User Interface Engineer

This opportunity is for someone who has experience working for Search Engines & Internet Portals companies such as Yahoo!, Amazon, eBay, Google, etc.

· Looking for an experienced User Interface Engineer to support a small group
of designers and function at the intersection of product and engineering.

· This position is part of the product organization and candidates are
required to be able to build and implement complex interactions in collaboration
with product designers. The position is full-time and reports to the Product
Design Lead.

Responsibilities:

· Work with designers to implement and maintain user-facing features for
an audience of millions
· Ship products of the highest quality through strict attention to visual
and interaction details

· Utilize and contribute to the core UI libraries

· Code primarily using PHP and JavaScript

· Identify and communicate best practices for front-end engineering

Requirements:

· Expertise in PHP, XHTML, CSS, JavaScript, AJAX

· Ability to write well-abstracted, reusable code for common UI components in
PHP and JavaScript

· Ability to create interfaces that are fast, consistent across browsers, and
demonstrate an intimate knowledge of browser quirks and best practices

· Extremely detail oriented down to pixel-perfect implementation

· Experience crafting efficient, optimized, and speed-minded code

· 3+ years of experience building web or desktop applications

· B.A./B.S. in Computer Science or a related technical field

Bonus Points:

· Experience with user testing and complicated workflow design

· Relevant experience includes self-started personal projects

· Unmistakable passion for building and releasing amazing user-facing products

Apply/Contact:
Apply by sending a resume and a paragraph describing the position you are seeking to:
plweb2008@gmail.com  (please mention infoBayArea.com)


Date Posted: 02/17/2009