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This is a full time, on-site, salaried position located in downtown San Francisco paying $130,000-150,000 + benefits. No telecommuting allowed. US Citizens or Green Card holders only please. Local candidates preferred; however, candidates interested in relocating considered as well. Relocation expenses covered.

Our client is looking for a Senior JavaScript Engineer to build the next generation User Interface for leading Lifecycle Marketing application. The candidate will develop and maintain presentation layer UI and functionality across a range of web components. This candidate will optimize presentation layer components for performance and an exceptional user experience. This candidate will collaborate directly with a cross-functional team of Architect, Designers, Engineers, Product Managers, and other stakeholders to facilitate the design and development process.

As a Senior JavaScript Engineer, you will specialize in building responsive and elegant web UIs with AJAX and similar technologies.

Responsibilities:

• Implement new features and optimize existing ones from controller-level to UI
• Translate product requirements into functional specs and build software that meets those requirements
• Build efficient and reusable front-end abstractions and systems
• Rapidly fix bugs and solve problems
• Focus on usability, flexibility and robustness to market and customers’ expectations
• Identify and communicate best practices for front-end engineering
• Identify and address performance bottlenecks
• Participate in design and code reviews
• Follow good coding, testing and documenting practices and adhere to existing standards

Requirements:

• 7 plus years of experience in development engineering, with at least 5 years building web-centric products, with a demonstrated ability to understand high-performance, high-usage web applications. Experience leading small teams of developers preferred
• Deep experience with Object Oriented JavaScript and AJAX and using modern JavaScript libraries, such as extJS, JQuery, YUI, etc
• Expert JavaScript/HTML/CSS/AJAX coding skills
• Experience in architecting in large scale production environments
• Thorough knowledge of design patterns, usability principles and best practices is required
• Great written communication and documentation abilities
• Extremely detail oriented. Strives for pixel perfect implementation in all browsers
• Disciplined approach to testing and quality assurance
• BS or MS degree in Computer Science or a related technical field from a top University

Preferences:

• Web 2.0 savvy and eager learner who stays on top of fast moving internet technologies
• Visual-design skills
• Experience with J2EE, JBoss, Eclipse, Ant
• Experience building complicated workflows
• Bonus points if you’ve got experience with XML UI frameworks such as Xforms

TO APPLY: Please submit your resume (preferably in MS-Word, plain text or HTML) and your salary requirements to beau[AT]open-source-staffing.com

Thank you,
Beau J. Gould
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