Blenderbox

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Blenderbox: Shaping Digital Experiences for Mission-Driven Organizations Blenderbox is a values-based virtual agency specializing in crafting innovative web applications and digital experiences for higher education, non-profit, and government clients. We build solutions that empower organizations to achieve their missions, leveraging our deep expertise in user-centered design and cutting-edge technology. Our team of experienced engineers works collaboratively using a modern tech stack including React, NodeJS/NextJS, .NET, Drupal, WordPress, Python/Django, and AWS cloud services. We embrace Agile methodologies, prioritizing efficient workflows and open communication to deliver high-quality, scalable software. Our remote-first culture fosters a healthy work-life balance and encourages continuous learning and professional development. With over 20 years of experience, Blenderbox prides itself on building inclusive and transparent work environments. We are committed to fostering a culture of pride, collaboration, and shared values, creating a supportive and rewarding experience for our employees. We are committed to building lasting partnerships with our clients and delivering exceptional results. Blenderbox continuously expands its product offerings and capabilities, constantly seeking opportunities to improve processes and technologies. We are actively seeking talented individuals to join our growing team and contribute to our mission of empowering organizations through technology.

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🧭 Full-Time

💸 90000 - 125000 USD per year

🔍 Nonprofit, educational, governmental sectors

  • Prior experience in a digital agency environment
  • 4+ years experience with OOP PHP / LAMP-stack applications
  • 2+ years of production experience with WordPress (5.0+ and Gutenberg)
  • Proficiency with JavaScript and CSS
  • Experience with REST, APIs, and JSON
  • Experience with content migrations
  • Experience with CDN, Redis, Varnish, MemCache
  • Experience with WP Engine or Pantheon hosting
  • Knowledge of software security and performance optimization
  • Ability to work in a fast-paced environment
  • Excellent written and oral communication skills
  • Strong problem solving, organizational, and time management skills
  • US Citizen or authorized to work in the US

  • Become the guiding voice of our WordPress Practice
  • Establish and maintain a trusting work environment through empathy and technical competence
  • Integrate functional, technical, and business requirements into scalable software designs
  • Collaborate with UX/UI Designers on technical feasibility
  • Compose and maintain detailed technical specifications
  • Solve technical challenges using open source modules and best practices
  • Write secure, performant, maintainable code
  • Raise and help resolve issues during the product lifecycle
  • Contribute technical expertise in client meetings
  • Communicate technical risks to stakeholders

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📍 United States

🧭 Full-Time

💸 90000 - 125000 USD per year

🔍 Higher education, nonprofit, and government sectors

  • Prior experience in a digital agency environment.
  • 4+ years experience with OOP PHP/Symfony/LAMP-stack applications.
  • 2+ years of production experience with enterprise scale Drupal 8/9.
  • Production experience with WordPress.
  • Proficiency with JavaScript and CSS.
  • Experience with REST, APIs, JSON.
  • Experience with content migrations.
  • Experience with Lucene-based search technologies like SOLR or ElasticSearch.
  • Experience configuring and maintaining CI/CD pipelines and writing automated tests.
  • Experience with Caching technologies such as CDN, Redis, Varnish, or MemCache.
  • Experience using cloud computing services such as AWS, Google, or Azure.
  • Working knowledge of software security and performance optimization principles.
  • Good understanding of software architecture patterns and concepts.
  • Ability to work in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment with cross-functional teams.
  • Ability to accurately estimate the scope of work.
  • Proactive approach and excellent written and oral communication skills.
  • Solid problem-solving, organizational, and time management skills.

