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Tech Lead
Toronto, CA
Half Helix is a digital agency building, growing, and guiding the next generation of online companies. We work with exciting lifestyle brands such as Nike, Revlon, Mack Weldon, Cha Cha Matcha, and more. We are looking for a full time Tech Lead to join our Toronto office.
Perks
-Great clients and experience
-Full health benefits
-Flexible time off
-Laid back working environment
-Annual offsite in Mexico
Tech Leads are responsible for all technical decisions on key projects. Working closely with project managers, you'll inform how we approach mission critical features. You'll need to be comfortable working closely with clients and disseminating instruction to all teams in easy to grasp concepts. While the role is focused on leading over implementing, the ability to decipher merge requests, comprehend technical documentation and write prototypical code is essential.
Perks
-Great clients and experience
-Full health benefits
-Flexible time off
-Laid back working environment
-Annual offsite in Mexico
Qualifications
We value continuous growth and learning, a team-first mentality, discipline, and a positive attitude. The ideal candidate would possess:
-4+ years of web-based software architecture experience.
-1+ years experience with Shopify as a platform. We love fast learners but some platform experience is a must.
-The desire to design and lead implementations across backend and frontend codebases alike.
-Some knowledge of Ruby (RoR) and at least 2 of the following: Modern Javascript standards (in browser), Node, REST APIs, GraphQL APIs, Vue.js, React.
-Excellent verbal, written and interpersonal communication skills.
-The ability to manage workload, meet deadlines and speak up when needed.
-Self-motivated, detail-oriented.
-Level-headed and positive attitude under pressure.
-Able to work at our Toronto office.
-*Some DevOps experience a plus.
Responsibilities
-Fully understand client objectives and project goals through performing interviews, reviewing documentation and interfacing with third-party vendors.
-Articulate suggested approaches through concise communication, eloquent functional specifications and clear diagrams.
-Identify risks, oversights and needs early. Work with the wider team to create solutions that speak well to client needs.
-Manage a number of projects in various states of development.
-Review others' code and ensure that project dev teams under your leadership are executing inline with the needs of projects.
-Write prototypical code to validate project assumptions via methods that are easily sharable and reusable.
-Ability to write tests that assure core business requirements are met.
-Assist in advancing internal processes and tooling that compliment project success.
-Work with project managers to communicate project status to the client on a regular basis.
Full Stack Engineer
Toronto, CA
Half Helix is a digital agency building, growing, and guiding the next generation of online companies. We work with exciting lifestyle brands such as Nike, Revlon, Mack Weldon, Cha Cha Matcha, and more. We are looking for a full time Tech Lead to join our Toronto office.
Perks
-Great clients and experience
-Full health benefits
-Flexible time off
-Laid back working environment
-Annual offsite in Mexico
Full Stack Engineers are responsible for implementing frontend and backend solutions, working with designers and project leads in our never-ceasing mission to create best-in-class online experiences. Our stack is heavily skewed toward Shopify and Ruby, so well established experience with both in-browser Javascript, Shopify frontend and backend APIs and MVC frameworks is a must. Expertise with HTML standards and modern CSS practices is essential. We are looking for someone that has a passion for writing beautiful code in an effort to create clear and systematic solutions that speak to design and technical visions. We are looking for someone that is not scared of experimentation and challenging convention but at the same time excited about peer-review, constructive critique and collaboration.
Perks
-Great clients and experience
-Full health benefits
-Flexible time off
-Laid back working environment
-Annual offsite in Mexico
Qualifications
We value continuous growth and learning, a team-first mentality, discipline, and a positive attitude. The ideal candidate would possess:
-3+ years of web development experience.
-1+ years experience with Shopify as a platform. We love fast learners but some platform experience is a must.
-Some knowledge of Ruby (RoR) or a similar MVC framework (such as Laravel).
-Expertise with modern, native Javascript standards such as promises, arrow functions, classes and other goodies (no jQuery please).
-Experience with Vue.js or React, or a desire to learn.
