Position: Lead Front-End Web Engineer (Ref Code: 020314-SHEKOU-AC-IO40-JOH)

Location: Woodlawn, MD

Duration: 6 months+

Description:

Lead Front-end Web Engineer candidate will be responsible for developing and maintaining the core markup structures that integrate with Presentation, Interaction/Behavior, and Accessibility. The candidate will integrate the markup with existing architectural components, such as JSP Tag Libraries, YUI. JQuery, content management systems, and other server-side frameworks (Struts/Tiles). The candidate will also work closely with the Accessible Solutions and User Experience Group in order to ensure accessible markup is developed.

The candidate will develop the screen prototype and develop the JSP / Struts2 components to integrate them in the JEE web application.

 

Requirements

Candidate should have a minimum of 11 yrs related technical experience along with a bachelors degree or additional experience in lieu of Web page design for dynamic JEE applications

Demonstrated experience as a Sr. Web Developer for JEE Applications

Java based Web Application

Development using Agile Principles

HTML 5

Knowledge of Struts2 /Tiles

Knowledge of Section 508, and ARIA

JSP, and JSP Tag Libraries

Knowledge of research-based web design and usability guidelines

JavaScript API design

Ability to investigate and research issues, determines impact, and provides solutions

Strong and proven problem solving

Self-managed with the ability to lead the team

 

Desired

Knowledge and use of a third-party JavaScript framework such as YUI, jQuery

DOM (including DOM differences across browsers),JSON, AJAX

Experience with screen reader software

Experience using semantic markup

Experience with performance tuning software (FireBug, YSlow).

Knowledge of progressive enhancement