Frontend Engineer
The Long Now
📍Remote (Global) 🕔 Part Time
💼 Contract/Project-Based 🔄 Rolling Applications
The Long Now Foundation is seeking an experienced Front End Engineer to bring new capabilities to longnow.org. You'll work from detailed, high fidelity mockups to create responsive, user-friendly front-end experiences that connect seamlessly with our back-end systems in service of Long Now's mission of fostering long-term thinking and responsibility. This is a part-time contract opportunity open to individuals or web development firms. We welcome proposals from experienced front end developers.
You will —
Develop clean, efficient front-end code based on provided high-resolution mockups
Implement responsive designs that work consistently across device and browser
Integrate with front-end interfaces that use various APIs and back-end services
Help define Long Now’s overall approach to the web
Optimize your work for speed and scalability
Your demonstrable experience includes —
Strong proficiency with JavaScript, DOM manipulation, HTML5, and CSS3
Experience with modern content-oriented front end JavaScript frameworks like Astro and Next.js with a solid understanding of their strengths and weaknesses
Thorough understanding of React.js and its core principles
Experience working with RESTful APIs and integrating them into front-end applications
Solid understanding of cross-browser compatibility issues and ways to address them
Familiarity with modern front-end build pipelines, tooling, and source control
Strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail
Ideal candidates will also have —
Experience with the Ghost publishing platform
Experience with Django-based applications
Knowledge and opinions about JavaScript-based headless CMS platforms
A deep personal passion for long-term thinking and civilization-scale responsibility
Long Now is an equal opportunity employer. All employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, Veteran status, or other legally protected characteristics. People of color, people with disabilities, women, LGBTQ individuals, and members of other historically disadvantaged groups are encouraged to apply.
