Java Front End Developer

Job Title: Java Front End Developer

Location: Atlanta, GA 30339

Duration: Contract- 6 months

Our client is seeking a Senior Front End Web Developer for a 6 month contract position in Atlanta, GA. The position calls for the ability to be creative, innovative, and work well independently and as a team player while providing enhancements and fixes to an existing set of applications. The Senior Front End Web Developer II shall have expert knowledge in Web technologies, such as Object Oriented JavaScript both vanilla and modern framework experience Ember.js, Angular .

In addition to those skills, the Senior Front End Web Developer II must have an expert understanding of cross-browser JavaScript compatibility issues and should be forward thinking about industry standards and methods for JavaScript and other web technologies. Solid written and verbal communications skills are also required. You will be required to work well within teams of developers and have strong communication skills with the ability to communicate and explain complicated web designs. This job requires organization, professionalism and the ability to multi-task.

CLIENT DETAILS:

Headquartered in Cobb County, GA since 1982, our client is the world's leading cross-platform media company and a pioneer in televised, radio, and Internet based media. They have been named one of The Top 10 Places to Work in Cable by Cable World Magazine for two consecutive years. This company has consistently rated in the Top Five for News, Entertainment and Information. As part of one of the fastest growing cable networks today, this organization is sure to meet your desire for an exciting career.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

- Collaborate with architects and designers in the development and initiation of new software applications.
- Ability to create complicated system designs for large projects and present those designs to others.
- Design, develop, implement and enhance functionality, increase performance and simplify maintenance.
- Designing and implementing solutions collaboratively to add value to software development efforts in the most cost efficient way. Must be able to effectively communicate designs to other team members in order for them to implement the design.
- Maintaining/updating current code base using JavaScript.
- Estimate production time of new development, site changes and bug fixes, communicate estimates to reporting manager.
- Ability to quickly detect and debug problems and provide rapid solutions to solve problems.
- Leading projects, mentoring and reviewing other developers work to ensure that reusability and consistency is maintained.
- Ability to define, document and enforce Standards for Front End web technologies.
- Participate in team code reviews to ensure code quality and adherence to standards and development guidelines.
- Thorough understanding of cross-browser and cross-platform compatibility.

REQUIREMENTS:

- Undergraduate degree in computer science or equivalent work experience required.
- 10+ years of experience with Web Development technologies such as AJAX, JavaScript and XML.
- Expert level knowledge of JavaScript and Object Oriented JavaScript.
- Knowledge of integrating JSP, JSTL, HTML and CSS.
- Deep experience with tools such as Firebug and Fiddler.
- Working knowledge of web-centric Scripting languages such as PHP.
- Experience with source versioning systems such as GIT.
- Experience working on projects using an Agile software development methodology.
- Experience working with Linux and Apache web server platforms preferred.

For immediate consideration, please contact Bill Hendricks.

Synergis is a woman-owned company that serves a myriad of clients across nearly all industries, from start-ups to Fortune 100 companies. The outcomes of these relationships are demonstrated in a growing list of more than 300 clients and industry recognitions by Inc. magazine and the Atlanta Business Chronicle.

From its foundation in 1997, Synergis has been successfully recruiting and placing IT professionals in all areas of information technology.