Responsibilities:

- Key role in programming the front-end of a web-based online testing system (a cutting-edge system that provides adaptive tests to students with interactive tools such as recorders, calculators, highlighting, notepads) and learning management systems
- Work closely with other members of the software team; such as architects, software engineers and web interaction designers
- Optimize and fine tune web applications for maximum performance, speed, and stability
- Work with the technical and program management teams during project planning phases in requirements decomposition, task estimation and milestone definition
- Follow the established software development processes in designing, rapid prototyping, implementing, testing and maintaining systems once they have gone operational

Qualifications:

• B.S. in Computer Science and 5+ years professional software development experience
• 2-3 years professional development experience with JavaScript; HTML5; jQuery; and XML working specifically on web applications
• Expert knowledge of JavaScript (including AJAX, DOM manipulations, JSONP, event models etc) and one or more cross browser frameworks (YUI, JQuery, Google Closure etc)
• Expert knowledge of browser DOM and cross-browser / platform compatibility issues and techniques for front-end development.
• Experience with high traffic & dynamic web apps / high performance web page optimization techniques
• Experience with ASP.Net, C# or Java in building multi-tier systems
• Excellent grasp of Web Standards and why we should develop for them
• Familiarity with agile development cycles & rapid prototyping
• Familiarity with SVG, Actionscript, HTML5 and other emerging RIA technologies a plus
• Excellent communication skills