Role-Freelance Frontend Developer
Days: 5 days a month
Type: Remote
The Role
This position involves providing technical support across multiple areas of our Web platform, including UI maintenance, content management, and basic infrastructure tasks.
The role consists of:
* Paid onboarding: Initial hours to familiarize yourself with our technology stack, documentation, codebase, and processes
* Ad-hoc hourly work: Support, bug fixing, feature development, triaging, and emergency assistance as needed
The successful candidate will be especially useful to the editorial team in advising on XML-related issues and tasks.
Who This Role Suits
* Developers with some practical experience seeking flexible, occasional work
* Those looking for supplementary income in a low-stress environment
* People interested in digital humanities/academic technology
* Developers who enjoy working across varied technical areas
* Those comfortable with both maintaining legacy systems and contributing to new development
* Freelancers who can respond to requests within a reasonable timeframe
Responsibilities
* Assist with maintenance of our current Web UI (Ember-based) and contribute to the new NextJS React frontend as directed
* Support the editorial team with content management and XML triage tasks
* Help with basic backend API tasks under supervision
* Provide assistance with infrastructure and DevOps tasks as needed
Technical Requirements
Required:
* Basic understanding of XML processing and structure
* Proficiency in HTML5/CSS3 and JavaScript
* Ability to read and debug code
* Comfortable working with version control (Git)
* Strong self-learning ability through documentation
Preferred (experience with or willingness to learn):
* React and/or Ember.js
* TypeScript
* Python
* XSLT
* Cloud infrastructure (AWS) basics
* API development basics
GCS is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.
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