HTML5 Developer
Location: Halifax, NS
Radian6 is currently recruiting for experienced HTML5 Developers.
This is a great opportunity to join an exciting, dynamic, young company with a strong and seasoned leadership team. Successful candidates will join a highly talented team of software engineers using leading edge Web 2.0 technologies. You will make a significant contribution to the design and development of the industry leading social media monitoring, engagement, analytics and reporting system.
Key Responsibilities:
- Development and support of HTML5-based server platform providing content discovery, tracking, indexing & searching, messaging, and delivery services;
- Involvement in all steps of the development process, including analysis, design, testing, documentation and implementation;
- Develop and unit/integration test software components/modules using the most current industry tools and processes; and
- Sub-system owner during project design, development and documentation. Accountable for specified software modules/components.
Requirements for the Successful Candidate Include:
- Post-secondary education in Computer Science and/or related experience;
- Solid understanding and working application of object-oriented principles and concepts;
- Solid understanding and working application of architecture, design and development concepts and best practices;
- Mastery of hand-coded HTML and CSS, adhering to W3C standards;
- A thorough understanding of usability, accessibility, cross browser compatibilities, table-free layouts and semantic markup;
- Ability to produce unobtrusive JavaScript (using jQuery) and deliver progressive enhancements;
- Understanding of version control systems (SVN) as well as CMS integration;
- Proficient in PHP and/or another comparable web programming language;
- Specific experience with HTML5, CSS3 and advanced CSS techniques. Mobile centric HTML5 experience a plus;
- Appreciation of mobile specific challenges such as bandwidth, service availability, offline usage;
- Experience in Agile and Scrum development practices, and in team-based product development
- Motivated self-starter with the ability and drive to perform in a fast-paced start-up environment, with multiple tasks, deadlines and changing priorities;
- Demonstrated ability to learn new technologies quickly and efficiently; and
- A well developed sense of humour.
Working knowledge of the following are considered strong assets:
- Tomcat, Servlets, Hibernate;
- MySQL, JDBC, SQL;
- Eclipse IDE, CVS, ant, junit, jprofiler;
- Linux/Unix experience;
- Performance and Memory Tuning.
In return for your skills and expertise, you will receive a competitive salary and a comprehensive benefits program.
Sound good to you? If you’re interested send your resume to careers@radian6.com.*
* We are an equal opportunity employer and encourage all applicants to submit a detailed resume. Please note that only those applicants selected for an interview will be contacted.



