[ajug-jobs] Senior Web UI Engineer, Online Communities

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Job ID:               956
Job Title:            Senior Web UI Engineer, Online Communities
Location:             Suwanee, GA
Business Name:        Lithium Technologies, Inc.
Email:        atljobs at lithium.com

Job Description:
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Senior Web UI Engineer
Online Communities/Social Networking
Suwanee, GA

Lithium Technologies, a leader in on-demand community management software for enterprise customers, is seeking a Senior Web User Interface Engineer to join our Atlanta development team and help build the next generation of our social networking platform for the enterprise. If you're passionate about software development and making a slick Web UI work for the millions of users on our customers' sites, and prefer a small company with minimal bureaucracy, this may be the job for you.

Senior Web UI engineers will work with a Web Designer on all user interface components of Lithium’s community management platform, and are responsible for the overall platform that Lithium Technologies delivers to its customers. 

Specific responsibilities will include:

• Optimizing and refactoring Lithium’s existing user interface components, continuously refining existing functionality to enhance visual appeal, robustness, maintainability, performance, usability, and flexibility.
• Designing and implementing enhancements to Lithium’s core user interface, including the introduction of AJAX components, CSS, and semantically rich HTML.
• Developing and maintaining unit tests.
• Designing and implementing user interfaces for new online community features, including social networking, wikis, blogs, reputation engines, and analytics tools.
• Developing custom user interface extensions for Lithium customers.

The ideal skill sets for Senior Web UI engineers include:

• At least four years’ work experience in engineering of Web user interfaces
• Strong knowledge of and passion for usability and Human-Computer Interaction
• A mastery of HTML and CSS, with an emphasis on designing semantically meaningful pages
• Good understanding of browser compatibility issues
• Deep knowledge of JavaScript/DHTML/AJAX technologies and the DOM
• Knowledge of at least one MVC technology, such as Spring MVC, Struts, or Stripes
• Good understanding of JSP, and of XML technologies related to Java, including JAX, Apache Axis, and SOAP
• Visual design skills, with an emphasis on clean and usable designs. Please submit sample designs.
• Solid familiarity with the core Java/J2EE stack, including Servlets, with a practice of writing clean, well-designed code.
• A strong commitment to developer testing.

An understanding of the principles of online communities and social networking sites is also preferred. A history of active participation in online forums is a strong marker for success in this position.

In general, we prefer to hire the smartest people rather than people with the perfect resumes. If you have a passion for writing clean user interface code, please submit your qualifications to us.

Lithium offers competitive salaries, good benefits, a 401(k) program, stock options, an informal work environment including part-time telecommuting, and a North Metro location in Suwanee, GA.

Some travel to the Lithium home office in Emeryville, CA may be a requirement.

If you're applying, send us your resume and a cover letter explaining why you're interested in the position.

When sending email to the above address about this position, please include GA20061204U in the subject line or your message will not be received. 


Job Restrictions:
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2 days/week Telecommuting ok.
Applicants only - no recruiters please.
No phone calls about this job please.
Local Applicants only, there is no relocation assistance available for this job.

This job was posted on: 2006-12-04

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