Location:Kansas City, MO

Job Description

• The Lead Web Developer:Works with the Technical Director, Technical Architect, App/Web Developer, Database Administrator, System Administrator, Project Management, Account Management and Creative to create best-in-class websites and applications, completing all requirements and meeting usability expectations
• Develops and/or maintains a sustainable front-end framework and coordinates with other team members
• Partners with Technology personnel to develop creative marketing technology solutions in support of meeting client expectations
• Estimates timeline for assigned projects and ensures that work is completed with the estimate givenProvides leadership in the development and implementation of short- and long-term technology plans and related policies and procedures

• Reviews creative work and identifies issues with layout, consistency, browser compatibility, etc.
• Has a strong understanding of client-side and server-side, pros/cons of using Possesses superior analytical, problem-solving abilities
• Has excellent organizational, interpersonal, presentation and communication skills
• Can anticipate and independently provide solutions for complex problems and issues, recommending upgrades, enhancements, priorities and strategic technology directions based on independent research, consultation and analysis
• Can rapidly absorb complex technical and conceptual information, identifying key issues and details, and present understandable alternatives to both technical and nontechnical individuals at all levels of the organization
• Can work on multiple complex tasks against deadlines and shifting priorities and is comfortable dealing with uncertainty, ambiguity and changePossesses project management and leadership abilities
• Can identify the practical implications of new technologies

• Bachelors degree in CSC, CIS or other related field, plus five to seven years of project execution and management experience and well-developed client skills.
• Technical experience and background.
• Qualified candidates will have a minimum of five to seven years experience, with previous exposure to and deeply engaged in various stages of the SDLC as an HTML/CSS/JS Developer.
• This experience provides the individual with the required vision into the necessities, complications and challenges that arise when building websites and applications.
• Candidates must have solid software development skills and will be asked general and technical questions about software development, and specifically about JavaScript and jQuery.
• Qualified candidates will have five to seven years of expert-level GUI development experience as well as experience with the most updated versions of front-end technologies and highly proven proficiency working with the following:XHTML + HTML5, CSS 2 + 3, JavaScript and jQuery Library, AJAX, XML, JSON, XSLT, XLIFF
• Experience with ReactJS, or other frontend JavaScript SPA frameworks such as Angular or VueFamiliarity with Webpack and other JavaScript build toolsAdobe Photoshop and/or Sketch, and creating \"pixel perfect\" HTML/CSS from their designs.
• Strong understanding of SEO best practicesStrong understanding of web architecture concepts (session, cache, cookies, connection pooling)Client-side performance optimizationFacebook integration
• Qualified candidates will have solid working expert-level experience with one or more of the following analytics packages: Webtrends, Yahoo!, Google, Omniture, Spotlight, DoubleClick/DART, or Coremetrics
• Qualified candidates will have solid working experience with one or more of the following CMS platforms: TeamSite 7.0+, WordPress, Drupal, Ektron 8.0+, Sitefinity, Sitecore, or, Vignette.