Brief Description:
We're looking for a skilled front-end developer with experience in both backend and mobile technologies. This position requires both a mastery of the hands-on aspects of web interface engineering, as well as an ability to design solid front-end architectures that integrate with other systems and technologies, and the ability to communicate these solutions to other members of the team both verbally & in written documentation. Candidates must possess core competency with JavaScript, HTML, and CSS along with other technologies.
Day-to-day responsibilities include:
- Leading the design of client side engineering solutions;
- The hand coding of web-based applications, web pages, emails, and web-based mobile experiences;
- Integrating your code with other technologies (Flash, Web Services, client back-end systems, content management systems, etc);
- Optimizing performance of front-end applications;
- Working with visual designers, interaction designers and software engineers;
- Emulating existing HTML schemes and creating new ones that will integrate well with existing HTML.
Strong XHTML, CSS, JavaScript, DHTML.
Requirements:
- A curiosity and excitement for new web technologies / techniques.
- A strong passion for the front end as a mix of art and science.
- Extensive experience in hand coding, no WYSIWYG coding.
- The ability to write standards compliant XHTML & CSS with thought given to accessibility and SEO.
- Solid understanding of cross-browser/platform issues and code solutions.
- Practical understanding of HTML5 and CSS3.
- Experience using JS Frameworks (jQuery, MooTools, YUI, etc).
- Writing well-formed, unobtrusive JS with scalability and extensibility in mind.
- Knowledge/ experience with front-end performance optimization (YSLOW standards).
- Experience working with AJAX and services/ API's to serve up dynamic and data-heavy content.
- Experience working with iOS and Android.
- Experience with server-side scripting (PHP, .Net, Java, etc).
- Excellent debugging and problem solving skills (use of Firebug plug-in, Charles Web Proxy).
- Experience with source control (SVN, GitHub, or Mercurial).
- Excellent time management, problem solving, teamwork, and communication skills.
- Ability to follow technical specifications and production processes.
- Must be available to work on site.
A plus for:
- Experience / familiarity with integrating major 3rd party APIs (Facebook Open Graph, Twitter, Google Maps, YouTube, Open Social, etc).
- Experience / familiarity with one of the following: Drupal, Joomla, Symfony, WordPress (or similar).
- Experience with mobile web development.
- Agency experience/ working with visual & UX designers.
- Experience with some of the following technologies: JSTL, Struts, Flash (AS3), and Freemaker.
- Experience working within MVC frameworks.
- Experience building 3rd party plug-ins for a JS framework (jQuery, Mootools, etc).
E-mail to: with subject "Developer".
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