*** SENIOR FRONT-END WEB DEVELOPER ***
Brainstorm Creative Resources is a recruiting and staffing firm that places creative and editorial professionals into freelance and full-time positions with employers in and around Washington, DC.

Please read the job description below and/or visit www.brainstormresources.com/ApplyOnline for additional information regarding our firm and currently open positions with our clients.

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A software corporation in Washington, DC is seeking a full-time Senior Front-End Web Developer.

Our client is seeking a creative, collaborative and passionate Senior Front-End Web Developer to be the executing force in building a user interface for a web-based, enterprise business application that will delight users, excite designers, and inspire your colleagues.

You will be part of a small User Experience (UX) Team; where their mantra is to always understand user problems and goals before jumping into solutions. Solutions will also be a team effort from design to implementation.

If you want to be told what to do or what to build-and be a programming robot-then this job is not for you. This company needs you to immediately come on-board with your thinking hat charged, proactive problem-solving skills ready to go, and sleeves rolled up to produce rock-solid, hand-coded CSS/XHTML and JavaScript. They also want you to own and take leadership of designing and defining the front-end architecture: setting the bar for the best structured code, produce re-usable and scalable code to help increase output and efficiency, and set best practices for optimizing the performance of the front-end.

REQUIREMENTS:

* 2 to 5 years of solid web development using newer web 2.0 UI patterns (AJAX, DHTML, DOM manipulation).

* A personal blog where you love sharing what you’ve learned about/or opinions; or a portfolio site that already shows off your XHTML/CSS expertise if we looked under the covers.
* A portfolio site that shows off your XHTML/CSS expertise if we looked under the covers and/or a personal blog relating to Web development where you love to share what you’ve learned about/or opinions.

* An opinion about coding semantic XHTML and writing clean, minimal code.

* Strong leadership in effectively estimating Product Backlog Items, breaking down the front-end work into small accomplishable tasks, and delegating work to team members when help is needed.

* A knack for forward progress and getting unstuck by creating and bridging relationships with fellow back- end engineers and colleagues to get things done and hit team goals!

* Had ownership or wanted to be the beholder of setting CSS standards/guidelines for a large web-based, enterprise business application.

* Knowledge of Photoshop / Illustrator / Visual Studio / Version Control Systems / Agile-Scrum Process

* Knowledge of WPF / Silverlight / CSS3 / HTML5; or experience developing Rich Internet Application* Good working knowledge of ASP. NET MVC Framework

THE RIGHT CANDIDATE WILL BE:

* Curious about the interworking of jQuery or similar Javascript library; and comfortable hand-coding and debugging common Javascript functions

* A Stickler about cross browser development and testing; and already know the advantages and disadvantages of Firefox, Internet Explorer and Chrome.

* Passionate about asking questions and using your excellent oral and written communication skills to help unravel user problems

* Proud of your exceptional organizational skills

* A little OCD or even a lot OCD with your attention to details and maintaining design integrity

LOCATION / HOURS:

Work hours are approximately 9AM- 5PM, Monday through Friday. The organization’s office is located in downtown, Washington, DC, where it is easily accessible via the McPherson Square Metro.

SALARY:

The salary offered will be commensurate with experience and market requirements. A broad range, as determined by Brainstorm Creative Resources, is: $80K to $95K.

BENEFITS:

This company offers a comprehensive benefits package that includes company-paid health care, dental insurance, a 401K plan and free use of an exercise room. Metro accessible and casual dress code. Yearly company retreat in a beautiful location.


Only candidates currently residing within a commutable distance of Washington, DC should apply. Applicants not currently living in Washington, DC, Maryland or Virginia, or who inquire without a cover letter, resume and/or work samples should not expect to receive a response.

Brainstorm Creative Resources and the hiring organization are EEO employers.