Lead User Interface Engineer

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Ideal characteristics:

• Function
  as a subject matter expert and be able to lead by example
• Solid
  experience with analyzing requirements rapidly, conducting heuristic
  reviews, and employing highly usable UI paradigms
• Manage
  timelines and resources in order to deliver projects on time
• Extensive
  prototyping skills with interactive visualization technologies such as
  Flash, DHTML, CSS, etc
• Experience
  designing and developing innovative charts and graphics for analytic or
  business intelligence products
• Demonstrate
  initiative and strong mentorship skills
• Be driven
  by a desire to solve difficult problems and deliver results
• Tenacious
  attention to detail
• Proven
  track record in bringing innovative products to market
• Demonstrated
  ability to plan, conduct, and analyze the results of end user validation
  exercises
• Translate
  proposals and project plans into strong conceptual design solutions that
  both meet consumer needs and internal business goals while maintaining a
  user-centric perspective
• Be a
  strong advocate of web standards
• Passionately
  follow the release and adoption of new technologies and frameworks and
  demonstrate conversational knowledge of industry trends
   

Requirements:

• Strong
  background in UI/HCI, interactive design, and advanced visualizations
• BS/MS
  in Computer Science, Human Factors, Human Interface Design, Graphic Design
  or related degree
• 7+
  years of software development experience, preferably with Java
• Solid
  understanding of Object Oriented design and development
• Demonstrable
  experience with 3 or more JavaScript frameworks (Prototype, Scriptaculous,
  Dojo, Yahoo! UI Utilities, ext, OpenRico, jQuery, CSSQuery, Other DOM
  Query APIs, Backbase)
• Expert
  HTML, CSS, DOM, JavaScript skills
• Experience
  with 3 or more of the following Ajax
  topics (Back button, history, and bookmarks; Single-page interface; XPath
  targeting; Comprehensive event model; State and the observer pattern)
• Good
  understanding of web application development with Java and the Servlet and
  JSP specifications
• Experience
  with Java presentation frameworks such as Spring, JSF, Seam, and Struts is
  a big plus
• Experience
  with web graphic creation and optimization (should be proficient using
  PhotoShop, Image Ready, Illustrator)
• Experience
  with Flash
• Expert
  knowledge of cross-browser, cross-platform implementation techniques
• Comfortable
  with version control, development process, bug tracking, coding standards
  and other aspects of the standard software development lifecycle

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