Who: Cequint
Position: Senior Web Developer
Where: Seattle Waterfront
What: A new standard of mobile interactivity, powered by Cequint, is being rolled out by our tier-1 carrier partners on millions of handsets. Combining the flexibility of SMS, the ease of use of HTML, and the power of native apps, this cross-platform technology is about to change the mobile industry. You’ll be a part of the high powered team defining how carriers and businesses interact with consumers for the next decade. This is your chance to be a part of history.
The ideal candidate will have experience building and supporting high-profile, highly interactive, extremely fast customer-facing web applications. They will know core web technologies (HTML5, CSS3, and JavaScript) and will be able to show examples of sophisticated front-end solutions they have developed. They will have integrated well-designed front-end architectures with template frameworks and complex back-end data and content management systems. They will have worked side-by-side with team members in design and engineering to deliver highly scalable solutions.
Responsibilities:
• Hands-on development and support of engineering solutions which deliver an outstanding and highly-performing user experience
• Evaluation, conceptualization, design, and development of major new capabilities and implementation of new technologies
• Drive continuous improvements in performance, scalability, reliability and usability
Qualifications
• 5+ years developing and delivering customer facing web or mobile experiences
• Strong track record of delivering results
• Strong command of essential front-end web technologies including HTML5, CSS, HTML methods and properties
• Solid understanding of cross-browser/platform issues and code solutions, as well accessibility and SEO considerations
• Extensive work with JavaScript and JS Frameworks (like JQuery, DoJo); and work with JS micro frameworks
• Knowledge and skills in object-oriented design as applied to user interface development including software design patterns
• Knowledge of web UI architecture and presentation layer technologies such as Jquery, JSP, XHTML, and Freemarker template language
• Understanding and experience with data manipulation technologies such as web services, REST, JSON, SOAP, XSD, and XML
• Experience with developing for mobile form factors and/or progressive enhancement techniques
• Experience with source control management tools such as SVN, or CVS
• Experience working with SQL databases (Oracle knowledge is preferred)
• Knowledge of web security techniques and best practices
• Technology implementation experience in a Java environment
• Strong ability to translate requirements into quick prototypes for iterative user feedback
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills (oral, written and group presentations)
• BS in Computer Science, or equivalent experience
Nice to Have:
• Solid understanding of mobile UI design and best practices, application architecture principles (client-side scripting, web service tiers, database storage, caching, etc)
• Experience with native or hybrid mobile app development experience (PhoneGap a plus)
• Knowledge of iOS and Android operating systems and application hooks
• Experience working with portal environments
• Experience using standard development frameworks such as Hibernate, Spring, Struts
• Experience with XML technologies like XSD, XSL, XPATH
• Experience with WordPress
• Experience building 3rd party plug-ins for a JS framework
• Understanding of network and wireless/wifi communication and application protocols
Contact: To apply, please visit Cequint’s careers page online.
