Job Description

Blackstone Talent Group, an award-winning technology consulting and talent agency is seeking a Sr. Front-End Developer to join our team at our client’s site in Alexandria, VA.

The candidate will have substantial experience developing large, modern, scalable web applications using client-side JavaScript frameworks. The candidate will have extensive experience developing reusable, component-driven applications and corresponding automated test suites. The candidate will be experienced at integrating large enterprise systems with single-page JavaScript applications.

REQUIRED SKILLS:

·      Minimum of 8 years of industry experience and a Bachelor's degree (commensurate experience for education)

·      Proficiency with front-end web technologies (HTML5, SASS/CSS, Javscript, ES6/ES7)

·      Minimum 5 years of hands on experience with Ember.js or similar MVC framework (i.e. Angular, React, etc.)

·      Minimum 4 years experience developing automated tests in QUnit or similar test framework

·      Language proficiency in JavaScript using Object-Oriented and Functional design

·      Experience working with backend developers to design RESTful APIs

·      Experience developing within an ORM system to consume REST APIs

·      Experience with DevOps scripting for deploying large scale web applications

·      Familiarity with one or more source control systems (Git, Subversion, etc.)

·      Excellent communication and collaboration skills

PREFERRED SKILLS:

·      Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related work experience

·      Migrating JavaScript applications to TypeScript

·      Experience developing reusable utility and UI component libraries

·      Experience working inside a monorepo structured codebase

·      Excellent debugging skills, advanced user of browser-based developer tools

·      A feel for what makes a good user experience

·      Experience working in a SCRUM environment and familiar with Agile

·      A desire and ability to use technology to drive creativity

SECURITY CLEARANCE:

·      Must be able to obtain a Public Trust

Blackstone Talent Group is a division of Blackstone Technology Group, a global IT services and solutions firm that implements technological solutions across commercial industry verticals and the US Federal Government. Blackstone’s global talent augmentation practice was founded in 1998. Blackstone Talent Group has offices in San Francisco, Denver, Houston, Colorado Springs, and Washington, DC. We specialize in providing clients the best talent across a variety of industries and sectors.

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