Frontend Developer, BeaconFire Inc., NJ, US

Frontend Developer

Description: Beaconfire is based in central NJ, specializing in software development, web development, and business intelligence; we are looking for candidates who are passionate about combining technology and design to create user-friendly websites.

Responsibilities:

• Develop websites using html, css, node.js, react.js, and angular2+, among other tools.
• Write scalable, secure, maintainable code that powers our clients’ platforms.
• Create, deploy, and maintain automated system tests.
• Work with testers to understand defects opened and resolves them in a timely manner.
• Supports continuous improvement by investigating alternatives and technologies and presenting these for architectural review.
• Collaborate effectively with other team members to accomplish shared user story and sprint goals.
• Invest time in constant professional development to stay up to date with new technological development and programming languages.
• Discover and fix programming bugs.
• Other duties as assigned.

Basic qualifications:

• Proficient understanding of html and css.
• Experience in programming language javascript or similar (e.g. Java, python, c, c++, c#
• Etc.) And understanding of the software development life cycle.
• Basic knowledge of code versioning (e.g. Git, svn).
• A passion for coding pixel perfect web pages.
• Good verbal communication and interpersonal skills.

Preferred qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree or higher in computer science or related fields.
• 0-1 year of practical experience in javascript coding.
• Familiarity with at least one javascript framework (angular2+, react.js, express.js).
• Experience with unit and integration testing of code, with an understanding of javascript.
• Testing frameworks like jasmine, cucumber, mocha, and karma.
• Experience providing rest/soap apis for user interface consumption.
• Experience working within an agile development methodology scrum.

Compensation: $65,000.00 to $80,000.00 /year

Beaconfire is an e-verified company and provides equal employment opportunities (visa sponsorship provided).