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Sr. Front End Web Developer
1 year ago
AppLovin’s leading marketing software platform provides app developers with a powerful, integrated set of solutions to solve their mission-critical functions like user acquisition, monetization and measurement. AppLovin is headquartered in Palo Alto, California with several offices globally.
AppLovin was named one of the Hottest Adtech Companies of 2021 by Business Insider, as well as a Certified Great Place to Work in 2021 and 2022. Fortune recognized AppLovin as one of the Best Workplaces in the Bay Area 2022, alongside The San Francisco Business Times and Silicon Valley Business Journal who have also awarded AppLovin one of the Bay Area’s Best Places to Work for the past four years. Our team members are regularly recognized for their work and leadership, including recent award wins for San Francisco Business Times’ Outstanding LGBTQ+ Leaders 2022, Business Insider’s Rising Stars of Adtech 2022, Glassdoor’s Top CEOs 2019, and the Women in Content Marketing Awards 2021.
About the Role:
We are seeking a Senior Front End Web Developer to own all coding and optimization of the Wurl website, and to provide support across a range of other AppLovin web properties. This is your opportunity to join an exciting technology company in the FAST (free ad-supported streaming TV) and mobile ad tech industries. You will directly contribute to many high-visibility projects, and will work with a high degree of autonomy.
About You:
- You are a self-starter, optimistic, resourceful, flexible, and can work both individually and as a part of a growing and talented team
- You enjoy finding creative solutions to challenging problems
- You strive to stay up to date on the latest techniques and tools for web development. Standards and best practices are important to you
- You are open to experimenting with new ideas, and you love to share what you’ve learned with your teammates
Responsibilities:
- Lead development and maintenance of company websites, including but not limited to wurl.com
- Manage landing page development and optimization, including A/B testing
- Recommend, install, and customize WordPress plug-ins to improve website capabilities and usabilityIntegrate sites with CRM platforms like HubSpot and Salesforce
- Build and maintain tools for site content creators and editors
- Proactively maintain QA best practices and monitor sites for broken links, broken images, improper redirects, etc.
- Partner with product, sales, design, and other teams for a range of web development projects and enhancements
- Team with marketing leads to maintain SEO best practices
Basic Qualifications:
- 3-5 years experience in front-end web development
- Deep understanding of, and experience with, WordPress (installing, updating, customizing themes and plug-ins, ensuring secure environments)
- Highly proficient at hand-coding modern, responsive HTML/CSS pages and templates
- A keen eye for detail; you are comfortable QA’ing your own work
- Experienced with a variety of content management systems and marketing/CRM platforms (HubSpot, Zendesk, Shopify)
- Strong knowledge of Google Analytics, Google Search Console, and Google Tag Manager
- Comfortable maintaining code and templates written in PHP, Javascript, and other basic scripting languages
- Comfortable working with third-party APIs and libraries to build dynamic web content
- Familiar with leading design tools (Figma, Sketch, Illustrator, Photoshop)
- Able to work fluidly with members of other teams in a collaborative environment
Location:
- This team prefers to hire in Toronto, Canada AND (Locations in US/CA: Bay Area, Portland, Toronto, Vegas, Denver, Dallas, Austin, Washington State, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Florida, North Carolina, and Michigan)
AppLovin is an equal opportunity employer and considers qualified applicants without regard to race, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, national origin, age, disability, medical condition, religion, marital status or veteran status, or any other basis protected by law.
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