This position is full time and based in our main office in New York City, NY. This is a unique opportunity to be an early employee at a rapidly growing company that is also publicly traded. Competitive compensation including salary + stock/stock options, and full-benefits (Medical & Dental plans; free snacks, fun outings, twice-monthly massage, cool swag, Knicks & Rangers tickets, etc.). Our environment is fun and relaxed, our products are ambitious, and our developers are the brightest in NYC.

Job Title:   Sr. Front End Developer

Location:   NYC

Type:         Perm employment

Salary:       Open/DOE

Start:          Immediate
 

Position Summary

As a Senior Front End Developer, you will be expected to have skills in visual design, information architecture, interaction design, code execution and a solid understanding of current rich internet application and web technologies.

Responsibilities

• Converting product requirements into a well thought through, cleanly coded end product

• Contribute to the corporate branding and brand guidelines

• Rapidly prototype and evaluate front-end designs

• Working in a team environment, collaborating with back-end developers, lead designers, and product managers

• Working independently with minimal supervision

• Staying abreast of new technology to maintain the highest standard of work with extreme attention to detail

Required Experience & Skills

• Ability to transform complex layout (PSD and/or Wireframes) into pixel-perfect presentation-layer (front-end) HTML/CSS/JS templates

• Familiar and comfortable with HTML5, CSS3 and the concepts of Progressive Enhancement and Graceful Degradation. At least 3 years’ experience with HTML and CSS

• Solid experience with Javascript

• 3+ years as a Senior Developer

• 5+ years of professional experience with web development in production environments for high traffic web sites

• At least 3 years’ experience with server-side languages (PHP) and JavaScript frameworks (jQuery)

• Experience utilizing data-driven websites and Content Management Systems

• Solid understanding of web browser technologies and cross-browser compatibility

• Solid understanding of web standards, accessibility and SEO best practices

• Experience with Subversion for Source Control

• Experience with common APIs (Facebook, Google, Amazon EC2/S3, Twitter, YouTube, etc) preferred

• Familiarity with formal QA methodologies, processes and techniques preferred

• Mobile web development experience preferred

Other Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, computer programming, computer engineering or related field preferred, or comparable job-related experience and training. Industry knowledge and experience required.

• US work authorization (All applicants must possess proper US work eligibility and authorization documents)