Front End Developer – Digital Arts

Edjuster; Toronto; On-site; CAD 75,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in digital arts is seeking a Front End Developer with a passion for technology and user experience. This role involves building robust web applications for products like Pixlr and SketchBook, working closely with designers in a collaborative environment to drive innovative solutions. Candidates should have a degree in computer science or engineering and several years of experience in web development.

Qualifications

• 4-5 years experience in large-scale internet applications.
• Familiarity with relational, document, and key/value databases.
• Experience in an agile, iterative environment.

Responsibilities

• Build apps for digital artists and maintain existing platforms.
• Collaborate with designers for compelling interactions.
• Define tech stack and ensure performance balancing.

Skills

Web infrastructure

Server and client-side development

Agile methodologies

APIs

Education

Degree in computer engineering or computer science

Tools

Git

MySQL

Node.js

LAMP stack

Job description

Do you want to make software that matters to millions?

Autodesk’s Advanced Consumer Group is looking for a Front End Web Developer that cares as much about technology as they do for the user experience. The Digital Arts team in Toronto has big plans for expanding the Pixlr and

Sketchbook product lines onto the web. You’ll be helping to create Digital Arts products like SketchBook and Pixlr which have loyal, creative and passionate users who expect solid, robust and elegant products.

Job title and REQ# : Front End Developer – Digital Arts / REQ13WD14451

Location : Toronto, ON

What you’ll be doing :

Build apps that allow the next generation of digital artists to shine and show off

Find out where the interactive web is going next

Speak to an audience of millions

Listen and respond when they tell you what’s wrong

Pushing yourself, have the drive to build award winning software

Work closely with designers to come up with compelling interactions

Build creative web apps that will be used as professional utilities, where users spend hours working and expect not to lose even a second of that work

Participate in a collaborative environment with a cross-functional team

Build with APIs and shareable functionality in mind

Build out functionality that balances both the user experience and performance

Maintain existing platforms and applications (Don’t worry, we have cool existing tech)

Define our new Stack

What you’ve done :

Developed a healthy sense of humour

4-5 years work on large scale internet applications

Degree in computer engineering / science or equivalent work experience

Relational, Document and Key / Value databases

Web infrastructure, distributed systems and third party service integration

Experience with server and client side development

Thrived in an agile, iterative, things-will-change-often environment

Benchmarked, debugged and profiled applications

LAMP stack

What you’ve picked up :

Flash / Air or Silverlight or jQuery

Git and Github

MySQL, MongoDB

Memcached, Redis

Node.js

C++ or Java or C#

Node.js and Express

AWS or Linode

Would be nice if you knew :

WebGL

Scala, GO, HaskellOther types of app development (desktop, mobile, embedded)

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