Web Developer

Contract Web Developer

Cape is a privacy-first mobile carrier and security company looking for a contract web developer to own and maintain our marketing website and related web properties.
You'll be the primary owner of cape.co and associated sites, working closely with our engineering, marketing, and product teams. Most weeks you'll handle a mix of content updates, new page builds, and the occasional larger feature - we estimate 12-25 hours per week. Our site gets tens of thousands of visits per day, and we're frequently updating and standing up new campaigns.
We're looking for someone security-minded and who can implement privacy-first marketing attribution.
What You'll Do

Deploy and manage production releases (monitoring builds, diagnosing failures, optimizing build pipelines)
Update and manage content through our CMS, with a solid understanding of publish/draft states and preview link behavior
Implement copy and design updates
Translate Figma designs into pixel-accurate, production-ready pages and components
Maintain and update the web checkout flow
Handle web analytics and attribution integrations
Run A/B tests
Handle integrations with our email marketing CRM, map provider, and more
Proactively address performance issues — image optimization, build efficiency, and page load improvements
Implement and maintain SEO best practices (meta tags, robots directives, etc.)
Identify and remediate security vulnerabilities promptly — this is especially important for us as a security company
Stay on top of dependency maintenance, Dependabot alerts, and keeping the repo clean
Be responsive to requests from cross-functional stakeholders (marketing, product, engineering)
What We're Looking For

Strong proficiency with modern JavaScript/TypeScript and Next.js (or similar React frameworks)
Experience with Vercel deployments and CI/CD pipelines
Hands-on experience with headless CMS platforms like Sanity
Familiarity with web security fundamentals — query injection, API key hygiene, env var security
Experience with marketing analytics tools like Mixpanel, Google Ads, Meta, and demonstrated ability to implement web analytics beyond out-of-the-box implementations, such as the ability to set up custom event tracking, conversion tracking, and server-side data collection in a way that prioritizes user privacy and minimizes unnecessary third-party data exposure
Proficiency working from Figma - able to extract specs, assets, and layout details and implement them faithfully in code.
A good eye for design and UX detail - you won't be creating designs, but you should be able to catch inconsistencies or UX issues during implementation and flag them proactively.
Ability to independently review, test, and merge PRs with minimal hand-holding
Security-minded mindset; previous experience with vulnerability remediation is a big plus
Cross-browser compatibility experience (we have a significant private browser user base)
Experience with image optimization workflows (WebP conversion, responsive images)
Familiarity with Node.js version management and dependency tooling
Compensation

We offer competitive compensation that is geo-adjusted based on your location. Hourly salary range for this role in New York, NY is $100 - $200 depending on experience and interview performance.
Our Culture & Values

We hire excellent people, give them outsized responsibility, and trust them to execute. Every person at Cape has a proven track record of tackling hard problems and winning.
We believe that personal privacy and national security are not at odds, and that they can be reconciled through strong technology.
We believe that a stronger company and a better product are built by people from all walks of life. We hire without regard to race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, marital status, disability, or veteran status. If you are great at what you do, you belong here.
We reserve the right to make use of any unsolicited resumes received from outside recruiting agencies and / or individual recruiters without being responsible for payment of any fees asserted from the use of unsolicited resumes.
We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or national origin, and without regard to disability or status as a protected veteran, or any other status protected by law.