About RIPT Apparel
We sell pop culture, parody art on apparel through the means of a little thing called the internet. We are a small, nimble team of fun, hard-working people near downtown Chicago. We play as hard as we work and we play to Win. Privately held and profitable, RIPT Apparel is growing fast.
RIPT Apparel’s Vision
We bring people together through pop-culture apparel and provide the best daily destination for fun, nostalgic, limited edition artwork. We have become a trusted source of inspiration and a valuable creative outlet by treating artists and employees with respect while offering opportunities for growth.
We are seeking a self-motivated, detail-oriented and personable web developer to own and maintain www.riptapparel.com. The position will be responsible for future planning and development of website functionality.
An ideal candidate for this position has a love of learning and a desire to grow into a leadership position.
Basic Prerequisites
- Loves to be challenged and learn new things
- Examples of launched projects
- Familiar with QA and deployment processes
- Comfortable working in a fast paced environment
- Experience with cloud infrastructures (Heroku, AWS)
- Versatility regarding working environment (leading a team vs. working alone)
Responsibilities
- Maintain the current website and ecommerce store
- Architect and build the frontend/backend of future features and projects
- Unit testing and QA testing all releases
- Responsible for the over-all systems architecture, scalability, reliability, and performance
- Maintain current technical knowledge to support rapidly changing technology
- Work with a minimum of technical supervision and supplemental engineering support
- Work closely with founders to plan releases
- Work directly with operations staff to debug production issues
Educational Requirements
BS in computer science, or equivalent experience
Benefits
- RIPT merchandise allowance
- Annual Bonuses*
- Health Insurance
- Dental Insurance
- Vision Insurance
- Disability Insurance
- Paid Holidays (9)
- Paid Time Off (13 total)
- Employee Referral Bonuses
- 401(k) eligible after 1 year with company match
*contingent upon performance, Company profitability and various other financial circumstances