Responsibilities Prototypes, designs, develops, tests and maintains AOL Media Technology systems Works closely with product managers, designers and other development teams to ensure successful implementation of publishing platforms, analysis tools and web applications Converts specifications and requirements into functional web pages and works with the back-end developers to create database-driven templates for functional web pages...
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Senior Software Engineer, Front End Java Dev
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Responsibilities
- Prototypes, designs, develops, tests and maintains AOL Media Technology systems
- Works closely with product managers, designers and other development teams to ensure successful implementation of publishing platforms, analysis tools and web applications
- Converts specifications and requirements into functional web pages and works with the back-end developers to create database-driven templates for functional web pages
- Understands and adheres to industry and AOL best practices for delivering fast-loading web sites
- Designs and develops for high performance, heavy traffic, and high availability
- Stays abreast of emerging technologies and trends, particularly as they apply to the online publishing industry, the internet and rapid software development
- Actively participates in an Agile development environment
- Effectively manages multiple priorities
Skills
- Experience in front-end Java web development using templating systems (JSP, JSTL, Servlets), HTML, XHTML, CSS, AJAX, XML, JSON, JavaScript, jQuery
- An understanding of how design affects web sites and comprehensive knowledge of developing interactive web pages
- Experience with optimisation and performance tuning following industry-standard techniques (e.g. use of sprites and jQuery libraries)
- Ability to troubleshoot and resolve issues across browsers (e.g. JavaScript, jQuery, CSS)
- Demonstrated understanding of back-end services and environments for developing web pages (Unix, Apache, Tomcat, FTP and server architecture)
- Experience developing in a standards-based environment using version control software (SVN or CVS and IDEs such as Eclipse or NetBeans)
- History of creativity, innovative thought, awareness of current technical trends and high levels of performance and motivation
- Strong analytical and problem solving skills
- Excellent written and verbal communications skills
Education / Experience
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering or a related field, AND
- 5-8 years of experience in software development, OR
- Relevant combination of education and experience.
This is a 12 month fixed term contract.
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