Your Role:
Xamarin is looking for a talented Front End Developer Consultant to join our fast-paced marketing web team in our San Francisco headquarters who will be responsible for maintaining and developing sections of Xamarin’s primary website as well as our satellite sites. You will collaborate with multiple departments on a daily basis to improve interactions with customers, increase conversions, and create innovative web solutions that delight our visitors.
The ideal candidate will have minimum 2-4 years of experience in web development and production. Individual must be able to work independently as well as collaboratively within a team and with other departments. Ability to multi-task and prioritize deadlines is a must.
Your Responsibilities:
- Develop clean, efficient, maintainable code
- Participate in architecture and technical discussions with a tight-knit group of engineers
- Help align projects from concept through development, QA, staging, and production deployment
- Function effectively in a high-volume, fast-changing work environment while managing multiple time-critical issues
- Work in a collaborative manner with the Marketing, Design, and Engineering departments to maintain and improve our website
What We’re Looking For:
- Extensive experience with HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, and jQuery in a production environment
- Adept at turning wireframes and mockups into HTML / CSS with a working knowledge of Photoshop and Illustrator or Sketch
- Passion for design, user experience, marketing, and information architecture
- Experience using CSS preprocessors (SASS/LESS), we use LESS
- Git / GitHub experience; comfortable handling complex merges with frequent regularity
Bonus:
- Strong knowledge of website analytics (segment.io, Mixpanel, New Relic, etc.) and optimization tools, including A/B testing and Google Analytics
- Experience with Node.js and ASP.NET MVC in production environments
- Experience using MS SQL or MySQL
- BS/BA in relevant field