Looking for a CS grad with 1+ years experience, or a non-grad with 4+ years experience as a web developer  — a more junior position — to work on the front end with 3 senior level front end engineers on a Ruby on Rails mid-tier site. Cross browser trouble shooting is a very good skill to have.  Job is on-site in Palo Alto, CA. contact me at myfirstName at myLastName dot org.
Web Developer / UI Engineer
OVERVIEW:
We are looking for a brilliant User Interface engineer with strong front-end web development skills. Candidate has desire to have direct influence on the direction and quality of the leading travel search engine.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
Develop application features with a focus on the UI experience, contribute to interaction and visual design of user features, performance measurement and tuning, A/B testing. In addition the successful candidate will assist in the development and maintenance of frameworks for web-tier development,
EXPERIENCE (required):
- 2 years web development experience with at least 2 years experience at a high-traffic consumer web site
- Ability to do rapid prototyping of new features in parallel with design
- Passion for the development of high-quality web UI
- 2 years experience hand coding table-less XHTML, HTML, CSS, including browser differences & hacks
- 2 years experience with Photoshop, Fireworks, or other graphics programs
- 2 years experience debugging Internet Explorer and other browsers.
- 2 years plus experience working with and resolving cross-browser compatibility issues
- 1 year experience Object Oriented JavaScript
- hands-on experience doing widgets mash-ups, such as Google Maps, Facebook, OAuth, Flickr Photo Widget, or similar.
- Front-end optimization experience included search engine optimization, accessibility and perceived / actual download speed optimization.
- Ability to convert visual designs/wireframes into HTML
- Ability to shift gears quickly
- BS in CS with 1+ yr experience, AA in CS with 2+ yrs experience or other degree with 4+ yrs experience preferred.
EXPERIENCE (ideal):
- Hands-on experience with JSON and JavaScript support libraries such as jQuery, prototype, scriptaculous, YUI.
- Experience with mid-tier technologies: PHP, Ruby on Rails, Struts or other (not ASP.net)
- Design/Prototyping Tools: Photoshop/GIMP/Fireworks
- Debugging Tools: YSlow and Firebug/DragonFly/Developer Tools
- SQL, UNIX
