Job Description
Technical Lead, Contract
Remote
Contracted to Full Time
Technology
Experienced
Location: Remote
Who We Are
We are an Experience design and trusted creative technology partner to some of the world’s most ambitious brands such as Google, Amazon, Meta and Uber. We believe in the power of storytelling, human-centric design, and the intersection of creativity with code to further humanity’s relationship with technology. We operate fully remote, and our team members enjoy the flexibility of working from anywhere within the U.S. and Canada time zones while keeping a balanced relationship with their personal life.
At Left Field Labs, our curiosity drives us to seek out uncommon solutions to our shared challenges. Our purpose is to positively impact the human experience with everything we invent. We’re looking for those who can craft unique solutions through empathy.
Interested in joining a culture that celebrates diversity, encourages curiosity, and creates with purpose? Are you the kind of person who obsesses over details, thrives in a collaborative environment, and jumps at the opportunity to take on new challenges? Confident that you’re at the top of your game and ready to invent with others who are at the top of theirs? Check out our open position and let’s talk.
Who We Are Seeking
Left Field Labs is seeking a talented Full Stack Technical Lead to join our Culver City office. You will work alongside a group of dedicated and multi-disciplined technologists and designers to bring high-quality solutions to the market. We count on our developers to write elegant and well-documented code, with a strict eye towards the separation of concerns and maintainability. Our developers are creatives, we expect an eye for design, collaboration on interactions, and understanding of overall user experience when building our software. Technical Leads take their development knowledge and apply that to project leadership in the form of estimation, architecture, planning, and coming alongside developers to complete tasks and release projects.
What You’ll Need to be Successful
- Advanced Javascript, HTML5, CSS3, Python, Typescript
- Advanced Experience with React/Preact, Angular, Vue.js, or similar
- Experience in Node and package managers (NPM, Yarn)
- Experience configuring bundlers like Webpack or Gulp
- Experience in Python or Node
- Solid understanding of REST architecture and consumption patterns
- Good proficiency collaborating through Git
- Object-Oriented Programming (OOP)
- At least 6 years experience building web-based applications
- Mac/Unix savvy – must be proficient working at a command line
- Experience with direct client interaction
- Experience with technical project leadership, from estimation through deployment
- Experience with cloud functions and hosting – GCP, GAE, Firebase, or AWS
- Ability to architect solutions, notating needs and technology to fill those needs
- A drive to creatively solve technical problems and enable teams in to develop solutions
Bonus Points
- WebGL, Three.js, Pixi.js or other web rendering frameworks
- Experience creating or maintaining SaaS projects
- Scrum or Kanban related project leadership experience
- Next, Gatsby, or other SSR and Static rendering frameworks for client-side applications
- WebSockets, MQTT, PubSub, or other non-REST communication platforms
- Mentoring and Skill sharing abilities, specifically with more junior to mid-level developers
- Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent experience