UI Developer - Ireland

Role: UI Developer
Location: Dublin, Ireland
Duration: 6months+
Daily rate: €350 - €400

A leading IT group require the services of an experienced UI Developer to join them on an exciting long-term contract in Dublin, Ireland.

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 HMH Player project has been commissioned to design and develop an application for iOS and Chromebook devices which will allow students to carry out engaging activities as they progress through assignments. The application assists students to master the specified skills for each lesson and helps teachers meet common core standards. Key functionality will be collaboration on educational tasks, multimedia lesson creation, reporting and adaptive leaning.

This is a key development role requiring very strong technical and communications skills. 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