Implement interfaces driven by Asynchronous JavaScript and XML.
Evaluate and utilize front-end development frameworks.
Maintain a complex JavaScript front-end project.
Optimize, minify, and bundle frameworks and libraries.
Manage and administer public GitHub repositories for application libraries, including pushing and pulling changes.
Desired Qualifications
BackboneJS experience is highly preferred.
Job Description
We are seeking a driven UI Developer to join a growing, 4-person team. The group is focused on the development of a Browser-based Messaging application used to push information to Mobile devices.
This client-side development relies very heavily on object-oriented JavaScript and utilizes frameworks such as: Bootstrap, Backbone, RequireJS, Handlebars. This application also interacts with many 3rd party APIs, so you must be comfortable deploying against RESTful APIs.
Responsibilities:
Full cycle of JavaScript front-end development. Includes deep understanding of the DOM, JSON, object-oriented JavaScript, and common JavaScript libraries.
Implementing AJAX-driven interface. This includes extensive knowledge of web technologies such as HTTP, AJAX, and REST.
Evaluating and utilizing frameworks for front end development, such as jQuery, Bootstrap, RequireJS, Handlebars, Backbone
Maintaining a complex JavaScript front end project. This includes the ability to structure JavaScript code, delay loading, and execution optimization.
Manage the optimization, minification, and bundling of our framework/libraries using tools like RequireJS, Uglify, Node, Grunt.js, etc.
Handle the management and administration of our public GitHub repositories for our libraries – including pushing/pulling changes
Experience utilizing the following JavaScript frameworks/libraries:
RequireJS / Grunt / Node
jQuery / jQuery UI / Bootstrap
Underscore / Backbone
Handlebars / Mustache
Globalize
Qualifications
High preference for candidates with BackboneJS experience.
Additional Information
All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.