Front-End Developer

My client is a global mobile media company, based in NYC, that is focused on making sense of real-time content for consumers, publishers, and marketers. Using crowdsourcing, natural language processing and machine learning, their service produces thousands of real-time content channels that draw from the on-topic contributions of the most respected experts on a particular topic. At present, my client is looking for a front-end engineer experienced in building mobile user interfaces to lead the development of our mobile site, contribute to our web frontend as needed and, longer term, build native mobile phone and table applications.

Qualifications:

-Real-world frontend engineering experience, preferably from contributing to a launched product that received significant traffic.
-Deep experience with javascript, CSS, HTML and javascript frameworks.
-Sufficient familiarity with HTML5 to understand the trade-offs between native and HTML5 apps for phones and tablets.
-Experience building native applications for iPhone, iPad or Android a plus.
-Ability to rapidly prototype new designs and features and evaluate their efficacy.
-Undergraduate computer science degree preferred, but not required.
-3+ years of relevant experience with impeccable references.