Job brief
This role bridges the creative and technical aspects of project delivery-- supervising a team of Front-end Developers, a Front-end Architect designs and implements the Front-end technical architecture. They integrate front-end and server-side technologies to merge the technical architecture with creative designs and art direction. To achieve this integrated approach, the qualified candidate must have a fundamental understanding of the creative aesthetic while implementing technically across a variety of platforms and frameworks, as well as participate in business development, project planning and knowledge leadership. Ultimately, the Front-end Architect is responsible for all aspects of Front-end technical architecture and development including all project related browser and server technologies responsible for rendering the user experience.
Responsibities :
- Responsible for architecting and defining the Front-end framework to solve complex designs and interactions that reflect the creative and art direction provide
- Responsible for creation of all coded Front-end deliverables
- Responsible for mentorship and guidance to technical team members in all project activities on multiple small to medium sized projects or one large project
- Able to shift between a creative and a technical focus depending on the project need and/or the type of project
- Identifies new opportunities for their client. Develops innovative ideas for account
- Participates in developing supporting proposal materials for projects
- Participates in scoping and planning work
- Write technical documentation (admin guides), white papers, presentations, contributes to determining internal processes
- Lead and Manage a large team of Front-end Developers and client developers
- Be a thought leader in the Front-end technologies and space.
- Lead recruiting of new Front-end employees
Requirements
- Bachelor Degree in a Computer Science, or in an Engineering is must
- At least 5+ years of experience hand-coding HTML(5), CSS(3) Angular 2+ and other UI technologies
- Deep understanding of object oriented JavaScript, solid programming background
- Experience in back-end frameworks used to develop dynamic web pages
- Expertise developing and testing across multiple browsers, platforms, DOM implementations, etc.
- Experience with XML: XSLT, DTD or Schema modeling, DOM/XPath/SAX parsing
- Experience with content management systems (CMS) and version control systems
- User Interface Design, Information Architecture, graphic design experience a plus
- Understanding of good design principles and ability to adhere to complex design specifications during implementation
- Experience developing accessible websites (Section 508, W3C WAI Guidelines, etc.)
- Experiences Optimizing for Search Engines (SEO)
- Demonstrated ability to accurately estimate and scope development work
- Demonstrated ability to work closely with the client as a trusted advisor
- Strong attention to detail
- Strong written amp; oral communication as well as presentation skills
- Proven Team management skills
- Experience in Scrum Environment