Job Opening: Technical Lead
Bluespark, LLC is looking for a Technical Lead to help us define project requirements and manage remote teams to deliver Drupal websites that our clients and their customers will love.
This is a client-facing position.
Full-time (Preferred) or Contract
About Bluespark
Who is Bluespark?
Bluespark is a professional community first and a digital experience agency second. We are experts committed to delivering high quality results to all of our clients.
Where will you work?
Bluespark is a distributed company. That’s just a fancy way of saying that you can work from anywhere. The only requirement is that you be available for our standard working hours of 9 AM - 12 PM Central U.S. Time (time zone calculator). Most people work from home—wherever that may be—occasionally traveling to client sites, conferences, or trainings. The majority of our clients are based in the U.S.
Who should apply?
People who want to make a difference in the organization they work for. People who are interested in building a company that’s bigger than the four walls of a building -- a company that spans the globe and believes that its people are at the core of the value we add to the world. People who want to contribute to their team and the open source community. People who embody curiosity, awareness, resoluteness, and empathy -- who are flexible, proactive, and driven.
About the Position
Accountabilities
- Providing technical insight in the early stages of a project.
- Advising clients and others on technical implementation details of a project.
- Scaling the client's vision to their budget.
- Looking for new, useful opportunities for clients to expand their website.
- Scoping projects during the sales cycle.
- Presenting recommendations to clients.
- Research. Technical Planning. Architecture.
- Coaching team on methodologies, documentation, ticket creation and refinement, etc.
- Conducting code reviews.
- Contributing to open source projects.
- BONUS: Presenting ideas and solutions to clients in clear, concise, non-technical language (well, as non-technical as you can get)
Competencies
- Perpetually curious, always learning
- Grit
- Excellent communication habits
- Well-spoken, critical thinker
- Opinionated, but open to being wrong
- Superior client service skills
- Professional and disciplined remote collaboration
- An excellent sense of humor
- Contributes to open source, with high-quality examples
- BONUS: Interested in writing blog posts and books; interest in speaking at conferences
Desired Experience
- Latest Drupal APIs and modules
- JavaScript frameworks
- HTML, CSS
- Front-end frameworks, and api endpoint integrations
- Decoupled solutions such as React, Vue, GraphQL
- Drupal site building techniques
- Responsive design and development
- Solr
- MySQL
- Site and systems audits
- Troubleshooting
- Remote Work
- BONUS: iOS and Android application development
- BONUS: PHP OOP / Symfony
(If you think you fit the bill, but don't have all of the experience listed above, please apply anyway. Some of our best hires have undervalued their own experience.)
Compensation & Benefits
- Health, Dental, and Vision Insurance. We cover 100% of your health insurance and 25% of your family insurance.
- Work from anywhere. Travel around the world or work from the comfort of your home. You just need a stable Internet connection.
- Flexible schedule. Our schedules are pretty flexible. Need to run an errand in the middle of the day? Totally cool. We have people who put in their eight hours in a single shot. Others who break it up throughout the day.
- Reasonable schedules. It’s sad that we even need to list this as a benefit. But we don’t expect more than 40 hours of work in a week. We don’t do “crunch times” during projects.
- Autonomy. A big part of working at Bluespark is being part of a community of expert practitioners. People who actually enjoy what they're doing. Because of that, we actively nurture a culture of connected autonomy—that is, you are the expert and we trust your expertise. We have systems, methods, processes, and best practices, but these are there to help you do your job better—not be yoke that hold you back from doing great work. As such, break the rules, go off script—and tell us what you learned and what we, as a company, can do to improve.
- Salary commensurate with location, role, and experience.
To apply, send your resume to hello@bluespark.com.
