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Front End Developer
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Job Description:

We build complex, beautiful web applications in a dynamic agile environment. Working with great designers and great engineers, the Front-End Developer will tie together both the design and back-end functionality to work well in the browser.


Responsibilities of Front End Developer:
• Work independently and with a team to create JavaScript and HTML/CSS markup and templates with a strong focus on clarity, maintainability, cross-browser compatibility and performance.
• Participate in requirements gathering and functional specification activities, providing feedback on implementation feasibility as well as navigable prototypes/mockups .
• Develop and lead the implementation of front-end web coding and design standards, writing clear, clean, and concise code.
• Work closely with designers, artists, engineers and testers to contribute to the overall user experience.
• Stay up to date on latest trends and emerging technologies within the UI community.

Requirements of Front End Developer:
• Four-year college degree, or equivalent experience, followed by at least four years as a front-end web developer, producing professional websites and/or web applications.
• Demonstrated expertise in creating cross-browser user interfaces using object-oriented JavaScript, HTML, DOM Scripting, CSS, JSON, and XML (plus using them together as AJAX).
• Experience with JavaScript framework such as JQuery, and Prototype.
• Solid programming fundamentals, and experience with Java, Python, PHP and/or Ruby, as well as source control.
• Experience with mobile device browsers is a plus.
• Experience writing automated tests a plus.
• Understanding of accessibility requirements a plus.

ALL CANDIDATES MUST SUBMIT WORK SAMPLES / URL’S POINTING TO THEIR WORK ALONG WITH THEIR RESUME