  • Translate functional, technical, and business requirements into efficient and scalable software designs considering time constraints.
  • Collaborate closely with UX/UI Designers and advise on the technical feasibility of proposed design approaches.
  • Composing and maintaining detailed technical specifications.
  • Solving technical challenges using open source modules and following modern best practices.
  • Writing secure, performant, maintainable, and testable code for client and internal projects.
  • Proactively raising and helping to resolve issues throughout the software product lifecycle.
  • Contributing technical expertise in client meetings.
  • Communicating technical risks and tradeoffs clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

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🔍 Public sector

  • Demonstrated ability to solve complex problems and think creatively and analytically.
  • 4+ years of experience as a Product Manager, Technical Product Manager, Engineer, or similar role.
  • Engineering or QA background.
  • Experience building enterprise scale digital products.
  • Experience partnering with fast-paced cross-functional delivery teams.
  • Knowledge in data modeling and relational databases.
  • Familiarity with CI/CD tools.
  • Experience with web accessibility and Design Systems.
  • Proficient in JIRA, Confluence, GitHub, and other development management tools.
  • Working knowledge of product development methodologies including Agile and Lean.
  • Global and cultural awareness.
  • US Citizen or authorized to work in the US.

  • Work cross-functionally to define optimal solutions to customer problems.
  • Conduct product discovery, qualitative and quantitative research, ideation, prototyping, and stakeholder interviews.
  • Enhance product experience, reliability, security, privacy, data protection, compliance, performance, and accessibility.
  • Compose and refine product specifications, define epics, and write user stories, acceptance criteria, and QA steps.
  • Collaborate with engineers to deliver robust, scalable, and maintainable software.
  • Maintain client-facing and internal product documentation.
  • Triage defects and define a path for resolution.
  • Communicate priorities and responsibilities and facilitate quality product delivery within timeline and budget.
  • Balance analytical and creative thinking to drive progress and adapt to evolving customer needs.
  • Establish and maintain effective communication with customers and internal stakeholders.
  • Maintain knowledge of customer experience and technology trends.

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📍 United States

🧭 Full-Time

💸 125000 - 170000 USD per year

🔍 Nonprofit, educational, and governmental organizations

  • 2+ years of experience in a technical leadership role.
  • 5+ years of hands-on production experience with Python and Django framework.
  • Experience developing SaaS products.
  • Experience with Decoupled architectures.
  • Proficient in JavaScript.
  • Experience building and integrating performant and secure APIs.
  • Strong familiarity with the AWS ecosystem.
  • Experience building microservices while leveraging the AWS ecosystem.
  • Solid grasp of application security and performance optimization techniques.
  • Deep understanding of software architecture patterns and concepts.
  • Ability to write scalable, reusable, testable, and efficient code.
  • Proactive with excellent written and oral communication skills.
  • Stellar problem solving, organizational and time management skills.

  • Translate complex functional, technical, and business requirements into efficient and scalable software designs.
  • Collaborate closely with UX/UI Designers and advise on the technical feasibility of proposed design approaches.
  • Provide technical oversight of product delivery, from initial scoping and architecture to hands-on feature execution.
  • Contribute technical expertise in key client meetings and communications.
  • Help define and enforce quality engineering standards.
  • Provide strong thought leadership on emerging technologies.
  • Conduct internal training in areas in which you specialize.

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🔍 Education Technology

  • 4+ years of hands-on production experience with Python and Django framework.
  • Experience with Decoupled architectures and building secure APIs.
  • Familiarity with AWS ecosystem and building microservices.
  • Solid understanding of application security and optimization techniques.
  • Knowledge of software architecture patterns and best practices.
  • Ability to write scalable, reusable, testable, and efficient code.
  • Proficient in front-end theming and JavaScript.

  • Own and drive the development of new product features.
  • Enhance existing features and develop efficient software components.
  • Maintain a high level of quality for software deliverables.
  • Review and provide feedback on PRs from team members.
  • Collaborate on requirements definition and product design.
  • Participate in sprint planning, backlog refinement, and estimation.
  • Advise on technical feasibility of design approaches.
  • Evolve engineering quality standards and provide leadership.

