Front End Developer
Amherst InsightLabs seeks an intelligent and motivated Front End Developer with superior problem solving skills to join our rapidly growing team.
As a Developer of Amherst InsightLabs (AIL), you will be developing strategic and complex applications where your contributions will have a direct impact on the growth of our platforms through rapid prototyping, R&D, proof-of-concept with the latest web technologies.
If you are looking for challenging projects, fun work atmosphere and career growth, apply today!
Who you are:
- An engineer with high energy, passion and hungry ambitious attitude with a thirst to learn and apply that knowledge on any and all projects assigned
- Quantitative and analytical thinker that is intellectually curious about technology and how systems work
- An outspoken, entrepreneurial and collaborative team player who enjoys problem solving
- You enjoy researching emerging technologies and willing to explore new languages
- Ability to work well in a fast paced environment with agility to change directions quickly
Responsibilities:
- Develop frontend portion of desktop and web applications incorporating best practices and standards-based programming
- Collaborate with product teams and take part in an agile project planning process to translate business requirements into highly performant solution
- Collaborate with business partners (technical and non-technical to help refine requirements, technical specifications and process documentation.
- Participate in code reviews to share knowledge, mentor team members, and ensure high quality code.
- Participate in application architecture design.
- Comment and document code to ensure readability and maintainability.
- Encourage innovation, process improvement, teamwork, and self-organization.
- Manage shifting priorities and meet tight deadlines.
- Stay current on web trends, learn new technologies, and present demonstrations to the team.
- The successful candidate will have deep Angular, React, and JavaScript experience as well as experience with front-end web development and familiarity with many of the latest technologies and patterns emerging in today’s tech market.
Experience/Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer / Electrical Engineering, MIS, Math, Physics, or relative years of experience
- Demonstrated 3+ years of technical experience with scalable enterprise web applications using C#, .NET, WebServices (SOAP/REST), WPF/WCF and API’s
- Proven experience with modern web technologies (Angular, React, Javascript)
- MS SQL Server a plus but not required
We Offer:
We offer a competitive compensation package including bonus, 401k, flexible PTO, 11 paid holidays, accrued sick/personal time, employer paid benefits (medical, dental, vision), maternity/paternity paid leave, life insurance and more. Our new office features a large gaming area (ping pong/pool table/golf), on-premise fitness center with showers/lockers and towel service, free snacks, and beverages (beer fridge!), breakfast taco Thursday and daily catered lunches!