Role:UI/Front-End Developer
Location:Herndon, VA

Essential Functions:

• Collaborate with customers and other Rapid Development team members & customers to define and implement innovative solutions for application aesthetic and experience.
• Engineer front-end web applications that leverage modern frameworks, e.g. React, Polymer and Angular v2.0 or newer.
• Make innovative and engaging design and user-experience decisions.
• Conceptualize original ideas that adhere to simplicity and user friendliness in solving complex design challenges.
• Create wire frames, storyboards, user flows, and process flows to communicate ideas for stakeholder discussions.
• Conduct user research and user testing.
• Consistently implement new technologies, trends, and best practices to keep designs fresh.
  

Required Qualifications/Software:
Undergraduate degree in Design, Computer Science, Web Development, or comparable disciplinePortfolio demonstrating breadth of front-end development

skills :
Expert knowledge of HTML and CSSProficient in JavaScript and related frameworksExtensive use of APIs and understanding of HTTP and REST architecture.
Experience with version control (e.g. Github, Stash)Minimum of 7 years of overall development experience.

Desired Qualifications:
Graduate degree in Design, Computer Science, Web Development, or comparable disciplineCreative background, a passion for modeling and implementing unique designs

Experience :
AWS, Google Cloud and/or Heroku platformsDeveloping applications and visualizations for data analyticsReact, Polymer and/or Angular v2.0 or newerNode.js and npmBuild tools, e.g. Grunt, Gulp, MavenPackaging and deploying for both development and production environments using continuous integration toolsFront-end automated unit and integration testingPrototyping both browser-based and native mobile applicationsJavaScript mapping frameworks (e.g. Leaflet, OpenLayers, Google Maps)
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