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.

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