Lead Front End Developer - Contract to Hire

Mindlance; Frisco (TX); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A national recruiting company is looking for a Lead Front End Developer in Frisco, TX. The role involves designing user interfaces and maintaining front-end components, requiring 5+ years of coding experience and a BS/MS in Computer Science or related field. Candidates should be agile environment proficient and skilled in HTML, CSS, and responsive design frameworks. Ideal candidates possess strong organizational and communication skills and thrive in collaborative settings. This is a contract-to-hire position with a focus on innovative development practices.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience coding.
• Experience in responsive web design.
• Prior experience in Agile environments.

Responsibilities

• Develop user interface design prototypes.
• Maintain HTML and CSS for style guide components.
• Diagnose and fix UI bugs.
• Conduct code reviews.
• Stay updated on new trends.

Skills

Team player personality

Ability to work with technical and non-technical team members

Willingness to learn and share knowledge

Basic understanding of design sensibilities

Experience with Web Application development

Familiarity with MVC and MVVM

Strong organizational skills

Code development management experience

Style Guide creation experience

Education

BS/MS degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Microsoft Visual Studio Online

Git and GitHub

Jira

ScrumWorks

Job description

Lead Front End Developer - Contract to Hire

• Full-time

Mindlance is a national recruiting company which partners with many of the leading employers in IT, financial services, engineering, semiconductor, clinical and pharmaceutical domains. You can learn more about us at www.mindlance.com .

Title: Lead Front End Developer

Location: Frisco, TX 75034

Duration : 03 – 06 Months Contract to Hire

Responsibilities

• This role reports to the Director of Experience Design.
• Candidates must be able to provide examples of work (ideally showing designs referenced, code produced, and accessible examples)
• Develops user interface design prototypes to serve as a guide for system/program development.
• Build and maintain HTML and CSS for different components and styles in a live style guide
• Ability to complete documentation on how to use components in the style guide
• Ability to diagnose UI bugs in the working application and fix them in the web application
• Completes code reviews with other developers
• Stays abreast of new trends and produces proof of concepts to show design team what is possible.
• Travel is estimated to be below 5%
• Experience working in an agile environment, updating tasks in scrums, meeting commitments provided to different agile teams
• Participate in collaborative review of functional and technical requirements.

Educational and Experience Requirements

• BS/MS degree in Computer Science, MIS, or related field of study. 5+ years of required experience coding.

Required Skills, Knowledge, and Abilities

• Ideal team player personality: Candidate must be Humble, Hungry, and Smart.
• Ability to work well with both technical and non-technical team members in both small and large settings.
• Willingness to learn (from teammates and professional sources) as well as readily share knowledge
• Basic understanding of design sensibilities focusing on ensuring outstanding usability and aesthetics characteristics.
• Experience with Web Application development and Responsive Design Framework.
• Familiarity with MVC, MVVM and Single Page Application.
• Strong organizational, writing, and verbal skills. Able to attend meetings, take notes, and ensure tasks are completed
• Ability to prioritize work load and consistently meet deadlines.
• Code development management experience (using Git(hub) and pull requests)
• Style Guide creation and update experience (particularly with Handlebars and JSON)
• Experience with Microsoft Visual Studio Online (VSO) ideally (or other similar development work tracking such as Jira or ScrumWorks)

Additional Desired Qualifications

• Experience with Fractal.build documentation
• Usability testing experience or certifications
• Experience developing for touch and gesture UIs
• QA certifications
• Familiarity with Slack, Trello
• Experience working with Team to build complex enterprise applications.
• Familiarization of Agile methodologies is a plus particularly SAFe.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.