Job Description
The Front-End Developer will ensure the alignment of web design and user experience requirements, optimizing web pages for maximum efficiency, and maintaining brand consistency across all web pages, among other duties.
Responsibilities will include translation of the UI/UX design wireframes to actual code and customer needs into functional and appealing interactive applications that will produce visual elements of the application. This in order to bridge the gap between graphical design and technical implementation, taking an active role on both sides and defining how the application looks as well as how it works.
The developer will be working with a broad team of cross-functional resources across various organizations and will partner with client business and IT teams, owning technical aspects of an engagement. This role comes with significant visibility to management and requires excellent communication and presentation skillsets.
Responsibilities
· Develop functional and appealing web- and mobile-based applications based on usability
· Provide website maintenance and enhancements
· Use a combination of markup languages to write web pages
· Write functional requirement documents and specifications
· Create quality mockups and prototypes on tight timelines
· Assist back-end developers with coding and troubleshooting
· Create cascading style sheets (CSS) that are consistent across all browsers and platforms
· Maintain graphic standards and branding throughout the product’s interface
· Stay up-to-date on emerging technologies
· Promote usability best practices
· Ensure the technical feasibility of UI/UX designs
Position Requirements Knowledge & Experience
· Bachelor’s Degree or direct and applicable work experience
· 1+ year demonstrated information technology experience in application development, DevOps, and information technology capacity.
· 2+ years of experience as a Front-end Developer.
· Proficient understanding of web markup, including HTMLS, CSS3
· Proficient understanding of client-side scripting and JavaScript frameworks such as Angular, React, jouery, etc.
· Good understanding of asynchronous request handling and partial page updates.
· Basic knowledge of image authoring tools, to be able to crop, resize, or perform small adjustments on an image.
· Proficient understanding of cross-browser compatibility issues and ways to work around them.
· Proficient understanding of code versioning tools, such as Git
· Experience with API connections like REST web services.
· Experience with Azure.
· Good understanding of SEO principles and ensuring that application will adhere to them.
· Familiarity with browser testing and debugging
· Sense of ownership and pride in your performance and its impact on company’s success
· Critical thinker and problem-solving skills
· Team player
· Good time-management skills
· Great interpersonal and communication skills
· English: Advanced 80% - 90%
Desirable experience in some or all of the following:
· Experience with Agile methodology.
· Knowledge of graphics software such as Adobe Suite, Photoshop etc.
· Experience implementing solution on cloud / hosted environments.
· Energized by collaborating with stakeholders, not only in IT, but throughout the enterprise.
· Excellent analytical, mathematical, and creative problem-solving skills.
· Excellent written and oral communication skills.
· Excellent listening and interpersonal skills.
Formal studies
· Bachelor’s degree in computer science engineering or similar
