Senior Web Developer, Digital Development Job in Mclean 22107, Virginia US
Gannett Digital, a Fortune 500 and top 20 digital media company seeks outstanding senior web developers.
The Senior Web Developer will have a strong background in web standards, web application principles, Microsoft .NET technology stack (including C#, ASP.NET, MVC) and cross browser HTML, CSS, XML, and JavaScript. A solid understanding of web application design and architecture principles is required. A familiarity with relational database structures and principles, and how web applications interact with relational data, is highly desirable.
- This position will support the USA TODAY.com digital development team in building web applications for deployment both internally in support of the business as well as on the USATODAY.com public website and other websites as required.
- Building web applications, Windows services and HTTP handlers and web pages using the Microsoft .NET application platform, as well as using the latest technologies such as HTML5, CSS3, and XML/XSL.
- Working with external data providers and/or published third-party APIs to integrate data and functionality into our applications from outside the organization.
- Integrating, configuration, testing and rollout of new web application products and sites including tight integration with existing systems. Working closely with operations and database administrators to stand up new applications on tight schedules.
Excellent team and work environment.
Requirements
Level of education and/or experience/training:
- A technical degree in computer science or computer information systems. Equivalent years of experience may be substituted for formal education.
- At least 5 years of experience with hands on development
- Formal training or equivalent experience with Agile development methodologies a plus
Key abilities and traits:
- Ability to analyze requirements and translate to code
- Excellent oral and written communication skills
- Ability to work independently and as part of a small team
- Proven track record of meeting deadlines/deliverables
Expert Knowledge
- Microsoft .NET, C#, ASP.NET
- XML concepts, data manipulation in XML
- Web application constructs and architecture
Working Knowledge
- HTML5/CSS
- jQuery
- JSON
- SQL
Exposure to
- External APIs, such as Google Maps API, etc.
January 21, 2010
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