Senior Specialist - Web Architect
- Job Title
- Senior Specialist - Web Architect
- Job ID
- 814297
- Location
- Ann Arbor, MI 48106
- Other Location
- Description
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Summary: The eCommerce Senior Specialist – Web Development is a talented developer also responsible for mentoring a highly talented web development team. As senior specialist your responsibility is to architect, mentor the web development team and lead by example. The web development team is responsible for front-end development of online ordering for our client. Experience with; GruntJS, PhantomJS, Bower, Continuous Integration and Front-End automation are required. A expertise in classic JavaScript and design patterns as well as knowledge of libraries and frameworks is extremely important.
GENERAL RESPONSIBILITIES
(40%) e-Commerce Web Architecture- Architect web solutions to support Client's eCommerce functionality and business requirements
- Collaborate with marketing, agency and in-house designers, requirements analysts, and technical project team on web designs
- Apply basic user interface design skills when implementing features
(60%) Web Development- Develop, mentor, train, manage, and support the team of highly talented web developers
- Foster an innovative ideas within a corporate environment
- Responsible for web architecture decisions to ensure well thought out design and conceptualization, taking into account the suggestions and priorities of the solution architecture
- Write, modify, and debug e-Commerce web user interfaces
- Work closely with the team to ensure they are effectively writing, modifying and debugging e-Commerce web interface
- Generate tests for User Interfaces
- Rapidly prototype new ideas and concepts
- Lead the transition of developed applications and systems into testing and production phases for all front end web development work
- Estimate the duration of design and development tasks
- Support all production applications that the team is responsible for developing
QUALIFICATIONS- Mastery of JavaScript, JSP, AJAX, CSS, and XHTML
- Expert in developing efficient AJAX interfaces with in-depth knowledge of available user interface libraries and frameworks (e.g. YUI, DOJO, JQuery, Prototype, etc.)
- Working knowledge of Flash, digital imaging and digital imaging tools, and back end techniques
- Comfortable with usability and information architecture principles. Prefer eCommerce site experience.
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science or equivalent experience
- Excellent team player with good communication skills with both non-technical & technical co-workers
- Agile project management experience
- 2+ years’ experience leading project teams and/or mentoring junior developers in a fast-paced, startup-like environment preferred.
- 7+ years IT industry experience. Prefer experience with hi-tech web development firms, startups, or eCommerce business units.
- 5+ years experience building JavaScript/CSS/JSP-based front ends for viewing on multiple browsers and operating systems (IE, Firefox, Safari, etc.)