-A desire to create beautiful, custom CSS solutions rather than falling on heavy frameworks such as Bourbon or Bootstrap. Experience with PostCSS is great!
-A creative flare that culminates in an eye for design and a passion for animation.
-Experience with testing and integrating REST or GraphQL APIs.
-Great interpersonal communication skills (you'll be interfacing with clients and the internal team alike).
-The ability to manage workload, meet deadlines and speak up when needed.
-Self-motivated, detail-oriented.
-Level-headed and positive attitude under pressure.
-Able to work at our Toronto office.
Project Manager
Los Angeles, New York City, or Toronto
Half Helix is a digital agency building, growing, and guiding the next generation of online companies. We work with exciting lifestyle brands such as Nike, Revlon, Mack Weldon, Cha Cha Matcha, and more. We are looking for a full time project manager to join our team.
Perks
-Great clients and experience
-Full health benefits
-Flexible time off
-Laid back working environment
-Annual offsite in Mexico
The Project Manager is responsible for ensuring that we deliver high-quality work at a high level of service to our clients. They work closely with tech leads, designers and developers to make sure projects are completed on time and on budget. The ideal candidate has excellent organization and problem solving skills with a strong technical knowledge to anticipate issues, remove roadblocks, and manage the client's expectations.
Perks
-Great clients and experience
-Full health benefits
-Flexible time off
-Laid back working environment
-Annual offsite in Mexico
Qualifications
We value continuous growth and learning, a team-first mentality, discipline, and a positive attitude. The ideal candidate would possess:
-A passion for building digital platforms and ecommerce.
-Excellent technical skills and familiarity with the fundamentals of web development.
-Familiarity with web design and usability best practices and trends.
-Comfortable working in Google Apps (Docs, Sheets, etc), Microsoft Office Suite, and Apple Keynote.
-Able to learn other tools (Jira, Trello, Slack, Teamgantt).
-Positive Attitude: enthusiastic and able to contribute at any given stage throughout the process; actively takes the lead on a given task and can pitch in wherever help is needed.
-Excellent written and verbal communication skills; able to confidently express ideas and also knows when to listen.
-Excellent organizational and time management skills.
-And a desire to learn and grow with the agency!
Responsibilities
-Fully understand the client objectives and project goals and articulate them clearly
-Develop project plans and work with project teams to execute on plans
-Monitor day-to-day activities of project teams and ensure work is progressing as planned
-Manage schedules, budgets, assets, and overall project organization to ensure requirements and project deliverables dates are clearly communicated, understood, and executed upon
-Manage resource assignments to the project, and proactively identify resource challenges
-Actively monitor project risks and scope creep to foresee/ identify potential problems and proactively identify solutions to address them in advance
-Consistently identify needs that clients may not recognize and ensure approaches and solutions are linked to objectives and future needs
-Consistently manage client expectations, ensure delivery of the highest quality service, and solicit and act on client feedback
-Communicate and document project status to clients, team members, and management on a regular basis; escalate issues accordingly via the appropriate channels
-Create and manage functional specs documentation along with project team members
-Recap and create debriefs for every completed project; facilitate discussions on lessons learned and new knowledge gained; document properly and share
-Oversee and execute on content collection and content population in Content Management Systems
Knowledge & Experience
-3-5 year prior experience working on e-Commerce website projects, either at a retailer or an agency. Preference given to candidates who have demonstrated prior experience working on Shopify and/ or WordPress projects.
-Understanding of basic HTML/ CSS
-Strong understanding of business and functional requirements
-Experience with managing digital projects, especially the design and development of websites
-Understanding of third party applications, platforms, and integrations
-Able to work at our SoHo, NY or Entertainment District, Toronto office
Competencies
-Excellent verbal, written, presentation and interpersonal communication skills
-Self-motivated, detail-oriented
-Level-headed and positive attitude under pressure
-Ability to manage workload and meet deadlines
-A passion for learning new skills
-Strong web and Mac desktop skills – we use Google Docs, and various web-based tools such as Trello, Slack, Harvest, and etc