Senior Frontend Developer

Headquarters: New York City URL: https://sanctuary.computer We are hiring a contract-based Senior Frontend Developer for the garden3d creative collective with a focus on West Coast candidates.                                                                                                                                                                                                         Original job posting link About garden3d We are worker owned creative collective, innovating on everything from brands and IRL communities to IoT devices and cross platform apps. We share profit, open source everything, spin out new businesses, and invest in exciting ideas through financial and/or in-kind contributions. Our client roster includes Google, Stripe, Figma, Hinge, Black Socialists in America, ACLU, Pratt, Parsons, Mozilla, The Nobel Prize, MIT, Gnosis, Etsy & Gagosian. We’re the software team behind innovative products like The Light Phone & Mill, and we operate a global, decentralized community space collective called Index Space. We think of our garden3d as collective for creative people, prioritizing a happy, talented, and diverse studio culture. We work on projects that bring value to our world, and we balance deep care for the work we do with a genuine curiosity about life outside of our jobs. Who we’re looking for: We're looking for a Senior Frontend Developer who excels at building pixel-perfect websites using modern frontend frameworks. You'll collaborate with our team to build elegant, performant, and visually stunning web experiences. Your work will span a diverse range of client projects, from immersive brand websites to complex web applications, all requiring a keen eye for detail and technical excellence. This hiring effort will focus on Front-End Developers based in the U.S. West Coast. Candidates in the Pacific Time zone are preferred (LA/SF proximity is a plus). We are also open to candidates located in the Mountain Time zone. In this role, you’ll work on a variety of client projects to find cost-effective, high-quality, pragmatic solutions to complex problems. Responsibilities will include: Collaborating with Technical Lead to meet clients' development needs Building and maintaining high-performance web applications with modern frontend frameworks and tools Implementing responsive, accessible, and pixel-perfect user interfaces based on design specifications Integrating frontend applications with headless CMS platforms, APIs, and third-party services Optimizing application performance, including bundle size, load times, and runtime efficiency Architecting scalable component libraries and design systems for consistency across projects Writing clear documentation for code maintenance and usage Participating in project team meetings, including Sprint Planning, daily standups, and retrospectives Participating in code reviews, providing constructive feedback to teammates and ensuring adherence to best practices The person we’re looking for is happy, relaxed and easy to get along with. They’re flexible on anything except conceits that will lower their usually outstanding work quality. They work “smart”, by carefully managing their workflow and staggering features that have dependencies intelligently — they prefer deep work but are OK coming up to the surface now and then for top level / strategic conversations. We believe people with backgrounds or interests in design, art, music, food or fashion tend to have a well rounded sense of design & quality — so a variety of hobbies or side projects is a big nice to have! Must Have Competencies: We’re always pitching for new and exciting technology niches. Some of the areas below are relevant to us! 8+ years writing highly performant frontend code, an obsession for 95+ Lighthouse scores Expert level experience with Typescript, and one of Next.js, Nuxt, Svelte, Vue Extensive experience with headless CMS like Sanity, Contentful, Prismic or more Fluency in industry standard PaaS like Vercel, Netlify, Firebase, etc Fluency in eCommerce technologies like Shopify (headless & liquid), Stripe, Swell and others Experience building accessible, responsive interfaces with attention to performance optimization and SEO best practices Strong understanding of modern CSS methodologies (Tailwind, CSS Modules, etc) and animation libraries Experience with state management solutions (Redux, Zustand, Pinia) and API integration patterns Proficiency with testing frameworks (Jest, Playwright, Cypress) and commitment to writing maintainable, well-documented code Experience with design systems and component libraries, working closely with designers to ensure pixel-perfect implementations Real-time & performance optimization: experience with WebSockets for live data updates, caching strategies (Redis, CDN-level caching), CDN configuration and optimization (Cloudflare, Fastly), and image optimization techniques including proxies and delivery networks Nice to Have Competencies: