Web Programmer
GENERAL SUMMARY:
As a key member of the our team, the Front End Developer will work as an architect, designer and developer on our application development platform in a fast paced, Agile environment.
RESPONSIBILITIES AND DUTIES:
- Building beautiful and intuitive user interfaces for new and existing single-page web applications (SPAs) using using modern web libraries and design patterns (ES2015, React)
- Writing clean, modular, and testable JavaScript code
- Building robust and efficient web application programming interfaces (APIs) using various frameworks and tools
- Translating requirements into stable, working, high performance web applications
- Working with distributed teams including offshore and nearshore to implement industry best practices and standards
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES:
- A passion for utilizing best practices in front-end (UI) architecture, including performance, accessibility and reusability
- Extensive knowledge of Object Oriented design patterns and JavaScript patterns such as those used in AngularJS and React
- Extensive experience with Responsive Web design
- Experience writing and debugging dynamic client-side applications using client-side UI libraries and frameworks like React, Angular.js, Mustache, Ember.js, or similar
- Highly proficient in design/development of standalone and web applications using several front technologies including: HTML4/HTML5, CSS3, Ajax, Web Socket, jQuery, DOM on various platforms (UNIX, Linux, and Windows)
- Experience with server-side programming paradigms, constructs, and idioms
- Experience consuming JSON APIs in client-side frameworks and knowledge of cross browser issues
- Mobile Web Development for Android, Windows Mobile, iPad and iPhones
- Advance Skills in working with version control tools such as GIT/Gerrit, SVN
- Experience writing unit tests
- Knowledge of software development methodologies and practices, especially Agile/iterative development processes
- Ability to code using scalable framework for future enhancements and sprints
- Ability to review requirements and articulate/propose alternate solutions to application architecture
- Other duties as assigned
WORK ENVIRONMENT & PHYSICAL DEMANDS:
Normal office environment with use of computers and telephone systems; no unusual physical demands.
EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:
BS or MS degree in Computer Science or a related technical field, relevant work experience will be
considered.
