LEAD WEB DEVELOPER (FRONT END)

Lead Web Developer (Front End)

Full-time

Company Description

Gaming

Job Description

Lead Web Developer (Front End)

7+ to 10 years experience

We're the world's largest video game publisher. You're probably familiar with many of our titles, but maybe you don't know how we're committed to creating games for every platform—from social to mobile to console—to give our consumers that anytime, anywhere access they demand. What does that mean for you? It means more opportunities to unleash your creative genius, be inspired by those around you and ignite your path in any direction you choose.

Are you a front end guru? Are you the go to person for front end development at your current company? Do your co-workers always turn to you for advice on solving the tough problems? Are you a leader in the web development community? Do you have a public GITHub or Bitbucket account where you're not shy to showcase your work? Do you love video games? Then you're just the person we're looking for.

We have our own digital agency focused on reshaping it's online presence from cookie cutter to cutting edge. We are working on creating the best web and mobile experiences for our gamers as we help shape our digital transformation online. The work we have primarily revolves around 2 to 6 month projects that range from CMS driven websites that aim to engage gamers to creating online second screen experiences for our games. We make use of the latest standards and technology in web development such as Symfony 2, Grails, SASS, GULP, AngularJS and NodeJS. We live and breath agile and firmly believe in creating clean, testable code. Our group possesses a flexibility that is not found anywhere else within our organization. Contrary to the rumors, we encourage a strong work/life balance where developers are respected for their ideas and opinions.

This specific position will revolve around being a front end expert for one of our five teams. The role will require you to:

Help with the development of our marketing websites

Coding ~90% of the time

Helping define coding standards and best practices ~10% of the time

Ensure the quality of the product produced by the teams through code reviews, unit and functional test coverage

Be able to write elegant, readable, and well-documented code.

Ensure that other developers are following to best practices

Ensuring that the team is sharing code/components/best practices with other teams

Mentoring less experienced developers

Helping define front end solutions for new projects and estimating the effort required to do so

A scrappy, entrepreneurial attitude and drive that gets high-quality projects in a timely fashion

Work with the team lead in deeply understanding the business ecosystem, identifying problems and devising solutions

A need to have a very high care factor for the work you do

Basic Qualifications

Expert in HTML5 and CSS3

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related field, or 8+ year relevant work experience

8+ years professional experience as a front end developer

2+ years in the role of a team leader

Computer Science fundamentals in data structures, problem solving, and complexity analysis

Experience using Angular JS, Javascript, SASS/LESS

Experience Agile/Scrum

Experience creating responsive websites

Experience using GIT

Understanding of how to create performant websites

A drive to keep up with the latest technology both at work and at home

Preferred Qualifications

Experience with Symfony 2 or Zend

Experience with mentoring and making technical presentations

Experience explaining technical concepts to non-technical people

Knowledge of professional software engineering practices & best practices for the full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes and testing

Ability to take a project from scoping requirements through actual launch of the project

Experience working with a distributed team

Skills and Certifications

HTML5

CSS3

AngularJS

Agile

Additional Information

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