The Trailhead program is the start of your epic journey at Critical Mass. During your initial 12-weeks, you will embark on a custom-built learning journey to understand what we do, who we are, and how we make award-winning work with our clients. Our goal is to integrate you into the amazing work we do here at Critical Mass and support you as part of the team to grow your career with us!

Our Winter 2024 Trailhead Cohort commences February 06, 2023.

All applications are reviewed on a rolling basis and the hiring location for this role is still being finalized.

As an Associate Developer, you’ve got extensive experience with HTML5, CSS3, and Vanilla JS, which means you’re good to go when it comes to developing innovative features for responsive websites. If you’re always looking to learn and grow in your role, then good news—you’ll get key mentorship from a Tech Lead and will gain experience working with departments like Creative and UX to create top-notch user experiences. Not only are you a true rock star in responsive HTML and CSS development, you’re also up to speed on the latest in responsive grid frameworks and templating engines—and throw in some various JavaScript patterns for reusability and performance. You have a strong foundational knowledge of ES5 and ES6—but we’ll welcome any experience you have with JavaScript as well. Experience has taught you what works when it comes to choosing the best mix of cutting-edge tech. Most importantly, you are driven to hone your craft through a passion for technology.  

You Will:

• Rapidly prototype with code using modern front-end frameworks and digital pattern libraries.  
• Deliver solutions balancing technical and business requirements.  
• Understand business and user requirements. 
• Maintain high coding standards and practices to exercise quality control on all aspects of web development. 
• Problem-solve in all areas of web development.

You Have:

• 0-3 years demonstrated development experience with hand-coding advanced HTML, CSS, HTML5, CSS3, and JavaScript. 
• Demonstrated development experience with React.  
• Package manager and automation tool experience (npm, gulp, grunt).  
• Demonstrated understanding of Responsive Web Design principles. 
• Proficiency with Semantic HTML Markup. 
• Experience working with cross-functional and cross-office teams.  
• Experience diagnosing and solving cross-browser and cross-platform issues.

What We Offer

• Global maternity and parental leave
• Competitive benefits packages
• Vacation, compassionate leave, wellness days, and flex days
• Access to online services for families and new parents 
• Hybrid work options
• Extensive winter holiday office closures
• Summer Fridays (off at 3:00 PM local time every Friday)
• Diversity and Inclusion Board with 12 affinity groups 
• Enterprise-wide employee discounts 

The Talent Team at Critical Mass is focused on ensuring we provide the best training, onboarding, and employee experience possible! Our new hires & employees are the future of our organization, and we want to set you up for long-term success. In an effort to do so, we expect our team to work from an office a minimum of 4 days a week. The ask stems from our want to: Strengthen opportunity for continuous learningImprove collaboration and team relationships.Increase employee engagement

This hybrid model balances the need for individual flexibility while maintaining the relentless customer focus we provide at CM. We understand that not everyone may feel comfortable with this expectation, so we ask that you please let us know immediately if there are any concerns so we can help navigate accordingly.

CM Liquid Talent is still an option for roles approved to be 100% remote.

Critical Mass is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We do not tolerate discrimination on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status. If you are an individual with disabilities who would like to request an accommodation, please reach out to accommodations@criticalmass.com.

We are committed to fostering diversity, equity, and inclusion within our pool of candidates, with a target of achieving at least 50% representation from underrepresented communities.

The Critical Mass Talent Acquisition team will only communicate from email addresses that use the URLs criticalmass.com and us.greenhouse-mail.io. We will not use apps such as Facebook Messenger, WhatsApp, or Google Hangouts for communicating with you. We will never ask you to send us money, technology, or anything else to work for our company. If you believe you are the victim of a scam, please review your local government consumer protections guidance and reach out to them directly.

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