Description
My client is looking for a Front End web developer with React know-how.
You will be part of implementing the Front End (responsive HTML5/CSS3/JS) for our global E-commerce platform. You will focus on the React deliveries, included in a challenging decoupling of critical parts of the platform.
We are looking for a Front End developer with solid skills in producing semantically correct and accessibility compliant HTML5 mark up together with CSS3 and JavaScript wizardry. Responsibilities will include translation of the UX/UI design wireframes to actual code that will produce visual elements of the application. You will work with the UX and UI designers and bridge the gap between graphical design and technical implementation.
The position requiresgood knowledge of modern Front End development for different touch points (currently mobile, tablet, desktop)
Work Task
- Implement the design from UX and UI using good coding standards
- Develop new user-facing features
- Build reusable code and libraries for future use
- Ensure the technical feasibility of UX/UI designs
- Optimize application for maximum speed and scalability
- Assure that all user input is validated before submitting to Back End
- Collaborate with other team members and stakeholders
- Stand for implementation expertise (HTML/CSS/JS) when we discuss sketches and prototypes.
Specific Competence
- Solid skills in HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript especially React
- Solid skills in proper HTML5 semantics. This is very important.
- Solid skills in accessibility and SEO friendly mark up
- Solid skills in ensuring cross browser compatibility and browser performance
- Very good understanding of web design
- Very good understanding of responsive design
- Experience in developing large scalable web sites
- Experience with SASS/LESS and Ruby
- Experience with Middleman preferred
- Experience with Angular.js preferred
- Experience with Node.js, Gulp, Stylus, Jade, Express preferred
- Experience with IDEs such as IntelliJ IDEA, Sublime text, or similar
- Can understand and follow Mobile First and Progressive Enhancement principles
- Experience of version control systems such as Subversion and GIT
Tools/Software
- CSS processors like LESS, SASS or Stylus
- IntelliJ or Sublime
- Git, Subversion or other version control systems
- We are currently using RTC and Jira, but no deeper knowledge is needed
- We work in Mac OS X