As a Web Developer, you will perform and manage all types of website development tasks, including front-end development, back-end development, forms development, systems integration and database development to create and continually enhance our market-facing website presence. You will also be the primary owner of Brightcove’s Search Engine Optimization (SEO) efforts as they relate to back-end website health and structure—including management of redirects, backlinks, page load speeds, sitemaps, meta tags, canonical links and mobile responsiveness.
This role will work cross-functionally with Product Marketing, Demand Generation, Corporate Communications, Go-to-Market and the broaders Web Team to identify, recommend and implement digital solutions for improving the desktop and mobile website experience, as well as driving organic traffic to the site. This role requires a solid understanding of cross platform/browser compatibility, and a passion for creating streamlined web experiences. In this role, you will be responsible for translating mockups and wireframes into semantically correct templates, expanding the functionality of our web systems, and increasing overall website traffic. We are looking for someone who can not only recommend and implement solutions that follow best practices but can also take an active role in shaping the Brightcove digital experience.
Your Primary Responsibilities:
- Building out and maintaining web systems and platforms to support brightcove.com - including content and media delivery platforms, front-end components, developer toolkits, localization systems, deployment systems, and asset management tools
- Collaborating on corporate web strategy: designing, testing, and implementing site improvements to make a world-class website.
- Continuously architecting improvements as demand grows and complexity increases for our systems
- Contributing to the professional development of team members and colleagues, improving their technical knowledge and developmental practices.
- Advising management on software development priorities, risks, and required effort levels.
- Testing to ensure work does not introduce errors or issues that negatively affect web traffic or conversions
- Maintaining a high degree of overall website health and increasing the percentage of organically-driven traffic
What You Will Bring:
A minimum of 3 years of experience in each of the following:
- Web development in a B2B marketing organization
- Working with web technologies within a marketing team
- Supporting lead and demand generation with web technologies
- Integrating websites with CRM systems, marketing automation systems, finance systems and ABM systems
- Owning and managing website health and analytics
- Forms development and integration
- Dashboarding for performance tracking, as well as management and executive visibility
- Leveraging tools, frameworks, and methods to facilitate effectively meeting marketing objectives
- Troubleshooting system-to-system integrations with other website-adjacent systems
In addition to the above, the qualified candidate must possess the following:
- Extensive experience integrating JavaScript and HTML-based content with other 3rd party environments (i.e., Contentful CMS).
- Demonstrated knowledge building reusable code and libraries for future use.
- A strong understanding of infrastructure and scalability.
- Experience maintaining a development infrastructure, ensuring uptime, and optimizing site performance.
- A deep understanding of web technologies and how those impact the feasibility of solutions from design, technical and digital marketing perspectives.
- The ability to develop, implement, and debug website code, and deliver projects in a fast-moving environment
- Current knowledge of emerging website, CRM and marketing-focused technologies
Experience in the video industry is also a plus, as is experience developing or managing e-commerce environments, managing the hosting of websites, and working with eCDNs. Additional skills and qualifications include:
- An in-depth understanding of web markup, mark down, including HTML5, CSS3
- Demonstrated ability with server-side CSS pre-processing platforms, such as Stylus, LESS, SASS, or Styled Components
- Solid understanding of Amazon Web Services such as S3, Lambda, and Cloudfront
- Strong knowledge of NodeJS
- Proficient understanding of client-side scripting and JavaScript frameworks, including ES6, ReactJS, and jQuery
- Solid understanding of cross-browser compatibility issues, including mobile, and ways to work around them
- Proficient understanding of code versioning tools, such as Git
- Experience with Static Site Generators such as Gatsby, NextJS, or Nuxt
- Familiarity with JAMstack development techniques and headless CMS
- Familiarity with GraphQL
- Proficient understanding of asynchronous request handling, partial page updates, and AJAX
- Ability to synthesize project information and establish the appropriate scope of a project.
- Dedicated team player with the ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment
- Ability to troubleshoot and learn third party SaaS tools
- Attentive to technical details with an appreciation for design and UX
- High degree of independent judgment
- Ability to solve complex problems
About Brightcove
Brightcove is the industry leader in the video space. Since 2004, Brightcove (NYSE: BCOV) has been supporting some of the largest media companies, enterprises, events, and non-profit organizations by revolutionizing the way they deliver video. Our customers are the reason for everything we do. For them, having Brightcove as a partner is a choice. For us, it’s a privilege – one we take very seriously. We help some of the world’s most trusted brands use video to move their business forward, whether that’s in broadcasting, publishing, marketing, or enterprise communications. Whenever they need us, however they need us, we are there for them. Without fail.
We look for people to join the Brightcove team who believe in video as much as we do and who want to help shape its future. That’s who you’ll find in every one of our offices around the world – people who share a passion for killer technology and who love working together to deliver the best video experiences possible.
Working at Brightcove
As the undisputed global leader in powering premium video for our customers, Brightcove recruits and retains highly qualified and motivated individuals, creating an environment where people can innovate and achieve their best, and we reward them for their performance by giving them the opportunity to share in the company’s success. We offer competitive compensation, stock options, 401k matching, and tuition reimbursement, as well as generous PTO - and we expect you to use it!
We are currently all working remotely due to Covid-19 and plan to return to an in-office experience once it is safe to do so. When we return, this role will be located in our Boston office which is located downtown, in Fort Point harbor. This Brightcove office has an open working space layout with beautiful water views. Employees enjoy access to fully-stocked kitchens and social activities including: happy hours, trivia and movie nights, ping pong tournaments, and philanthropy events. While you won’t get to experience the in-office culture immediately, you will feel it remotely and be able to participate actively. We have plenty of opportunities to meet your colleagues around the globe and we also celebrate a variety of personal interests with organized groups and clubs including an Employee Action Committee, Women of Brightcove, Pride of Brightcove, Parents of Brightcove … and more to come!
Brightcove is headquartered in Boston with offices in New York, London, Guadalajara, Funchal, Tokyo, Singapore, Sydney, Mumbai and Chennai. This position is being offered as a fully remote role and, while you won’t get to experience the in-office culture, you will feel it remotely and be able to participate actively. We have plenty of opportunities to meet your colleagues around the globe and we also celebrate a variety of personal interests with organized groups and clubs including an Employee Action Committee, Women of Brightcove, Pride of Brightcove, Parents of Brightcove … and more to come!
If you've gotten all the way to the bottom of this description, thank you for your interest in Brightcove! If this role sounds like something that is exciting to you please don't hesitate to apply, even if you don't meet all of our qualifications. We recognize that no candidate is perfect and Brightcove would love to have the chance to get to know you.
We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender, gender identity or expression, or veteran status. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. If you need any accommodations for your interview, please email recruiting@brightcove.com.
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