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BrainPark – Front-end Developer

by davidcrow

Guelph, ON

  • Orginally from: StandoutJobs
  • Updated: May 1, 2009
  • Location: Guelph, ON
  • Category: IT & Software Development – Software Engineering
  • Tags: Software, front end developer, guelph, css, photoshop, jQuery

BRAINPARK, INC is a software company that creates smart and simple software products to make work easier and people more productive. Our solution is a “mash-up” of social software, semantic web, eLearning, information retrieval, social search, and expertise location management. This next generation approach to enterprise software deals head on with information overload, user generated preferences (meaning and relevancy), and a social context.

We are currently searching for a Software Developer to be part of our team of people who are aggressively innovative and pioneering in their thinking. Brainpark is not just about software development, we are about bringing people together to identify problems in the workplace and brainstorm solutions to solve them. If you are an independent and self motivated worker, this job will appeal to you.

This is a 12 month contract with the possibility of becoming a full time position. Start date: Immediately

Role Summary

The ideal candidate will have a passion for what they do, a strong attention to detail, the ability to produce high-quality work quickly, and a portfolio that demonstrates experience in front-end development, designing and conceptualizing graphics for web sites and other digital media.

Responsibilities

  • Work closely with design team members to realize the visual design of the product      
  • Work closely with a cross-functional team in the planning, design and implementation of effective user interfaces for existing and new projects Turn graphics created in Photoshop, Illustrator or simply sketched on paper into beautiful, efficient code       
  • Maintain UI specifications such as style guides and visual standards documents
  • Keep informed of accepted practices, new technologies and new tools for web site design
  • Bring creativity, innovation, and assertiveness to the table
  • Continually raise the bar on creative assignments, being open and able to act on constructive feedback
  • Solve problems to a degree where each design concept is not seen in isolation, but rather, seen as the ‘bigger picture’ in a creative campaign     
  • Work to drive the business through clear and simple design that supports the unique and differentiated brand experience      
  • Convert creative strategy into compelling design

Qualifications

  • Minimum 3-5 years graphic design experience with design and front end development
  • Experience in application design, visual design, and/or website design is required            
  • Skilled in design and web enabling software – Photoshop, Illustrator, etc.
  • Excellent knowledge of HTML, CSS and Javascript (we use mostly jQuery)  
  • Working knowledge of Ajax, and Django is an asset        
  • Strong attention to detail         
  • Ability to manage and prioritize projects and meet deadlines        
  • Good understanding of browser and accessibility issues         
  • Well-organized with the ability to handle multiple tasks/projects simultaneously  
  • Good design sensibility   
  • Knowledge of user-experience design, user interface design, interaction design is an asset     
  • Portfolio showcasing your clean, simple, ‘less-is-more’ design aesthetic – we like white space         
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills         
  • Enjoy working in a team environment         
  • Good sense of humour – the goofier the better!

Resume Submission

If you are interested in this opportunity and meet the above qualifications, please submit your resume with wage expectations to [email protected].

We strongly recommend that you take our developer test posted here:

http://www.brainpark.com/devtest.html

Those who are qualified will be contacted.

Apply for this job

Posted on May 8, 2009 Filed Under: Development, Jobs, Southwestern Ontario Tagged With: css, dev+jobs, GTA, guelph, jQuery

Trapeze – Web Developer

by davidcrow

Toronto, ON

Trapeze Media (www.trapeze.com) is seeking a talented hands-on individual to  join our team as a Web Developer.

What we do

Trapeze is a full service interactive marketing agency.

As a member of the Web Development (UI) team, you will create sophisticated  Content Management Platforms and web applications for prominent high traffic websites. You will work on a range of challenging projects with clients such as CBS, Reebok, Canadian Tire, Disney, Pizza Hut, MTV, Cineplex and Globe & Mail. You will be involved in all stages of development of the project, including ideation, technical specifications and prototypes, application architecture and data models, testing, coding, releases management and deployment.

What we use

  • Standards-based XHTML, CSS, Javascript & AJAX
  • Flash (ActionScript 2.0 and ActionScript 3.0)
  • XML and JSON
  • jQuery
  • Photoshop and Illustrator
  • Ubuntu Linux and OS X
  • Python, Django and PHP
  • subversion and git

We want to hear from you if…

  • you have excellent XHTML, CSS, Javascript skills
  • you have some experience with popular javascript libraries such as JQuery and/or Prototype
  • you build accessible, standard compliant friendly websites
  • you are a creative thinker, committed to scalability, extensibility and reusability of your code
  • you are passionate about the web and you have the ability to quickly learn new technologies
  • you have experience with cross-browsers coding
  • you have some experience working with server-side code. Python and PHP are
    preferable.
  • To Apply

      Email your current resume to [email protected] with the words “Web Developer” in the subject line. No calls, drop-ins or faxes, please.

Posted on March 30, 2009 Filed Under: Development, Jobs, Toronto, Web 2.0 Tagged With: css, dev+jobs, flash+developer, front-end, jQuery, Toronto, web+standards

Avid Life Media – Developer

by davidcrow

Mid-Town, Toronto, ON

avidlifemedia

Want to work with fun people, on a fun product, and make a huge difference?

Then you want to be at Avid Life Media.

Avid Life Media has some of the world’s top social entertainment and dating sites:

  • Millions of people date through Avid Life Media.
  • Thousands of people find matches every day.
  • We make money and AREN’T advertising supported.

Avid Life Media is a fast-paced company that measures releases in days not weeks and rewards individual initiative and gumption.

This is key member of the team, and a growth position. You will have your fingers in the entire breadth of Avid Life Media’s offerings: our website, social networking apps (Facebook, MySpace, Bebo, etc) and iPhone and other mobile apps.

You will

  • Develop a world class product and user experience using agile methodologies.
  • Experience developing and deploying high availability, high performance web applications.
  • Create detailed specifications and documentation.

You need

  • Strong skills in LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP).
  • Ability to pickup new environments and languages quickly.
  • Compatibility with a workplace built around small, highly motivated teams.
  • Familiarity with modern web frameworks is a plus.
  • Knowledge of Ruby, Python, Java, or C/C++ is a plus.
  • Strong information architecture and database design skills.
  • Good understanding of current web technologies:
    • (Standards-based) HTML, CSS
    • – JavaScript (jQuery, Prototype, other frameworks)
    • – AJAX
    • – Memcache

Additional Details

Located in mid-town Toronto.

No agencies or contractors please.

Applicants must live in the Greater Toronto Area or be willing to relocate.

To Apply

Send resumes to jobs at almlabs.com

Posted on January 23, 2009 Filed Under: Development, Jobs, Toronto Tagged With: dev+jobs, jQuery, memcache, prototype, python, ruby, Toronto

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