Join the team: Front-end Developer/Designer
We’re looking for a passionate and creative hybrid developer/designer to help us evolve our core product - the SydneyMusic.net website.
Job applications close: 14/8/24
Launched in June 2022, the current SydneyMusic.net website has gone without any significant changes in some time. It’s a great product, but it’s time to freshen things up - both from a visual and technical point of view.
The successful applicant for this role will be an experienced HTML/CSS/JavaScript developer with proficient product design skills.
Here’s who we’re looking for:
- Expert level creator of beautiful HTML and CSS
- A passion for performant browser rendering, site performance, and getting rid of the bloat that's permeated the internet for the last two decades
- Keen product design skills with a developed understanding of prototyping, design thinking and iteration
- Intermediate JavaScript (all run at build-time - we do not do client-side rendering)
- A professional pride in good project and code structure
Our tech stack is:
- SvelteKit (Svelte and Vite)
- TailwindCSS
- DatoCMS
- Netlify
- Plausible Analytics
Take a look at our codebase if you wish - it's completely open source.
To be a successful applicant, you will need to:
- Be an active gig-goer familiar with our local scene, particularly its grassroots. Our vision is to “get more people plugged in to Sydney’s incredible live music scene”, and we need a collaborator that understands the needs of the community and how we can better cater to it.
- Be available for occasional in-person meetings and collaborative work in the Sydney CBD or Inner West
- Be completely self-sufficient with your own workspace and tools
- Have a portfolio or some links that display your best work as a primary contributor. Include some GitHub links so we can take a look at your code too (if available)
- Have an ABN - you'll be working as a contractor on a time and materials basis.
About SydneyMusic.net
SydneyMusic.net is a not-for-profit organisation that maintains a local, 100% human researched and edited gig guide to help solve the problem of discoverability for our grassroots music community. The guide is available through our website, Instagram Stories, an e-mail newsletter and a streaming playlist.
Setting your price
This is our first financial investment in product development for the SydneyMusic.net website: all work to date has been contributed by volunteers. We’re pretty pleased by how far we’ve got, but we need to figure out how we can better serve a broader audience. That will require investing in how the guide looks and functions.
As a result, we’re inviting applicants to nominate their own hourly rate for work done on the site. The organisation can not afford commercial rates, but if you’re interested in putting a bit towards SydneyMusic as an organisation by nominating a discounted hourly rate, Sydney’s music community will be grateful for your contributions.
With that said, your nominated rate won’t be the primary determining factor in who we hire - our primary objective is to find someone that has the right skills that can be a partner in making SydneyMusic.net the best it can be. We’ll consider all applications, and we’ll make the decision primarily guided by the person with the right skillset to help us with our needs.
Got questions? Talk to Joe Hardy at joe@sydneymusic.net