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📍 United States

🧭 Full-Time

💸 100000 - 130000 USD per year

🔍 Public sector and government services

  • 4+ years of hands-on production experience with Python and Django framework.
  • Experience with decoupled architectures.
  • Experience building and integrating performant and secure APIs.
  • Strong familiarity with the AWS ecosystem.
  • Experience building microservices while leveraging the AWS ecosystem.
  • Solid grasp of application security and performance optimization techniques.
  • Knowledge of best practice software architecture patterns and concepts.
  • Ability to write scalable, reusable, testable, and efficient code.
  • Proficient in front-end theming, layout building and CSS pre/post-processors.
  • Comfortable with JavaScript.
  • Proactive and have excellent written and oral communication skills.
  • Stellar problem-solving, organizational and time management skills.
  • US Citizen or authorized to work in the US.

  • Own and drive the development of new product features and enhance existing.
  • Develop software components that are efficient and scalable.
  • Maintain a high level of quality for software deliverables.
  • Review and provide feedback on PRs from other team members.
  • Collaborate on requirements definition and product design & development.
  • Participate in sprint planning, backlog refinement and estimation.
  • Collaborate closely with Product Managers and Designers on technical feasibility.
  • Actively participate in evolving engineering quality standards.
  • Provide strong thought leadership on emerging technologies.

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📍 United States

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🔍 Higher education and government sectors

  • 4+ years experience with .NET 6 (Core), .NET MVC Framework, LINQ, SQL.
  • Proficiency in JavaScript, React, and CSS.
  • Experience with REST, APIs, JSON, and decoupling techniques.
  • Experience writing middleware and with Azure Cloud, CI/CD.
  • Knowledge of software security and performance optimization principles.
  • Ability to work within agile, cross-functional teams and troubleshoot technical issues.
  • Excellent written and oral communication skills.
  • US Citizen or authorized to work in the United States.

  • Integrate functional, technical, and business requirements into efficient and scalable software designs.
  • Collaborate with UX/UI Designers on technical feasibility.
  • Compose and maintain detailed technical specifications.
  • Groom project backlog and oversee the quality of deliverables.
  • Solve technical challenges using modern engineering best practices.
  • Write secure, maintainable, and testable code.
  • Proactively communicate technical risks and tradeoffs.

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📍 United States

🧭 Full-Time

💸 90000 - 130000 USD per year

🔍 Higher education, nonprofit, and government sectors

  • Expert-level knowledge of JavaScript and knowledge of latest ES6/7 features.
  • 4+ years experience delivering stable and scalable React applications.
  • 2+ years of production experience with NodeJS, NextJS.
  • Experience with REST, JSON, API integration.
  • Experience with GraphQL, Apollo and modern developer tooling.
  • Proficiency with CSS and CSS pre/post-processors.
  • Proficient with web app state management.
  • Experience with AWS and/or Azure cloud services.
  • Experience with high-availability, consumer-facing applications, PWAs.
  • Working knowledge of software security and performance optimization principles.
  • Ability to work in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment with cross-functional teams.
  • Ability to decompose complex problems into manageable units of work.
  • Prior experience in a digital agency environment as a full time employee or a consultant.
  • Ability to troubleshoot technical issues.
  • Excellent written and oral communication skills.
  • Solid problem solving, organizational and time management skills.
  • US Citizen or authorized to work in the United States.

  • Establish and maintain a trusting work environment through demonstration of empathy and expert technical competence.
  • Integrate functional, technical, and business requirements into efficient and scalable software designs within an Agile development process.
  • Determine the strategic and tactical direction of the front-end architecture and middle-ware services.
  • Collaborate with UX/UI Designers and advise on technical feasibility of proposed design approaches.
  • Compose and maintain detailed technical specifications.
  • Advocate for best practices, tools and approaches to improve application stability, performance and quality.
  • Solve technical challenges using available open source modules/plug-ins and follow modern best practices.
  • Write secure, performant, maintainable and testable code for client and internal projects.
  • Proactively raise and help resolve issues throughout the software product lifecycle.
  • Contribute technical expertise in client meetings and communications.
  • Proactively and clearly communicate technical risks and tradeoffs to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

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