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:

1. 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)
2. Writing clean, modular, and testable JavaScript code
3. Building robust and efficient web application programming interfaces (APIs) using various frameworks and tools
4. Translating requirements into stable, working, high performance web applications
5. Working with distributed teams including offshore and nearshore to implement industry best practices and standards

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES:

1. A passion for utilizing best practices in front-end (UI) architecture, including performance, accessibility and reusability
2. Extensive knowledge of Object Oriented design patterns and JavaScript patterns such as those used in AngularJS and React
3. Extensive experience with Responsive Web design
4. Experience writing and debugging dynamic client-side applications using client-side UI libraries and frameworks like React, Angular.js, Mustache, Ember.js, or similar
5. 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)
6. Experience with server-side programming paradigms, constructs, and idioms
7. Experience consuming JSON APIs in client-side frameworks and knowledge of cross browser issues
8. Mobile Web Development for Android, Windows Mobile, iPad and iPhones
9. Advance Skills in working with version control tools such as GIT/Gerrit, SVN
10. Experience writing unit tests
11. Knowledge of software development methodologies and practices, especially Agile/iterative development processes
12. Ability to code using scalable framework for future enhancements and sprints
13. Ability to review requirements and articulate/propose alternate solutions to application architecture
14. 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.