Stone Arch Services

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StoneArch Services has a client who is looking for a full-time Front-End Developer. This position requires someone who has experience in user experience and UI and who can help develop front-end code. This includes developing optimized/cross-platform front-end code in HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and front-end frameworks. This individual reports to the User Experience Design Manager, whose team has responsibility for user experience, interface design, front-end development, usability, and ADA 508 compliance. Responsibilities Work closely with a user experience designer on bringing mockups or wireframes through development to final delivery. This includes graphics optimization and the use of HTML, CSS, JavaScript / jQuery, XML, and Web Services. • Manage code integrity of the sites and other projects to ensure cohesive development amongst the team. • Work with product managers, user experience analysts, and designers to understand customer needs and business requirements and create functional prototypes to address those needs. • Follow the integration within the design/development team of industry trends with regard to front-end technologies and techniques. • Be involved in both the graphic and user experience design of interfaces for many of the web properties and mobile web properties. • Partner with business units (internal clients) to understand specific business goals, customer needs, and opportunities to improve business performance through the website. • Introduce innovative development processes and optimization to increase site productivity, traffic to specific/desired areas, positive user experiences and business results. • Ensure that material in their software is accessible to all groups including those with disabilities and design and develop public sites for search engine optimization. • Develop and maintain the production, graphical, and compression standards for the highest possible quality, navigational ease, consistency in look and feel, and content architecture of companie’s websites and web-based software. • Communicate status and risks to project leaders and business partners. • Collaborate with fellow developers as mentors to learn needed skills. Their software is complex and will require collaboration with heavier developers to understand web services and capabilities. Qualifications • Associate’s degree in design, computer science, web development, or related field. • 5+ years of web development experience from site concept to launch, with a proven track record of meeting deadlines. • Knowledge of front-end web standards technologies (HTML, CSS, Javascript). • Knowledge of libraries including jQuery and front-end frameworks such as Bootstrap. • Some working knowledge of ASP and SQL is a plus. • Experience in design software (Photoshop, Illustrator) required. • Ability to translate business needs into creative web-based solutions and to deliver business goals and project objectives with limited supervision. • Strong understanding of all aspects of web development, including strategy, design, usability, and implementation. • Strong knowledge of web usability and interface design principles; advanced knowledge of site navigation and information architecture, browser limitations and solutions for cross platform usability; ability to define, concept and create use-cases, site-maps and wire-frames of site schematics. • Experience with mobile web sites or native mobile platforms preferred. • Experience with design for personalization and content management templates. • Excellent written, verbal, and presentation skills • Strong prioritization and interpersonal skills to balance multiple demands. Ability to grasp new concepts quickly and an extreme attention to detail.