Senior JavaScript Developer
Job Description
Excella is a leading provider of Agile software development and data and analytics solutions to clients in the federal, commercial and non-profit sectors. We believe that great work leads to great things –- our experts measure success by the positive impact we make on our clients, community, and colleagues. We are growing fast and need passionate, innovative people who love working with technology and are ready to make an impact.
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Here's what you can expect from us:
- Workplace sites look different for everyone – whether it’s your home or the office, we believe in a flexible work/life balance that supports you regardless of your location. We offer a home office allowance that can be used for home office furniture/equipment, a daily pass for a coworking space, etc. Our commute reimbursement plan has you covered for whether you bike, Metro, or drive to work.
- We offer top of industry medical, dental, and vision benefits with multiple options to choose from such as an employer-contributed health savings account, infertility coverage, and orthodontia so you can select the plan that works best for you.
- Regardless of what stage of life you’re in, Excella wants to support you. We provide 8 weeks of Parental Leave, discounted pet insurance, and a Care.com membership with 3 back-up emergency child or elder care days annually – all available to you on your first day.
- Starting day one, every employee is bonus eligible and receives 15 days of paid vacation, 6 federal holidays, and 4 floating holidays.
- Diversity and inclusion matter. Excella created and continues to support employee led-affinity groups and the Inclusion Diversity Equity Ambassador (IDEA) team, a cross-functional employee-led initiative to continually foster innovation and increase inclusion within Excella.
- We have a "bring your own device" workplace and will share the cost of a new computer of your choice -- Mac or PC. It's up to you.
- We'll invest in your career by providing 3 days of paid professional development every year, including travel and registration fees to attend classes and conferences.
- We encourage mindfulness and overall well-being through employee wellness events, a HeadSpace membership, as well as access to TalkSpace and mental health coverage through our medical plans.
Software developers at Excella are consultants and thought leaders with great business and technology skills. We're delivering game changing products and applications for commercial and government clients. Our specialty areas allow you to choose and focus on your primary technical area, while providing the flexibility to move around depending on client need and your desires. We usually code in Ruby, C#, Python, Java, or JavaScript. We love polyglot developers!
Responsibilities
Use your passion to build cutting edge solutions to solve problems with the right technologies
- Employ the values and principles of Agile development on small teams
- Support quality development practices and pursue new and better ways to build software
- Understand and follow emerging design to appropriately meet the business needs of our clients
- Use what works while keeping an eye out for new and better ways
- Reach outside the mainstream to adopt the best of all communities: open source, Agile, programming, etc.
- Continuously improve and don't be content with the status quo. Code can always be better expressed, more elegant and simple, higher in quality
Qualifications
We are currently looking for driven, motivated JavaScript developers with Agile engineering experiences and solid technical skills to join our team. More specifically we are looking for the following qualifications:
- 4+ years of experience developing web applications
- 4 year college degree in computer science or engineering is preferred
- Strong understanding of core JavaScript and functional programming fundamentals
- Strong knowledge of HTML and CSS and other front-end web design concepts
- Strong understanding and hands-on experience with at least one JavaScript application framework such as Angular or React
- Experience with JavaScript frameworks like Lodash, RxJS, Bluebird, jQuery or similar
- Experience with front-end build and package management tools such as Gulp, Grunt, Browserify, Yeoman, Bower, npm or similar
- Experience working with RESTful Web APIs
- Experience using git-based workflow tools and concepts (GitHub, Branching, Pull Requests or similar)
- Experience using and writing automated tests with a test runner (Jasmine, Mocha, QUnit or similar)
- Understanding of full-stack development concepts
- Understanding of SQL, NoSQL and Document-based storage systems
- Understanding of asynchronous, parallel and non-blocking programming techniques
Skills that would be a plus include:
- Experience in full-stack development including asynchronous, parallel and non-blocking programming techniques
- Experience developing Node.js application development
- Experience building RESTful Web APIs using Express.js and middleware
- Experience building native mobile applications using Ionic, React Native, Cordova/PhoneGap or similar tools
- Experience with LESS or SASS
- Experience with data visualization tools such as D3, Leaflet, Crossfilter or similar
- Experience using AMD/CommonJS technologies such as RequireJS, Browserify, SystemJS, Webpack or similar
- Experience with DevOps and Continuous Delivery tools like Jenkins, Codeship, TeamCity, Vagrant, Puppet, Chef, TravisCI, GoCD or similar
- Experience with configuring and deploying applications in a cloud environment such as Heroku, AWS, Azure, Digital Ocean, Modulus or similar
- Experience with configuring and developing using MongoDB, Redis, Couch, or other NoSQL data store
- Experience with compiled JavaScript languages or tools such as CoffeeScript, TypeScript, Babel or similar
Please let us know about your GitHub profile, any packages you may have published on npm (or similar service), your personal blog or articles/presentation materials you've posted elsewhere!
Excella is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law.
Date Posted
09/21/2022
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