Front End Developer

• Serves as presentation layer developer on eCommerce development team projects (HTML/CSS/Freemarker)
• Ensures presentation layer deliverables are in alignment with standards and best practices
• Works closely with development tech leads to support projects during all phases of delivery: contributes to or develops project estimates, creates or reviews solution designs, creates quality documentation, and performs code reviews

Qualifications:

• At least 5 years of experience in development, implementation, and maintenance of large systems, preferably across multiple hardware and software platforms
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related discipline with an IT or similar focus
• Demonstrated competency developing efficient, effective solutions to diverse, complex problems
• Demonstrated experience in designing systems and/or processes, including written specifications and documentation
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills; able to communicate effectively across all levels of the organization; able to communicate ideas precisely and accurately
• Able to communicate and collaborate with others to reach consensus or compromise when necessary
• Able to define a vision and set realistic goals toward achieving it
• Comfortable with ambiguity; able to define alternatives to progress toward vision
• Able to use computer for extended period of time
• Retail/catalog business experience a plus

Specific Experience:

• Demonstrated experience in several of the following skills/experiences is necessary:

o   Demonstrated expertise in presentation-layer web development, including XHTML and CSS, and related standards and tools

o   Expertise in template development, especially Freemarker

o   Familiarity with Internet technologies (TCP/IP, HTTP, SMTP)

o   Web Information Architecture, including REST architectural principles.

o   Emerging web standards, such as HTML5

o   Service oriented designs and technologies (AJAX, XML/JSON)

o   Detailed working knowledge of browser heterogeneity and strategies for achieving consistency across platforms

o   Detailed working knowledge of the browser-based Javascript execution model, and strategies for optimizing real and perceived performance

o   Detailed working knowledge of browser security considerations

Please feel free to contact me at [email protected] or (925) 460-8270 ext 353 regarding this opportunity.