Senior JavaScript Engineer

Job Description

As Senior JavaScript Engineer, you will work with other talented engineers and the account team to create rich internet applications (RIAs) for our growing portfolio of innovative and award winning clients. We are a down to earth team that believes in work/life balance. You will be able to contribute to both the creative and development process and hit the whiteboard with ideas on day one!

• Help leverage everything the browser offers, including the latest implementations of HTML5 and CSS 3, to create fast, scalable, complex web applications that are easy to maintain and extend.
• Create new products and new features–like product comparisons and product filters–where the majority of the logic happens client side.
• Work closely with a team of talented engineers and design partners to implement award-winning designs.
• Maintain core JS code used by the team.
• Collaborate with server-side engineers to optimize scalability and network efficiency.
• Collaborate with product managers, designers, QA engineers, and others to keep projects moving quickly and efficiently

• Experience using JavaScript, DOM scripting, CSS and semantic HTML to create clean, fast web applications.
• Use of jQuery and knowledge of writing custom plugins for it.
• Understand Object Oriented Design and how to use it within the JavaScript language.
• Phenomenal debugging abilities across all of the major browsers.
• A track record of solving hard problems.
• A stubborn empathy for end users.
• A kind heart and the desire to work with a team on which people treat each other with respect and generosity.

Bonus Skills

• Knowledge of Server Side languages and design practices
• Experience with XSLT and how to build reusable templates.
• Experience with Enterprise CMS (Word press does not count).
• Desire to always lean new technology and how it can help improve your life as a developer and the experience of the users of your code.

Kanban, a boutique software engineering firm based in NYC, is looking for a talented and passionate Front-End Developer. 

With a culture of engineering excellence, we are dedicated to not only writing fast and stable code, and delivering the best service to our clients, we are also dedicated to you. Our clients’ successes depend on you being your best. We want to help you grow, to help you meet your needs, both personally and professionally, to give you the training you desire, and to provide you with the best tools available. We see this as a win-win.