Seeking all creative types.

Web Developer/Programmer

|Ottawa, Canada

Description:

We are looking for a developer who is passionate about coding. Your experience will allow you to step in and be a key team member for a major account. We seek an individual with personality, motivation, and passion for the creative arts. You will be patient and committed to offering solid recommendations in the development of a new web experience. We want someone who thinks positively, can work within the demands of a deadline driven industry, and will bring a combination of technical expertise with newer applications, and exceptional coding practices for digital social interactions.

What you’ll do:

  • As developer, you will work with senior managers to develop and code a niched social services web experience
  • Offer assistance and feedback in the integration of current interactive and social technologies and applications
  • Work with the design team to streamline user interface and user functions
  • Assist with user testing and the implementation of feedback/improvements from beta testers and managers
  • Prioritize, schedule, track, and ensure the progress and timely completion of multiple web based projects simultaneously
  • Identify, track and resolve defects and issues
  • Analyze and tune application performance

What you bring?

  • Education: Equivalent to a Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university in web development/programming, and/or minimum of 5 years of experience in a directly related field.
  • Technical Skills:
    • Above average with PHP, MySQL, CSS3, JSON, JQuery, AJAX
    • Proficiency with HTML5, WordPress, ASP, Action Script, APIs, JAVA, OOP and Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop (CS6 or CC)
  • Bonus:
    • Knowledge of .NET and mobile development
    • Server administration (LAMP)
    • Knowledge of openid
    • Experience integrating 3rd party APIs into applications
    • Cloud computing
    • Experience with NOSQL databases
  • Personal Skills:
    • Excellent communications and problem solving skills
    • Social competence to work in a team environment and offer/accept different perspectives
    • Ability to prioritize and adapt to changing situations
    • High attention to detail