Front-end Developer

Duties, responsibilities and tasks

• Evolve and enhance User Interface of our core SimplePin application and Company website
• Participate in the analysis, elaboration, and estimation of customer requirements and specifications
• Design, develop, and deploy new production-quality features and functionality that meet customer requirements
• Maintain and improve existing code, including monitoring for front-end errors, reporting errors to internal bug tracking system
• Build high-quality mockups and design different prototypes
• Collaborate with application support to analyze, troubleshoot, reproduce, and resolve production issues reported by customers
• Work with other team members on release planning and deployment activities
• Innovate and improve development and implementation processes and tools by advocating technologies and designs that promote efficiency, reliability, and reusability
• Be proactive, facilitate knowledge sharing, and continually improve our activities
• Perform code and layout reviews, refactoring, and assisting other developers
• Provide technical solutions related to User Interface and User Experience
• Ensure all personal deliverables are done with highest level of quality, on time, and done according specifications
• Ensure that the goals and objectives are accomplished within defined timeframes and allocated budgets
• Analyze business requirements, provide the feedback to stakeholders.
• Perform technical investigation of customer support issues and provide resolution
• Track time and deliver time-sheets on weekly basis
• Perform technical research and present innovative solutions which contribute to company success
• Other tasks as assigned

Skills, competencies and qualifications

• 3+ years’ Front-end Development and IT experience
• A fundamental understanding of designing for different technologies, platforms and browsers
• Experience using software best practices like Test-Driven Development (TDD) and Continuous Integration (CI)
• Fluency in the principles of user-centered design methods, information architecture, usability, and interface and interaction design
• A firm grasp of a range of UX tools, processes, and outcomes
• Strong debugging and analytical skills
• Worked as part of Scrum teams or similar iterative Agile development methodologies
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in software engineering or computer science
• Practiced continuous improvement and promoted knowledge sharing
• Capable of managing assigned tasks and meeting deadlines
• Excellent interpersonal, communication, collaboration, and writing skills
• Proactive problem solver
• Multi-tasking capabilities with ability to adjust to paced environment
• Works under minimal supervision, with general guidance from technical management
• Attention to details
• Fluent in spoken and written English is a plus

Technical skills

• Experience in HTML5 technologies, Angular, Bootstrap, CSS, Ajax and JavaScript/jQuery.
• Experience in developing responsive cross-browser/cross-platform UIs for web applications.
• Knowledge of graphics software such as Adobe Suite, Photoshop etc.
• Understanding of Core Java development practices
• Proficiency in Unix Operation Systems with experience in Linux / Bash scripting
• Knowledge of Apache Wickets framework
• Knowledge of Atlassian products, including JIRA, Confluence and Service desk.
• Drupal CMS experience is a plus
• Experience with financial math is a plus

Reports to

• Chief Technology Officer (CTO)

Department

• Software design and development