Sparks | Los Angeles, CA; SF, CA; Philadelphia, PA; New York, NY; Detroit, MI; other options available | Creative Technologist - Developer | ONSITE | Full-time
We are an experiential agency, working with global brands to build interactive environments across mediums - for screens, spaces, and retail stores. The Sparks Creative Technologist / Developer works with design and production teams to produce unique, custom software, and cutting-edge interactive experiences that connect audiences with brands at live events.
Our ideal Creative Technologist / Developer brings an engineer’s mind and a designer’s mentality together to solve complex technical problems in interdisciplinary ways. This role is focused on working closely with the larger Creative Technology team and a team of developers, developing prototypes and production code, managing software and technology requirements for projects, and defining scope. We are seeking a multi talented developer who loves to move fluidly between both creative and technical thinking, is comfortable working on client- and server-side software, and strives to realize unique interactive experiences with these proven skills.
The software we use changes based on project requirements, but some standards are:
* Strong grasp of front end web technologies: HTML, CSS, Vue.js and/or vanilla javascript
* Familiarity with building application servers in javascript, python, or ruby
* Knowledge of building and consuming APIs and working with JSON or XML.
* Docker and k8s
* git
* basic sysadmin skills, GCP, AWS, Azure
* Working with physical computing, sensors, and serial data.
Sparks offers
* Maternity and paternity leave
* Unlimited PTO
* Offices in major metropolitan areas with the ability to transition into remote
* Competitive salary, full benefits
* Brilliant coworkers, access to production facilities
* Ability to travel
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