Senior Front-End Web Developer
About The Position
The Senior Front-End Web Developer builds front-end interfaces for websites and web applications and leads efforts to ensure markup presents consistently across supported browsers, operating systems, and devices. The role interprets business requirements, creates functional specifications, selects appropriate technologies, and researches and improves front-end standards and interface-development techniques. As part of the technical leadership team, the developer recommends technical and process improvements, analyzes business models and customer requirements, designs and builds Internet solutions using multiple technologies, and leads the creation of Information Architecture diagrams. The position mitigates risks on technically complex or challenging projects; maintains and modifies web applications; documents, develops, and codes approved application changes; and provides tier 2, on-call support for critical application issues. The developer serves as a subject matter expert in critical production investigations, trains other developers, researches new technologies, and presents to management, clients, and peers. The role also schedules and leads client project and communication meetings and analyzes website performance to correct deficiencies in consultation with clients and with supervisor approval. The role is office-based at the Cleveland, Ohio office, with flexibility to work from home up to 12 days per year within reasonable commuting distance. Multiple openings are available. Applicants must be at least 18 years old and legally authorized to work in the country of employment without current or future employment-visa sponsorship. The role may involve access to confidential or proprietary information; the employer states that a criminal-history review is necessary.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Information Systems, or a related field.
- Five years of experience as a Systems Engineer, Senior Front-End Web Developer, or in a related role where the required experience was gained.
- Five years of IT experience.
- Five years of experience working with JavaScript.
- Three years of experience working with content management solutions.
- Experience with CSS3 and HTML5.
- Web development experience.
- Experience using HTML/CSS/JavaScript debugging tools such as Firebug or Chrome Developer tools.
- Experience generating templates for content-based tools such as blogs, wikis, or web content management systems.
- Experience with UX/UI design patterns.
- Experience with Photoshop.
- Experience with source code control.
- Experience with AngularJS.
- Experience using AJAX to interact with RESTful services.
- Experience working on an enterprise web team and interfacing with back-end developers, designers, web engineers, and external agencies or partners.
- Must be at least 18 years old.
- Must be legally authorized to work in the country of employment without needing employment-visa sponsorship now or in the future.
Nice To Haves
- Experience with Adobe Experience Manager is preferred.
- Experience with Git is preferred.
Responsibilities
- Build front-end interfaces for websites and web applications.
- Lead efforts to produce markup that preserves presentation across supported browsers, operating systems, and devices.
- Acquire and interpret business requirements, create functional specifications, and determine appropriate technologies.
- Research and improve front-end standards and implement new interface-development techniques.
- Submit and review technical and process-improvement recommendations as a member of the technical leadership team.
- Analyze business models, logical specifications, and customer requirements to design and build Internet solutions using multiple technologies.
- Lead the creation of Information Architecture diagrams.
- Mitigate significant risks on projects with high technical complexity or substantial business challenges.
- Maintain and modify web applications, including documenting, developing logic for, and coding approved changes.
- Provide tier 2, on-call support for critical web application problems and issues.
- Act as a subject matter expert in discovery and investigation of critical production problems.
- Train and teach other developers.
- Research new technologies, including tools, components, and frameworks.
- Present to management, clients, and peer groups as requested.
- Schedule and lead project and communication meetings with clients.
- Analyze website performance and correct deficiencies in consultation with clients and with supervisor approval.
Benefits
- Healthcare benefits.
- Leave benefits.
- Retirement benefits.
- A wider range of benefits may include health care, retirement, well-being, and commute-related offerings; eligibility depends on the applicable benefit offerings.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
