The Front End Developer is a highly creative and technically skilled individual responsible for bringing user experiences to life. The ideal candidate is a master of HTML5, CSS3, and JavaScript. They’re comfortable working extensively on JavaScript frameworks and UI Libraries. This person is excited about creating pixel perfect, reusable, extensible, flexible, high-performing front-end experiences that integrate seamlessly with back-end code.
· Design and develop front-end applications
· Design front-end architectures with architectural guidelines in mind (secure, high-performing, scalable, extensible, flexible, simple)
· Turn business requirements into technical designs
· Turn style guides into front-end frameworks and coding standards
· Decipher information architecture and visual designs and turn them into front-end code
· Develop front-end code that integrates with back-end interfaces
· Execute in a test driven development environment, writing unit tests, and building code to pass unit tests
· Execute in an agile environment using industry standard tools and delivering weekly code releases
· Develop, and test for cross-browser and cross-platform applications
· Lead, mentor, and train other front-end developers
· Minimum 4+ years’ experience in front-end development
· 4+ years experience building responsive websites
· Advanced working knowledge of HTML5, CSS3 and JavaScript, Ajax
· Experience with front-end frameworks (React.js, Redux, Webpack, ES6, AngularJS, Require.js, bootstrap, jQuery etc.)
· Experience integrating front-end code with back-end services (web services, RESTful services, JSON, XML)
· A working knowledge of frameworks like Angular, Knockout, Backbone, etc.
· The ability to adapt to the ever changing technology landscape. You’re excited about keeping up-to-date by experimenting with new technologies and frameworks.
We believe in inclusivity and do our best work when people with diverse perspectives, backgrounds and skills
are brought together. Our Core Values are at the root of GALE’s collaborative environment and help to foster a strong community.
Our Code of Conduct, Human Resources policies and executive investment in inclusion further support and protect GALE’s inclusive workplace.
We want you to be just as discerning in making your next career move as we are finding great talent to join our team. Our interview process generally consists of the following stages to allow you to meet a range of people from various disciplines and domains. You will be assessed at each stage before being invited to move to the next.
Please discuss with our recruiters if you require any accommodations throughout the process to help enable a smooth interview (e.g. accessibility in terms of location, timing, method, etc.)