Lead Web Developer (Front End)

Company Description

Gaming

Job Description

LEAD WEB DEVELOPER (FRONT END) 

7+ to 10 years experience

We’re the world’s largest video game publisher. You’re probably familiar with many of our titles, but maybe you don’t know how we’re committed to creating games for every platform—from social to mobile to console—to give our consumers that anytime, anywhere access they demand. What does that mean for you? It means more opportunities to unleash your creative genius, be inspired by those around you and ignite your path in any direction you choose.

Are you a front end guru? Are you the go to person for front end development at your current company? Do your co-workers always turn to you for advice on solving the tough problems? Are you a leader in the web development community? Do you have a public GITHub or Bitbucket account where you’re not shy to showcase your work? Do you love video games? Then you're just the person we're looking for.

We have our own digital agency focused on reshaping it's online presence from cookie cutter to cutting edge. We are working on creating the best web and mobile experiences for our gamers as we help shape our digital transformation online. The work we have primarily revolves around 2 to 6 month projects that range from CMS driven websites that aim to engage gamers to creating online second screen experiences for our games.  We make use of the latest standards and technology in web development such as Symfony 2, Grails, SASS, GULP, AngularJS and NodeJS. We live and breath agile and firmly believe in creating clean, testable code. Our group possesses a flexibility that is not found anywhere else within our organization. Contrary to the rumors, we encourage a strong work/life balance where developers are respected for their ideas and opinions.

This specific position will revolve around being a front end expert for one of our five teams. The role will require you to:

•Help with the development of our marketing websites

•Coding ~90% of the time

•Helping define coding standards and best practices ~10% of the time

•Ensure the quality of the product produced by the teams through code reviews, unit and functional test coverage

•Be able to write elegant, readable, and well-documented code.

•Ensure that other developers are following to best practices

•Ensuring that the team is sharing code/components/best practices with other teams

•Mentoring less experienced developers

•Helping define front end solutions for new projects and estimating the effort required to do so

•A scrappy, entrepreneurial attitude and drive that gets high-quality projects in a timely fashion

•Work with the team lead in deeply understanding the business ecosystem, identifying problems and devising solutions

•A need to have a very high care factor for the work you do

Basic Qualifications

•Expert in HTML5 and CSS3

•Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or related field, or 8+ year relevant work experience

•8+ years professional experience as a front end developer

•2+ years in the role of a team leader

•Computer Science fundamentals in data structures, problem solving, and complexity analysis

•Experience using Angular JS, Javascript, SASS/LESS

•Experience Agile/Scrum

•Experience creating responsive websites

•Experience using GIT

•Understanding of how to create performant websites

•A drive to keep up with the latest technology both at work and at home

Preferred Qualifications

•Experience with Symfony 2 or Zend

•Experience with mentoring and making technical presentations

•Experience explaining technical concepts to non-technical people

•Knowledge of professional software engineering practices & best practices for the full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes and testing

•Ability to take a project from scoping requirements through actual launch of the project

•Experience working with a distributed team

It’s not easy building the world’s best digital playground. It’s hair-standing-on-end exhilarating. It’s down-in-the-trenches challenging. It’s stroke-of-brilliance-at-midnight creative. It’s you—taking risks, challenging yourself, pursuing ideas, changing the way millions of people do something they love: play. In an industry that’s changing every day, We are positioned for growth thanks to smart business plans, strategic acquisitions, and most importantly, our creative people around the world who gather each day to unite the world through play. We take that last part very seriously, so if what you’re reading excites you as much as it does us, apply today.

SKILLS AND CERTIFICATIONS

HTML5 

CSS3 

AngularJS 

Agile 

Additional Information

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

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