Location: Boca Raton, FL
URL: http://www.dominionenterprises.com
Dominion Enterprises (www.dominionenterprises.com) is a leading marketing services company serving the wide-ranging needs of many industries including real estate, apartments, specialty vehicles, employment, automotive and travel.
As a Lead Front-End Web Developer, your responsibilities will include working with and providing technical leadership for the User Interface Design and Engineering Team, developing rich user interfaces and UI components for our enterprise-level Software as a Service (SaaS) applications, and providing valuable input on establishing policies and documenting guidelines for development methodologies in the UI. A primary mission of this position is to be a driving force behind creating consistency in our eNeighborhoods UI; not just from the standpoint of ?look and feel? but function as well. In addition, you will be able to clearly communicate your ideas both verbally and on ?paper? and both openly and honestly provide and receive regular input from your peers. While teamwork is of the utmost in importance, you can also work independently with minimal supervision, and take the initiative to constantly keep yourself engaged. You never settle for second best. You possess a strong focus on quality and attention to detail, and possess the ability to quickly understand and solve unique and even undocumented programming problems. Naturally curious, you have a penchant for and drive to quickly learn and master skills in new technologies. As part of the eNeighborhoods, you have a unique opportunity to join an exciting, dynamic and closely-interactive group of people, whose focus is to power the websites and tools of the major brands of the real estate industry and create robust browser-based user interface functionality, using the latest developments in front-end technology. This position will be responsible for working with interaction architects, designers, and other front end engineers to implement the web experience.
Skills
- Expert of web standards, CSS-driven layouts and a master of the DOM
- Expert-level knowledge of CSS, DHTML, XHTML, XML, HTML and Javascript
- Expert knowledge developing cross platform/browser compatible production ready solutions
- Ability to create production-quality XHTML, CSS and JavaScript code for use in content management systems, Web applications and templating engines.
- Ability to follow technical specifications and production processes
- Ability to work with themeable CMS applications
- Ability to adjust graphics and create / optimize graphics assets as needed to complete templates
- Ability to work with source/version control software
- .NET compatible markup, Accessibility, Usability,
- Design Acumen with a good eye for aesthetics and detail; can faithfully convert Photoshop design specifications into a functional front end design
- Aptitude to understand and build SEO/semantic solutions
- Chair and lead code reviews, and coach or train new staff including designers and other Web specialists
- Evaluate, recommend, and customize tools & techniques used by the team
- CSS Master who can build cross platform/browser solutions and ensure link integrity and overall quality
- Convert provided design specifications into front end styles that define the UI of our client side based applications using your expertise with Javascript and CSS
- Excellent time management, problem solving, teamwork, organization and communication skills
- Other duties as required
Qualifications and Experience
- 5+ years experience working on large-scale corporate Web sites
- URL samples, and a Web project portfolio a highly considered plus
- Experience with Photoshop and Illustrator
- Experience coding and editing and Javascript
- Experience with table and tableless based coding practices
- Experience with design concepts and best practices
- Strong working knowledge developing cross platform/browser compatibility for dynamic web applications
- Experience developing large customer facing websites
- Experience tasking and reviewing work of more junior web design and developers
- Exposure to formal usability testing and knowledge of usability principles
- Knowledge of, and experience with, working with the Document Object Model
- Knowledge of Search Engine Optimization, Search Engine Marketing and general Web site traffic metrics
- Excellent client service and customer service skills
- Knowledge of, and experience with, Information Architecture best practices
- Hands-on experience in full development life cycle software development.
- Proven and demonstrable expertise with advanced JavaScript, DHTML .
- Familiarity with best-practices for usability and accessibility standards.
- Writing high-quality, testable, maintainable, and well-documented code.
- Team leadership or management experience is a plus
Education
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering or in a Design discipline or equivalent experience
To apply: apply online: https://www.hrapply.com/dominion/AppJobView.jsp?link=24751&page=AppJobList.jsp&skimSessionName=com.hrlogix.view.cont.app.JobListTable&skimName=requisition.requisition_id&skimNdx=9&op=reset
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