Each year, 70,000 gamers from all around the world attend Gen Con, the largest and longest-running annual event devoted to tabletop gaming culture in North America! The Gen Con development team builds the systems which support the event production team and those who attend the show. Our systems are continuously evolving and we are looking for web developers to work on the Gen Con's website in the following ways:


* Collaborate with stakeholders, designers, and other developers to define technical requirements and estimate effort

* Design and implement front-end and back-end functionality with quality, maintainable code

* Write documentation, implement automated tests and contribute to manual testing plans

* Maintain and address issues in website as they arise and are assigned

* Contribute to design of overall system

* Adhere to and help improve the team’s development processes and workflows

* Participate in code reviews and contribute to establishing best practices for achieving and maintaining a quality system

* Research new technologies and patterns to incorporate in the platform




This job is for contractors. Compensation is on an hourly or project basis

This job is remote. You can work from anywhere you like

Your Qualifications


* Must have 5+ years of professional experience designing and building web applications as part of a team

* Must have intimate knowledge of HTML, JavaScript, and CSS

* Must have experience with software development lifecycle practices and methodologies like Scrum and Agile

* Must have 1+ years of professional experience working in Ruby on Rails

* Must have 1+ years of professional experience working with SQL databases

* Must have excellent written and oral communication skills

* Must be organized and detail oriented

* Must be a self-starter, able to take initiative and thrive in an entrepreneurial environment

* Must have experience writing and maintaining automated tests and documentation for your work

* Good to have experience with back-end web application frameworks

* Good to have experience with front-end web application frameworks and/or React

* Good to have experience with document-oriented / NoSQL databases like MongoDB

* Nice to have experience developing mobile applications, particularly with frameworks like React Native

* Nice to have skills and experience in DevOps and/or system administration