Senior Frontend Developer

About garden3d

garden3d is a creative 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.

Role Overview

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.

Location

This is a contract-based position with a focus on U.S. West Coast candidates. 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.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with Technical Lead to meet clients' development needs
• Build and maintain high-performance web applications with modern frontend frameworks and tools
• Implement responsive, accessible, and pixel-perfect user interfaces based on design specifications
• Integrate frontend applications with headless CMS platforms, APIs, and third-party services
• Optimize application performance, including bundle size, load times, and runtime efficiency
• Architect scalable component libraries and design systems for consistency across projects
• Write clear documentation for code maintenance and usage
• Participate in project team meetings, including Sprint Planning, daily standups, and retrospectives
• Participate in code reviews, providing constructive feedback to teammates and ensuring adherence to best practices

Ideal Candidate

You are happy, relaxed and easy to get along with. You're flexible on anything except conceits that will lower your usually outstanding work quality. You work smart, by carefully managing your workflow and staggering features that have dependencies intelligently. You prefer deep work but are comfortable engaging in top level and strategic conversations. Backgrounds or interests in design, art, music, food, or fashion are valued, as is evidence of a variety of hobbies or side projects.