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Description
Groundwire's mission is to deliver online strategies and tools to engage people, organizations and communities in building a sustainable society. We work to create sustainable communities, to conserve and protect our natural resources, and to foster social justice by providing organizations with the online organizing tools and strategies needed for social change.
Our staff is made up of people who are creative, knowledgeable and passionate about the work we do. We are capacity-builders, collaborators, and pioneers in our field. And we have a lot of fun.
Position Overview:
The Web Developer is focused on front-end development with a strong background and understanding of computer programming, and superhero skills to build dynamic web interfaces across multiple platforms.
Responsibilities:
- Work closely with Project Managers and other members of the Technology Solutions Team to both develop detailed specification documents with clear project deliverables and timelines, and to ensure timely completion of deliverables.
- Produce project estimates during sales process, including expertise required, total number of people required, total number of development hours required, etc.
- Work with clients and Project Managers to build and refine graphic designs for websites. Must have strong skills in Photoshop, Fireworks, or equivalent application(s).
- Convert raw images and layouts from a graphic designer into CSS/XHTML themes.
- Build rich interactive interfaces using Javascript connected to server side architecture.
- Configure and customize our content management system (Plone) to meet client requirements.
- Determine appropriate architecture, and other technical solutions, and make relevant recommendations to clients.
- Communicate to the Project Manager with efficiency and accuracy any progress and/or delays.
- Alert colleagues to emerging technologies or applications and the opportunities to integrate them into operations and activities.
- Identify recurring software solutions and package them as reusable add-ons.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in a related field (design, computer science) or significant equivalent experience.
- 2 years minimum experience with HTML/XHTML, Javascript and CSS.
- 2 years minimum Web programming experience, including Python, PHP, Java/JSP, ASP, Force.com Apex/Visualforce, or Ruby.
- Ability to create standards-compliant markup and knowledge of accessibility requirements.
- Experience theming open-source CMS frameworks such as Plone or Drupal.
- Excellent communication skills, the ability to organize and manage a variety of projects and deadlines, and the ability to work effectively with a variety of internal and external resources.
- An interest in sharing knowledge about new technologies with the team and facilitating the adoption of state-of-the-art front-end development technologies across projects.
- Experience building or working with RESTful APIs or other Web Services and integrations desired.
- Experience with cross-browser testing
Desired Experience:
Rackspace, Amazon Web Services, Git/CVS/Subversion, Ubuntu, Force.com integration, mobile web application development, UI/UX Engineering and Prototyping, XSLT
This is a full-time position. Up to 20% travel is expected.
Compensation: Salary depends on experience. Please include salary requirements with your application.
Groundwire offers a fun and meaningful workplace and a generous personal leave and benefits package. We also offer the opportunity to work a flexible work week. Groundwire values diversity on its team.
Deadline: Please submit applications via our online form by Friday, August 3, 2012.
To Apply:
Please submit your resume and cover letter via the form on our website.