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Senior Specialist - Web Architect

Job Title
Senior Specialist - Web Architect
Job ID
814297
Location
Ann Arbor,  MI 48106
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Description
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.)

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