Photon - Frontend Developer Chicago, United States

Front-End Developer is needed in Chicago, United States.

Client: Photon

Location: Chicago, IL

Contract: Contractor

Job Description:

The Fullstack Developer (Front End Candidate) will be responsible for developing new user-facing features using React.js, building reusable components and front-end libraries, translating designs into high-quality code, and optimizing components for maximum performance across various web-capable devices and browsers. The candidate must ensure all code is unit tested before QA, adhere to established development best practices, and write documentation supporting the implementation of solutions.

Requirements:

- Bachelor’s/Masters degree in computer field with experience in Node & React JS

- Minimum 5 years of experience in React

- Strong proficiency in JavaScript, including DOM manipulation and the JavaScript object model

- Knowledge of Node.js and frameworks/libraries like Express, Async, Lodash, socket, etc

- Basic understanding of front-end technologies (HTML5, CSS3), RESTful APIs, and modern authorization mechanisms (e.g., JSON Web Token)

- Experience with React.js, its core principles, popular workflows (Flux or Redux), newer EcmaScript specifications, and data structure libraries (e.g., Immutable.js)

- Familiarity with isomorphic React, modern front-end build pipelines/tools, and code versioning tools (e.g., Git, SVN)

- Ability to translate business requirements into technical requirements, benchmark, optimize code, and review business processes for capability gaps and opportunities

Additonal Information:

- Location: Chicago, IL (Onsite)

- Duration: Contract Longterm (5 Openings)