, high fidelity mockups to create responsive, user-friendly front-end experiences in service of Long Now's mission of fostering long-term thinking and responsibility. If you have strong proficiency building modern websites and a passion for long-term thinking we want to hear from you.

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If you're interested, please use this form to tell us more. We'll reach out to top applicants for a brief phone conversation soon. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis, and the position will remain open until filled.

You will —

  • Develop clean, efficient front-end code based on provided high-resolution mockups
  • Implement responsive designs that work consistently across device and browser
  • Build front-end interfaces that render data from various APIs and back-end services
  • Optimize your work for speed and scalability
  • Help define Long Now’s overall approach to the web

You have —

  • Strong proficiency with HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, and DOM manipulation
  • Experience with Astro or a similar modern web framework, React or a similar UI component framework, and the JavaScript developer ecosystem.
  • Experience working with RESTful APIs and integrating them into front-end applications
  • Solid understanding of cross-browser compatibility issues and ways to address them
  • Familiarity with modern front-end build pipelines, package management, tooling, and source control
  • Strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail

Ideal applicants will also have —

  • Experience with the Ghost publishing platform
  • Experience with the Strapi CMS or other JavaScript-based headless CMS platforms
  • Knowledge and opinions about JavaScript-based headless CMS platforms
  • A deep personal passion for long-term thinking and civilization-scale responsibility