Senior Front End Developer We are seeking an entrepreneurial Senior Front End Developer to join our rapidly growing Technology team.
This role bridges the creative and technical aspects of project delivery-- with little supervision a Senior Front End Developer develops and implements designs technically according to creative and art direction already established. As such, the qualified candidate must be able to work in and bridge the creative with the technical across a variety of platforms and frameworks. Ultimately, the Senior Front End Developer is responsible for all aspects of Front End development including all project related Front End technologies.
Core Duties/Responsibilities:
* Responsible for executing through code complex designs that reflect the creative and art direction provided within the established technical framework
* Creation of all coded Front End deliverables
* Works well as a team member on large accounts, understanding how a team operates and what is expected of the various roles on the project
* Able to shift between a creative and a technical focus depending on the project need and/or the type of project
* Establish Front End requirements
* May need to rapidly produce interim deliverables (such as style guide components, technical specifications, browser and market analysis, prototypes, proofs of concept, etc.) in addition to the final live site or application.
* Participate in developing supporting proposal materials for projects.
* Participate in scoping and planning work
* Participate in writing detailed level technical and functional specifications documentation
* Ability to take initiative to research and learn emerging technologies
* Ability to be a tech lead and work with Project Management, Creative and User Experience leads on small to medium sized projects
Required Skills/Knowledge/Experience:
* At least 4+ years experience hand-coding D/XHTML, JavaScript, CSS 2
* At least 2+ years experience using JSP, PHP or other frameworks used to develop dynamic web pages
* At least 1+ years of experience developing AJAX based applications using packages such as JQuery or Dojo or Mootools or YUI
* Expertise developing and testing across multiple browsers, platforms, DOM implementations, etc.
* At least 1 year Experience with SharePoint, SharePoint designer, and Visual Studio
* Experience with XML: XSLT, DTD or Schema modelling, DOM/XPath/SAX parsing
* In addition, experience or working knowledge of Struts/taglibs (like JSTL, i18n, custom) preferred definite plus
* Experience with Design Patterns, Advanced Object-Oriented Programming, MVC Architecture, Web Services, and Backend/External System Integration a plus.
* Experience with portal server products a plus
* Experience with content management systems (CMS) and version control systems
* Experience with Analytics Solutions (Omniture, WebTrends, Google Analytics)
* Image production techniques using Fireworks or Photoshop
* User Interface Design, Information Architecture, graphic design experience a plus
* Understanding of good design principles and ability to adhere to complex design specifications during implementation
* Experience developing accessible websites (Section 508, W3C WAI Guidelines, etc.)
* Experiences Optimizing for Search Engines
* Demonstrated ability to accurately estimate and scope development work
* Strong attention to detail.
* Strong written & oral communication as well as presentation skills.
* Team management skills.
* Willingness to travel |