Location: Washington, DC
URL: www.smartbrief.com
SmartBrief is looking for a Senior Front End Developer to lead a comprehensive program to improve interfaces and user experience across all user-facing projects, and manage a team of designers and web developers.
We will avoid using words like "dynamic" and "fast-paced" if you promise to show us all of the great ideas you have in your head. Impress us with your work ethic, amaze us with your creativity, and inspire us with what keeps you entertained – when you’re not working.
Core Requirements:
• Mastery of valid HTML/XHTML and efficient use of tableless structure
• UI expertise with the ability to persuasively communicate it to information architects, visual designers, back-end developers, quality assurance, customer service, product managers and business users.
• JavaScript.Must be absolutely comfortable (or good at faking it) juggling frameworks or hand-coding without one. Please be able to discuss at least two of the following: jQuery, Dojo, MooTools, Ext, YUI, Prototype and your own JavaScript libraries.
• Comprehensive knowledge of data exchange and manipulation technologies. XML, XSLT, XML Schemas, XPath, JSON and other data exchange and manipulation technologies. Back-end experience with Java, SQL, etc. a plus.
• Willful personality. Must be able and willing to determine, convince and set coding standards, pick frameworks, train colleagues, run code reviews, understand business objectives, and explain technical concepts to business decisions-makers.
• Argumentative and opinionated. A thorough and academic understanding of web usability and UI best practices, as well as a desire to spread the manna of good design throughout the company.
Experience:
• 5+ years professional web development (including dynamic database driven sites – e-commerce experience a plus).
• Translating comps and wireframes into flexible and usable code templates.
• Hiring and management of staff.
• Rapid prototyping of new products and features, knowing full well that it’s just a lark.
• Developing processes and methodologies to deliver quality work.
• Working closely with "people" who’ll change specifications in mid-project. Not strangling them. Delivering a finished product that exceeds their expectations.
• Managing contract employees and/or short term consultants
Submittal Requirements:
• A description of your most recent work. Please describe, in detail and at length, the methodologies, sources, guidelines, and tactics you employed to improve the project. Please provide a description of the actual result and how many of your ideas were implemented. If the project has not yet been completed, please provide alternate imaginary histories of it both with your involvement and without it.
• Name at least five of your favorite sites. Please be ready to discuss what UI, design, and content elements you think make them work so well.
• Provide at least five things in your areas of expertise (related to this job or not) that you feel most passionately about. Please be ready to discuss or fake your expertise on the subject.
• Five improvements to the SmartBrief site that could each be implemented in a week or less.
About SmartBrief
SmartBrief is a leading online business publisher of 100+ industry-specific daily business news services. By combining our proprietary technology with human intelligence, we deliver digestible knowledge to keep industry decision-makers abreast of their industries.
We’re expanding rapidly and looking for exceptional, motivated talent to join our team. At SmartBrief, employees enjoy an entrepreneurial work environment with accelerated advancement opportunities. We offer a competitive compensation along with outstanding benefits, including stock options, 401(k), and 100% company-paid health care.
SmartBrief is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer.
To apply: Please e-mail resumes and samples of your work or URLs to jobs@smartbrief.com. Place the following in the subject line: SmartBrief Senior Front End Developer - 37S
