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Position Overview:
 

Reporting directly to the Manager of Software Engineering, the Web Developer is responsible for the specification, design and creation of new software products to add to our product line.  Bullhorn is building, prototyping and imagining new lines of business and new products which take advantage of the collaboration, rich data, and scale of our tens of thousands of users.  We believe we can radically improve the effectiveness and productivity of our customers and we call it The Bullhorn Network. The Web Developer will own creative direction, responsible for rendering UI specs and designs into effective prototypes and final production code.  The individual in this role will function as the web framework resource for a given product or module, implementing these front-end components.
 

Job Responsibilities:
 

·       Responsible for being the front-end technical resource for a defined set of Bullhorn products or product modules and when required, will participate in architecture and design reviews.
 

·       Act as an individual contributor on the team, designing, specifying and developing software applications with particular emphasis on front end user interfaces, in particular CSS, HTML, Python, Django, Flex,

Ajax and DHTML.
 

·       Use rapid prototyping in an agile development environment produce exciting new and superior web interfaces.
 

·       The ability to take high-level (sometimes vague) requirements and turn them into actionable UI prototypes is key. 
 

·       Responsible for participating in maintaining the vision of the software product to ensure design decisions factor into the long term goals for the product while balancing the concerns for time to market, product quality, and end customer satisfaction.
 

·       Responsible for staying current on the latest software and networking processes, tools, and methods, and for making recommendations on how these advances can be applied to the current products and engineering practices
 

·       Write internal and external documentation and specifications as required
 

·       BS in Computer Science, Engineering or related field required
 

·       Must have a minimum of 3 years of software development experience. including prior experience in a commercial software development environment
 

·       Must have strong organizational skills, attention to detail, and a track record of successfully delivering software products both on time and on budget
 

·       Experience developing high volume, mission critical applications in an Software-as-a-Service delivery model is highly desirable 
 

·       Must have a track record building high volume web applications using Web 2.0 technologies
 

·       Must have experience with web technologies, languages and frameworks (like Ruby on Rails, Flex, ActionScript, Django, Python, JavaScript, JSP, CFML, ASP, .NET, PHP)
 

·       Must have strong rapid prototyping skills
 

·       Strong MVC skills
 

·       Strong desire to create excellent user interfaces and some graphics design 
 

·       Experience consuming WebServices is desired
 

·       Experience with Javascript component libraries (JQuery, GWT, ExtJS, YUI, Prototype, scriptaculous)
 

·       Hands-on development experience using one or more of the following languages (Java, ColdFusion, C#, PHP)
 

·       Experience with Subversion source control 
 

·       Experience with appropriate application of design patterns
 

·       Ability to clearly articulate and defend design decisions to a wide audience
 

·       Experience with Agile 
 

·       Experience building web applications that make complex tasks look simple.