UI Developer

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.