Front-End JavasScript App Developer

Roberts Recruiting•Boston, MA

About The Position

We are looking for individuals with strong software development skills and passion in developing responsive business and analytics applications. Ideal candidates are passionate developers, well versed with modern JavaScript, OOP, and functional programming.

Requirements

Strong software development experience, experienced in modern Javascript with an understanding of functional programming and object oriented programming.
Experience in MVC/MV UI frameworks - either browser based or other (MVC, Swing,...)
Familiarity with HTML,CSS and REST.
Naturally practices unit test development and generally passionate about developing quality software.
Familiarity with Unix or Mac OS/X based systems and terminal commands.
Ability to work independently and take ownership.
Strong communication skills.
BS Computer Science Degree or above required.

Nice To Haves

Ruby/Rails experience or other backend platform is a plus.
Agile methodologies

Responsibilities

Develop and enhance in Javascript (ES6 or above) testable, robust single page web applications (SPA), using react.js, mobx, mocha, chai and others.
Develop rich analytics, reporting, dashboard and data visualization marketing applications using client side frameworks such as D3.
Implement solutions from design teams while being mindful of good UI and UX.
Be open to back end development, in Ruby but also golang or Java.
Write and review code with an eye for quality, efficiency, portability, compliance to standards, and stability.
Drive development of scalable, maintainable, unit tested, high quality front-end frameworks and infrastructure.
Improve development life cycle towards improving developer productivity and reducing defects.
Work with Quality Engineering to facilitate and improve testing.