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  <company>Wireless Generation Inc</company>
  <created-at type="datetime">2009-11-05T15:14:41Z</created-at>
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Front-End Web Developer

Wireless Generation creates innovative tools, systems, and services that help educators teach smarter. With its mobile assessment software, the company invented a better way to give classroom assessments and make data-based instructional decisions. Now Wireless Generation has broken new ground with technology that analyzes student data and customizes curriculum to individual learning needs. Wireless Generation also builds large-scale data systems, such as New York City&#8217;s ARIS, that centralize student data and give educators and parents unprecedented visibility into learning. A Web 2.0 collaboration and knowledge network for educators propagates proven approaches across schools. Wireless Generation currently serves more than 200,000 educators and 3 million students. More information is available at www.WirelessGeneration.com


Job Description:

We are looking for up to three expert front-end web developers who will be responsible for applying modern web standards to implement fast, maintainable, cross-browser web applications. Our applications range from web-based reporting and data analysis system to Web 2.0 collaboration tools to rich interactive handheld applications.

If you are interested in cutting-edge web technologies and if you consider yourself a star web developer, we want to hear from you.


Responsibilities of Front-End Web Developer:

    * Work independently and with a team to create JavaScript and HTML/CSS markup and templates with a strong focus on clarity, maintainability, and cross-browser compatibility
    * Work closely with designers, artists, engineers and testers to contribute to the overall user experience
    * Participate in requirements gathering and functional specification activities, providing feedback on implementation feasibility as well as navigable prototypes/mockups
    * Develop and lead the application of front-end web coding and design standards 


Requirements of Front-End Web Developer:

    * Four-year college degree
    * At least four years as a front-end web developer, producing professional websites and/or web applications
    * Demonstrated expertise in creating cross-browser user interfaces using HTML, DHTML, CSS, JavaScript and XML(plus using them together as AJAX)
    * Strong working knowledge of open-source CMSs, such as Drupal and Joomla 


Bonus Points:

    * Fluency in PHP, Java, Python, and/or Ruby
    * Experience with iPhone and/or Android front-end development 


Note: A portfolio of screenshots and/or URLs will be required.


Wireless Generation is an Equal Opportunity Employer, M/F/D/V.
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  <location>Brooklyn, NY</location>
  <title>Front-End Web Developer</title>
  <url>www.wirelessgeneration.com</url>
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