Senior UI Engineer

BigMachines, Inc., a profitable, rapidly growing web software company (www.bigmachines.com) founded in 2000 with offices in Deerfield, IL (Chicago north suburbs) and San Mateo, CA (Peninsula/Bay Area), is in search of talented software engineers.  The company has been growing over 50% per year, is led by a strong management team, and backed by strong financial investors, who are looking to accelerate the company’s growth to the next level.

To support our rapid growth, we are seeking talented, motivated engineers to join our team in Deerfield, IL. You must bring a passion for programming and developing innovative solutions.  The UI Software Engineer will implement User Interface infrastructure for our enterprise web application using the latest in front-end technologies such as DHTML, JavaScript, Java, Tag Libraries, JSP and AJAX.

Job Description:

·         Develop new product features and collaborate with server-side developers to build components using Java, AJAX, Javascript libraries, JSP, Spring framework

·         Produce high quality code

·         Perform peer code review and overall site QA

·         Bring new and fresh ideas to the table

·         Stay updated of new technologies and of changes in technologies that affect front-end web development

·         Be an effective communicator

Qualifications:

·         BS/MS in Computer Science or related from a reputed school

·         3 or more years experience developing web application UI

·         Strong knowledge and passion for front-end technologies such as HTML, DHTML, CSS, JavaScript, AJAX

·         Good knowledge in Java

·         Strong focus on problem solving and analysis with ability to understand problems in context of end-users and technical requirements

·         Strong communications skills

·         Experience with Javascript libraries like Ext and Spring framework

·         Past experience in putting together UI frameworks for application developers to use

·         Strong sense of what is required of a great user interface