Smarter Solutions -- Better Results" summarizes the philosophy of Search Optics. This phrase defines what we strive to provide every day, the action and approach of all our team members, and the impression we wish to leave with our business partners.
Search Optics, is a rapidly growing internet marketing company and we are seeking a full time Web Developer to be located in our Ferndale office. Search Optics is an employee-friendly company offering excellent health, dental and vision benefits, PTO, matching 401k and life insurance. Please visit our website at www.searchoptics.com.
Duties
The position will report to the Website Development Manager and work in coordination with cross-functional teams to design, develop, and maintain our next generation websites and web tools. We are looking for an ambitious, hard-working, highly motivated developer with creative outlook.
SKILLS: - Strong verbal and visual communication abilities - Proficient with Adobe Photoshop CS3 or newer - Ability to cut and slice Photoshop designs to include in HTML pages - Knowledge of image optimization and spriting - Ability to create web pages using HTML, CSS, Javascript/JQuery, AJAX, and PHP - Some knowledge of CSS3 and HTML5 - Ability to manage and work in a Linux VM (shell, command line) - Knowledge of version control systems such as Subversion or Git - Knowledge of IDEs
Within each of the following categories, the successful applicant will have a thorough understanding of:
DESIGN - User Experience (UX) - User Interface (UI) - How to meet compliance standards
HTML/CSS - Floats - how they work, what it does to document flow, and how to break out of it - Padding and its relation to width and height of object - How to write all CSS declaratives in a single line - The difference between ID and class and when to use each - CSS specificity and inheritance - Semantic HTML - Debugging web pages using browser tools - Browser specific compatability coding issues
CODING - Creating and debugging PHP code - Creating and debugging Javascript and JQuery code - Know and understand DRY principles
DUTIES: - Work with team of web designers and web developers to design and develop our next generation websites - Work with web designers to transform Photoshop designs into websites - Participate in maintenance of existing sites - Develop code using HTML, CSS, Javascript, JQuery, Ajax, and other front-end technologies - Work with backend product development team to enhance overall user experience of our platforms - Improve development efforts by applying industry best practices
Requirements
- 2+ years designing and developing LAMP web applications - Experience with PHP frameworks like Zend or Symfony is desired - 2+ years’ Experience with JQuery - 3+ years’ experience of CSS
A Bachelor's degree is highly desired but not required.
