Senior Javascript Developer Jobs in Edison, NJ (NOW HIRING)

Position: Sr. Frontend Developer

Location: NYC, NY

Duration:  6+ months

SKILLS & EXPERIENCE:

• Have 5+ years of experience architecting and designing consumer focused based enterprise web applications
• Strong knowledge of Java front-end technologies and frameworks
• Excellent knowledge of HTML/CSS/Javascript, especially across all
• Strong experiencing developing front end experiences across all devices especially mobile devices
• Strong experience developing front end interfaces in a services oriented architecture
• Excellent working knowledge of:
  • Front end application frameworks (e.g. backbone.js)
  • JQuery & JavaScript
  • HTML & CSS development (HTML5 and CSS3 preferred)
  • SASS experience
  • CSS Media Queries
• Strong experience with UI data integration patterns, particularly AJAX and REST (JSON)
• Solid Knowledge of HTML; HTML5, XHTML, HTML various modes and specifications, cross browser compatibility caveats, support and testing.
• Knowledge of various HTML/HTML5 frameworks
• Solid Knowledge of Web Styling using CSS3/CSS including knowledge of CSS frameworks e.g. SASS, LESS
• Solid Knowledge of Client Side Web programming using JavaScript and Javascript MV* frameworks including

- jQuery, jQueryUI, jQuery Mobile.

- Experience in building jQuery Extensions is a plus
- MV* Libraries and frameworks: AngularJS, Ember-JS, Sencha/Sencha-Touch, KendoUI, Backbone, Spine, etc.

• Browser Testing and Debugging Tools: e.g. Charles, FireBug, WebKit/Chrome/FireFox Developer, Extensions etc.
• Javascript Unit Testing and Frameworks: e.g. qUnit, jqUnit, JsUnit
• Performance testing and tuning of web application: performance analysis tools e.g. ySlow and PageSpeed
• Be able to do hands on development to build out development prototypes and reference applications
• Experience with agile and scrum methodologies
• Experience working with Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment
• e-Commerce development (Content and Catalog Management, Search, Shopping Cart, Wish List, Checkout)
• Familiar with development in conjunction with an enterprise CDN (Akamai)
• Be a self-starter that is outcome driven
• Able to take the lead and display initiative
• Experience with mobile web app development frameworks, wrappers and build systems: e.g PhoneGap and AppCelerator
• Experience in developing enterprise grade mobile application front end is a big plus. Android and iOS development experience is a plus

Skill and Role Summary:

Responsive design enhancements to client's current sites working with their in-house development and design team in a Scrum/agile fashion

RESPONSIBILITIES: 

• Lead the mobile web and responsive design and development effort of UI / Web application architecture that is capable of supporting the latest mobile web development standards, frameworks and technologies
• Help define mobile best practices from a front end standpoint
• Help move existing code base to future friendly state
• Ensure that all new projects are being designed and built with mobile as a core component
• Lead the technical design and development of responsive web application that spans mobile, tablet, desktop and other digital form factor.
• The Senior mobile developer / software engineer / web developer will be working on multiple projects and user interactions to mobile optimize existing ecommerce features as well as building out mobile optimized new site features/enhancements.
• The Senior mobile developer will lead the technical design and build of Responsive web designs/applications with mobile-first/mobile-support best practices including caching, touch/gesture support and graceful degradation of design
• The ideal candidate is someone who is passionate about beautiful interfaces, fluid UI, front-end web technologies, RESTful APIs