Sr. Front End Developer (closed)· Newton, MA
Sr. Front End Developer (closed)
Newton, MA
Salary with competitive benefits compensation
Recruiter Comment: Great opportunity in Newton, MA with Sallie Mae - Sr. Front End Developer!
Job Description
Sallie Mae (NASDAQ: SLM) is the nation's No. 1 financial services company specializing in education. Whether college is a long way off or just around the corner, Sallie Mae helps turn education dreams into reality for 25 million customers. With products and services that include college savings programs, scholarship search tools, education loans, tuition insurance, and online banking, Sallie Mae offers solutions that help families save, plan, and pay for college. Sallie Mae also provides financial services to hundreds of college campuses as well as to federal and state governments.
JOB SUMMARY:
The Senior Front End Web Developer will be responsible for developing and updating dynamic web sites for Sallie Mae properties, applications and tools. The Developer is responsible for working with project managers, stakeholders and designers to build custom websites and to maintain existing enterprise web systems. This includes HTML, CSS, Javascript coding, and assisting in the QA, testing and publishing of the websites. The Front End Web Developer will also assist in providing design support as needed. The position requires architecting and designing front end client code that can be easily adapted and utilizes industry and web best practices. Ideally, the candidate will be someone who is excited about new trends in development and technology and utilizes that excitement to build creative solutions that are easy to use.
MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:
- 4 years product design, graphic design, and web design experience.
- Knowledge of online media technologies.
- Adobe / Macromedia products including Flash, Dreamweaver, Illustrator and Photoshop
- Windows / Mac OS
- Visio
- Experience using HTML5, JavaScript / XML / CSS3 / JQuery ASP or server-side scripting
- BA in design related field. i.e. graphic / information / multimedia
- Experience designing sites and applications for use on multiple platforms and browser types
- Understanding of industry best practices for SEO and front-end development
- Knowledge of online media technologies.
- Adobe / Macromedia products including Flash, Dreamweaver, Illustrator and Photoshop
- Windows / Mac OS
- Visio
- Experience using HTML5, JavaScript / XML / CSS3 / JQuery ASP or server-side scripting
- BA in design related field. i.e. graphic / information / multimedia
- Experience designing sites and applications for use on multiple platforms and browser types
- Understanding of industry best practices for SEO and front-end development
ESSENTIAL SOFTWARE EXPERIENCE:
Adobe PhotoShop
Adobe Illustrator
Adobe DreamWeaver
Adobe Flash
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:
- Understanding of large scale content management systems a bonus
- Familiar with xml / xsl
- Experience working with .asp code
- Familiar with xml / xsl
- Experience working with .asp code
ADDITIONAL SKILLS:
- Must provide good examples of user interface design and information architecture
- Must provide examples good example of Web design work
- Must understand how to produce industry-leading standards in front-end development including sensitivity to SEO and usability
Sallie Mae is a federal government contractor. Should this position support a government contract, now or in the future, the successful candidate will be subject to a background check conducted by the U.S. Government to determine eligibility and suitability for federal contract employment for public trust or sensitive positions.
