We are a world leader in social intelligence, offering a suite of powerful products that help companies measure and articulate social media success, harness the power of community and influencers, and find the conversations and topics online that matter most to their business. With nearly 2,000 customers and four offices worldwide, we give businesses the power to end irrelevance and equip today’s social customer with the information, products, and services they need, in real-time.
Join one of the most dynamic, growing and dedicated teams in social technology.
We are looking for a Senior Frontend Engineer to join the development team in Sunnyvale, California.
Key responsibilities will include creation of new UI feature sets in our core product offerings. Bridging the gap between creative ideation and functional, cutting-edge, web standards. Being involved in weekly tech shares and code reviews and staying abreast of the latest in front-end technology developments involving everything from Node to SCSS to Angular.
Primary Responsibilities:
- Work with, and help lead, the team to build high-quality web pages and user interfaces for web applications.
- Build front-end functionality from feature requirements in an Agile, iterative and phased approach.
- Work to enhance the proposed solution and produce great user experiences.
- Provide development leadership to any junior or intermediate staff when needed.
- Complete bug fixes based on QA reports. Find/fix problems, document/review, and work within the team to follow them to conclusion
- Developing and testing with cross browser compatibility
- Build modular, scalable, robust, and reusable code with front-end technologies using good engineering practices for maintenance and security.
- Direct and develop your own professional skills.
Skills & Qualifications:
- 5+ of web development experience as a either a front end or full stack (LAMP/MEAN) web developer
- 5+ experience in hand-coded, standards-compliant HTML, CSS and JS
- 2+ years experience with an MVC Javascript framework (Angular preferred, but Backbone, etc. is fine as well)
- Experience with Node workflow/build systems (grunt, bower, karma, etc...), $ and a working knowledge of REST and JSON
- Experience with GIT and associated workflows
- Experience writing JavaScript that is maintainable, object-oriented and sensitive to different browser technologies
- Experience implementing 3rd party tools/libraries where appropriate
- Development experience with different browser technologies and mobile environments
- Knowledge of the Agile methodology including sprints, SCRUMS and test-driven development
- Knowledge of User-centered Design
Nice to have: - Experience with JSP/Java, CLI comfort
- The candidate should be a positive, forward-thinker with an ability to work on detailed-oriented tasks and to think calmly and rationally when under the pressure of sprint timelines