Description
SOS is seeking a talented, conscientious Front-end Developer to join our technology team for ongoing contract work.
We will expect you to transform designs and concepts into efficient and lively interactive user experiences. You’ll bring new creative perspectives and have an important say in final experience.You will collaborate with the Creative Director, IAs, Visual Designers and Back End Developers. They will look to you to provide creative input, advise on technical feasibility and ultimately code air-tight HTML/CSS/Javascript.
We love a positive attitude and sense of humor almost as much as we love a beautiful portfolio of HTLM5 acrobatics. If you're particularly fond of stretching your brilliant programming muscles for clients that strive to make a difference in the world, you're one of us, and we want to meet you.
Responsibilities
- Evaluate wireframes and creative concepts for technical feasibility and completeness
- Conceptualize and implement consumer-facing UIs
- Develop interfaces that are quick and responsive
- Create working prototype applications for usability testing
- Participate in QA cycles
Desired Skills
- Expert knowledge of modern HTML, hand written JavaScript, and CSS
- Experience with a JavaScript MVC framework such as Backbone, Canvas or ExtJS
- Working knowledge of application level programming such as PHP, ASP.NET, and/or JaveEE
- Ability to use the Adobe creative suite
- General understanding of version control
- A/B and multivariate testing experience
- Write reusable code
- The patience to make things work in Internet Explorer
- Great communication skills
Pluses
- Experience in managing Drupal sites and developing custom themes
- IA/Wireframing experience
- Experience in backend development with PHP/MySQL
- Mobile development (iOS, Android)
- Web services and APIs (Facebook, Twitter, etc)
- Active in the developer community, you have a few github projects and a jquery plugin or two
- Experience with HTML5 mobile app solutions such as PhoneGap or Titanium
- Link to original Jobposting