Senior UI Developer (Mobile)

Senior UI mobile Developer

Web Application Product Development/iOS, Chromebook  Mobile Development

EXTERNAL DESCRIPTION:

We require a Senior (JAVASCRIPT/HTML5/CSS3/IOS) UI Developer, for a key role in the design and development of an exciting new learning management application.  THE SENIOR UI DEVELOPER WILL HAVE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION AND ARCHITECTURE OF THE UI, COLLABORATING WITH A TEAM OF DEVELOPERS, TEST ENGINEERS AND A PRODUCT STAKEHOLDER WITHIN AN AGILE ENVIRONMENT.

The engineer will work as required with 3rd party vendors ensuring quality and high standards of their deliverables.

Very strong UI skills are essential.  Experience of the eLearning sector would be an advantage. Exposure to and knowledge of continuous integration, software release management techniques and interfacing with test engineers as part of any major software development project is expected.

The UI Developer position reports directly to the Engineering Lead and is located in our Dublin office.

REQUIREMENTS:

DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:

Participate in all phases of development from definition and design through implementation, debugging, testing and deployment to ensure all work is to the highest standards.

Take ownership for component design, development and maintenance.
Responsible for code reviews and technical quality standards within the project team
Carry out meticulous automated unit tests to ensure a high quality deliverable into QA
Assist in defining structured practices especially in source code management, build and release management.

Participate in usability reviews and lead improvements in Front End design.

SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE:

ESSENTIAL:

Experienced UI developer with broad understanding of all the components of large consumer facing web/mobile applications.

ESSENTIAL SKILLS:

- Ideal candidate will have 4 plus years UI development experience.
- Excellent JavaScript, HTML5 and CSS3 skills
- IOS Development experience (Objective C).
- Node.js, JSON
- Chrome App development
- Experience of modern web development toolkits and libraries such as JQuery, Jasmine, Backbone, Underscore, etc.
- Experienced in developing dynamic Javascript Applications.
- Good understanding of web technologies, usability, Object Oriented programming and development frameworks.
- Requires a very strong level of interpersonal and communication (verbal and written) skills
- Front End automated testing
- Cross browser and cross device web app  development

DESIRABLE SKILLS:

- Experience of modern web development toolkits and libraries such as JQuery, Jasmine, Sass, Less, Backbone, Underscore, etc.
- Vagrant
- Amazon Web services including EC2, S3 
- Experience of developing with RESTful JSON APIs
- Practical knowledge of working within a continuous build environment including working with a Source Control Management tool.
- Experience of agile development processes an advantage
- Atlassian suite of tools, Confluence and JIRA experience
- Previous exposure to the educational software environment and familiarity with industry standards and specifications an advantage
- Knowledge of Unit Testing
- Possess excellent communication skills, the drive to succeed and work independently and on a team, with the ability to multi task, and deliver quality results
- M.Sc. in Computer Science or B.S. and equivalent experience