Duration: 8 months Contract
As a RWD Software Developer with truTV, you will be working across the stack to build rich and innovative web applications and products (responsive web design (RWD), social media, HTML5, etc.) in a fast-paced, agile and team-oriented environment. Your responsibilities will include developing, integrating, testing, deploying, and supporting systems, applications, and processes that deliver web content to the browsers on desktop and connected devices for truTV's brand family as part of truTV.com Responsive Redesign project. We work with various technologies throughout the stack, including: HTML, CSS, JavaScript, jQuery, Backbone.js. We use PHP on the back-end and use Git, WordPress, Interwoven TeamSite (CMS), Twitter/Google/Facebook APIs and more.
Responsibilities:
- Use Responsive Web Design (RWD) techniques in web development: review mocks, bring them to life on desktop and connected devices
- Develop interactive components using JavaScript and jQuery, integrate with internal tools, frameworks and services as well as external APIs
- Collaborate with multiple cross-functional teams of developers, product and project managers, editors and designers
Qualifications:
- Experience building multi-platform web sites using Responsive Web Design/ RWD (media queries, progressive enhancement, feature detection and etc.)
- 3-5 years of experience with HTML/CSS/JavaScript
- 2+ years of experience with HTML5/CSS3
- Expert knowledge of jQuery
- Experience with Backbone.js, async loaders like LABjs or RequireJS
- Experience with CSS generators like SASS / LESS
- Experience working with 3rd party content and APIs, e.g. Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest & etc.
- Experience with Web Performance Optimization (WPO)
- Experience using Git in team environment