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Seattle area Front-end Developer with great development skills and a strong design background.

Dashwire, one of the most exciting companies in the mobile-web Connected Services market, is looking for great web developers to help grow our business. The Connected Services market is taking off, with Microsoft, Google, Apple and Nokia all making big bets to further bolster their open mobile OS phones. Dashwire has a cross platform solution that brings the mobile and web worlds together seamlessly for users to synchronize phone functionality and content, synthesize it in an easy to use private web app, and socialize it with friends through their favorite web sites. If you haven’t seen our web app experience and how it synchronizes with mobile phones, you can check it out at http://www.dashwire.com. You will have the opportunity to work on an upcoming release and take ownership of key areas as part of a great team.

NOTE: Only local candidates are being considered at this time.

Qualified candidates will have extensive experience developing web applications using object oriented JavaScript, in addition to having a strong understanding of loose coupling, functional programming, API design, code maintenance issues, naming conventions, source control, etc. Mastery of design tools and exquisite taste are a must.

OCD

You have the ability to craft an interaction until it becomes second nature to the user. The desire to get it correct on every major browser ( We don’t support IE 6 :) You have an innate feel for what makes an application a pleasure to use and the tenacity and dedication to deliver that experience. You build applications that work and look great on a wide variety of window sizes, font sizes and screen resolutions.

High Exposure

Your projects are all across the internet, you proudly supply links to your greatest achievements. We view source. You contribute to the community and are a respected member. People like you. You devour all sources of great information about your field, and are also a great source that your peers rely on.

Corollary

You speak perfection, but also understand the principles of good enough and the point of diminishing returns. Delivery matters. Hitting the deadline sometimes means making compromises. You pick your battles and make the smart trade-offs between perfection and shipping.

Required Qualifications

• BS in computer science or equivalent relevant experience.
• Several years of proven front end development experience on multiple projects and a passion for UI
• Strong client-side object oriented JavaScript skills
• Strong AJAX, DOM, event handling, DHTML, and JavaScript frameworks (preferably jQuery or Prototype)
• Strong understanding of HTTP, REST
• Advanced CSS and HTML skills

• Experience with cross-platform cross-browser development

Desired Qualifications

• Server side web app development experience in Ruby/Rails, PHP, or Django
• Experience developing JavaScript APIs
• Experience working on agile teams

• Experience with TDD and JavaScript unit testing

Bonus Points

• Experience using cloud services
• Java, C++, C#

• MySQL