Application Developer

TalentScout is an exciting startup that is looking to change the way recruitment is done.  We’re based in BGC and we’ve partnered up with headhuntr.io, a Candidate Intelligence start-up company based in San Francisco, California. Together, we are revolutionizing the recruiting process by leveraging data-science technology and our Candidate Intelligence database to find better candidates, faster.
 
TalentScout is a looking for a savvy and seasoned Application Developer who is passionate about developing innovative data-centric technology solutions. You will be an integral member of the team leading the development of our revolutionary recruiting platform to deliver insightful recruiting intelligence. You will be responsible for selecting, designing, developing and implementing the application comprised of Big Data, search, machine learning and AI components.  You will be continually challenged to grow and enhance your technical talent while seeing the benefits of your contributions real-time.  It is an exciting opportunity in an exciting field working with a great team towards a wonderful and promising vision!

Job Overview

• Develop and support highly maintainable, scalable, and reliable front-end web applications that meet business requirements and deliver to the headhuntr vision.
• Work closely with Product Management, UX and Design, giving input on what is both intuitive and feasible
• Develop and optimize the front-end UI to ensure web applications are rendered consistently in cross-browser and cross device environments
• Use and advance our agile practices

-  Providing accurate estimates on user stories in sprints
-  Translate epics, stories and requirements into high-quality technical deliverables
-  Clearly communicate status and open issues to team leads and managers
-  Work effectively and collaboratively within a team environment to implement projects in a timely manner

• Create and document system designs
• Implement high quality, secure and maintainable code that conforms to coding standards and best practices, leveraging reusable components and libraries when possible to ensure consistency across the application and re-use in the future
• Participate in code reviews
• Stay up to date on best practices, evolving approaches/techniques and emerging technologies to evolve the product
• Be a subject matter expert in specific parts of a system

Qualifications

• Must have at least 3 years of experience
• Expert knowledge of JavaScript
• Expertise with JavaScript frameworks such as React, Express, Node and Redux, etc
• Commanding grasp of HTML, CSS, and related web technologies
• Have a great feel for users experience and an eye for beautiful designs
• Deep understanding of best practices in design, optimization, interaction and usability
• Awareness of cross-browser compatibility issues and client-side performance considerations
• Organized and detail-oriented, able to work well under deadlines in a changing environment and perform multiple tasks effectively and concurrently
• Extensive knowledge of standard application architectures such as MVC, MVVM
• Willingness to adapt and learn new technologies
• Excellent communications skills, both verbal and written, including good technical writing and interpersonal skills
• Able to work effectively independently on assigned tasks, and within a collaborative team-oriented environment using sound judgment in decision making
• Experience with working in SCRUM team
• Experience with Git, Bitbucket and Jira
• BS or MS in Computer Science or equivalent experience