Sr. Software Engineer

Overview Client is a large Financial Services company. Job Description Job Type: Contract (Right to Hire) Title: Sr. Software Engineer Job Description: This multi-faceted role offers the individual the opportunity to have tremendous impact on a number of web initiatives, starting with the rollout of a new set of Intranet/Collaboration tools. The candidate would also be joining the group at a point at which they will have significant direct impact on the evolution of our new User Experience practice and front end development methods broadly. Responsibilities: Build software applications – Follow coding standards, builds appropriate unit tests, integration tests and deployment scripts Assist in defining software architectures – Collaborate with leads to explore existing systems, determines areas of complexity, potential risks to successful implementation, learns the applications capabilities Communicate continually with the client and project teams – Explain progress on the development effort Contribute to continual improvement by suggesting improvements to user interface, architecture or new technologies Required Skills: Very solid HTML and CSS skills, knowing where and when to leverage technologies like HTML5 and CSS3 Experience converting PSD's into static templates Familiarity with client-side MVC frameworks. Specifically Backbone (Angular knowledge a strong plus). Skilled in using a CSS preprocessor to speed up development (LESS, SCSS/Compass, etc) Expertise with Twitter Bootstrap, JQuery, and a CSS preprocessor (ex. LESS) Knowledge of web standards and page-weight optimization a must Experience with responsive/adaptive design is required. Experience consuming, JSON-based APIs. Experience in Drupal (or similar CMS) is a strong plus Understanding of software design patterns and testing methodologies is a plus Familiarity with at least one server-side MVC Framework (ROR, Django, etc) and how it relates to server and client side web development is a plus. Must be self-motivated with the ability to work with minimal supervision Must possess excellent verbal and written communication skills Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or related discipline and 5+ years of relevant work experience. #J-18808-Ljbffr