Senior Structured Data “Stylesheet” Engineer
About The Position
You will work in the Structured Data Services team, which supports all aspects of in-house editing and customer self-authoring, on legacy and current platforms. Structured Data Services provides services to in-house and external customers, such as but not limited to: Performing format conversions on customer data to prepare it for ingestion to our systems; this is typically done using XSLT, together with occasional shell scripting and a build system such as Apache Ant or GNU Make. Writing XSLT stylesheets to transform XML source documents into XSL-FO result files ready for formatting using an XSL-FO processor such as Apache FOP or Antenna House Formatter. Providing support to our in-house team of editors who use FrameMaker for legacy documents and Fonto, a browser-based editor, for current document types such as DITA, Boeing (various types), and Airbus (various types).
Requirements
- Extensive experience in developing stylesheets for viewing and printing technical publications.
- Experience in writing XSLT to produce HTML and or XSL-FO output required.
- Experience in troubleshooting errors in XML input data (markup errors, significant/insignificant whitespace).
- Familiar with XML Schema/DOM, XPath, XQuery, and XSLT processors.
- Extensive experience in generating XSL-FO code for printing technical publications in PDF.
- Extensive experience in generating HTML/CSS/JavaScript for viewing technical publications with Web browser/mobile devices.
- Familiar with XML editors, e.g. XMetal, Arbortext, Framemaker, Oxygen.
- Knowledge of 2D/3D graphics/image formats and SDK, including CGM, SVG, PNG, GIF, JPEG, VRML, or other 3D CAD formats.
- Knowledge and experience in XML publishing, e.g., FOP, XEP, Antenna House, Arbortext PE.
- Experience in processing PDF, e.g., iText, Adobe PDF library.
- B.S. in Computer Science with 3+ years of work experience (a plus).
- Knowledge of Apache Ant.
Nice To Haves
- Knowledge of aviation operations manuals is preferred.
- Experience working with DITA is preferred.
- Knowledge of Make (a plus).
- Knowledge of ATA iSpec DTDs/schemas (a plus).
- Knowledge of FrameMaker (a plus).
Responsibilities
- Work closely with project managers to deliver solutions that meet client needs.
- Develop new stylesheets and improvements for technical publications.
- Take initiatives to self-study and acquire domain knowledge to solve technical problems with support from project manager and domain experts.
- Participate in Sprint planning meetings, work on JIRA tickets, and provide feedback to refine requirements and estimates.
- Demonstrate work results during weekly status meetings.
- Collaborate with the rest of the team, discuss technical issues, and share knowledge daily in real time.
- Perform code review with other developers.
- Create documentation for new features.
- Work closely with our QA team to understand and fix issues.
- All other duties as assigned.
Benefits
- Remote-first, flexible work environment
- Unlimited PTO
- Paid Holidays
- Comprehensive benefits package (medical, dental, vision, life insurance, disability insurance, HSA, and FSA)
- Paid parental leave (12 weeks primary caregiver, 6 weeks secondary caregiver)
- 401(k) plan with company match
- Ample learning and development opportunities
- Employee referral bonus
- Semi-annual on-site meetings
- Fun, positive, collaborative environment!
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Number of Employees
11-50 employees
