Senior Application Developer
Tired of tinkering on old insurance software and wondering if you need to take a stress day because of month long requirements gathering sessions? Help us help you. You show us you can make an impact on hard business problems, and we will provide the culture and opportunity to make your job fun again.Skookum Digital Works is growing like gangbusters. We’re working on really interesting interactive projects that transcend bounds between mobile apps, software applications, websites, or social media initiatives. We rarely do anything twice. We expect you to tinker. We expect you to be the best.You’re not here to fill a vacant cog in our wheel. You’ll be here to amend and improve the skills of our collective team. In short, this job doesn’t exist without you.Our office is in a rad Uptown spot in Charlotte. Our perks are generous (three weeks vacation, health, eye, and dentist). We like to kick it together on the reg (monthly outings, catered Friday lunches).A cross discipline mindset is a must.Responsibilities:Participate in stakeholder and user interviewsContribute to the user experience strategyContribute to system architecture and designBuild scalable and maintainable software for some of the hardest problems out thereIdentify and communicate engineering trade-offs and alternativesEstimate work complexity and contribute to project schedulingPresent rationale and implementation decisions internally and to clientsOrganize and manipulate data in both relational and non-relational databasesDebug non-trivial application codeWrite clear, concise source-code documentationWrite unit and integration testsQualifications:Understanding of design patterns, databases, scalability, unit testing, and as many platforms as possibleCommitment to the full user-centric project lifecycleComfort learning new tools, techniques, languages, and technologiesAbility to think beyond code to architecture and user experienceAbility to communicate and coordinate within a teamMulti-programming-lingual. The more the better.Strong written/verbal communication skillsNice but not required:BS/BA degree in related field / equivalent industry experienceExperience developing mobile HTML5 applicationsExperience with dynamic languagesFamiliarity with agile development ideasAppreciation for designExperience working in a *nix environmentExperience with git source code controlContributions to open-source projectsApplicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis. Skookum Digital Works will not sponsor applicants for work visas at this time.
Title: Senior Application Developer
Salary: None
Description: Tired of tinkering on old insurance software and wondering if you need to take a stress day because of month long requirements gathering sessions? Help us help you. You show us you can make an impact on hard business problems, and we will provide the culture and opportunity to make your job fun again.Skookum Digital Works is growing like gangbusters. We’re working on really interesting interactive projects that transcend bounds between mobile apps, software applications, websites, or social media initiatives. We rarely do anything twice. We expect you to tinker. We expect you to be the best.You’re not here to fill a vacant cog in our wheel. You’ll be here to amend and improve the skills of our collective team. In short, this job doesn’t exist without you.Our office is in a rad Uptown spot in Charlotte. Our perks are generous (three weeks vacation, health, eye, and dentist). We like to kick it together on the reg (monthly outings, catered Friday lunches).A cross discipline mindset is a must.Responsibilities:Participate in stakeholder and user interviewsContribute to the user experience strategyContribute to system architecture and designBuild scalable and maintainable software for some of the hardest problems out thereIdentify and communicate engineering trade-offs and alternativesEstimate work complexity and contribute to project schedulingPresent rationale and implementation decisions internally and to clientsOrganize and manipulate data in both relational and non-relational databasesDebug non-trivial application codeWrite clear, concise source-code documentationWrite unit and integration testsQualifications:Understanding of design patterns, databases, scalability, unit testing, and as many platforms as possibleCommitment to the full user-centric project lifecycleComfort learning new tools, techniques, languages, and technologiesAbility to think beyond code to architecture and user experienceAbility to communicate and coordinate within a teamMulti-programming-lingual. The more the better.Strong written/verbal communication skillsNice but not required:BS/BA degree in related field / equivalent industry experienceExperience developing mobile HTML5 applicationsExperience with dynamic languagesFamiliarity with agile development ideasAppreciation for designExperience working in a *nix environmentExperience with git source code controlContributions to open-source projectsApplicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis. Skookum Digital Works will not sponsor applicants for work visas at this time.
Requirements: Mid-Senior level experience, None education
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