Lead Front End Developer - Contract to Hire

Mindlance is a national recruiting company which partners with many of the leading employers in IT, financial services, engineering, semiconductor, clinical and pharmaceutical domains. You can learn more about us at   www.mindlance.com . Position Details: Title: Lead Front End Developer Location: Frisco, TX 75034 Duration : 03 – 06 Months Contract to Hire · This role reports to the Director of Experience Design. · Candidates must be able to provide examples of work (ideally showing designs referenced, code produced, and accessible examples) · Develops user interface design prototypes to serve as a guide for system/program development. · Build high-fidelity prototypes with working HTML/CSS/JavaScript directly from a UX/UI static and dynamic prototype designs from designers · Build and maintain HTML and CSS for different components and styles in a live style guide · Ability to complete documentation on how to use components in the style guide · Ability to diagnose UI bugs in the working application and fix them in the web application · Completes code reviews with other developers · Stays abreast of new trends and produces proof of concepts to show design team what is possible. · Travel is estimated to be below 5% · Experience working in an agile environment, updating tasks in scrums, meeting commitments provided to different agile teams · Participate in collaborative review of functional and technical requirements. Educational and Experience Requirements · BS/MS degree in Computer Science, MIS, or related field of study. 5+ years of required experience coding. Required Skills, Knowledge, and Abilities · Ideal team player personality: Candidate must be Humble, Hungry, and Smart. · Ability to work well with both technical and non-technical team members in both small and large settings. · Willingness to learn (from teammates and professional sources) as well as readily share knowledge · 5+ years in front end development particularly HTML5, CSS, SCSS, and JavaScript · Basic understanding of design sensibilities focusing on ensuring outstanding usability and aesthetics characteristics. · Experience with Web Application development and Responsive Design Framework. · Experience with JavaScript libraries such as jQuery, AngularJS, etc. · Familiarity with MVC, MVVM and Single Page Application. · Strong organizational, writing, and verbal skills. Able to attend meetings, take notes, and ensure tasks are completed · Ability to prioritize work load and consistently meet deadlines. · QA experience - particularly ability to cross browser test · Code development management experience (using Git(hub) and pull requests) · Style Guide creation and update experience (particularly with Handlebars and JSON) · Experience with Microsoft Visual Studio Online (VSO) ideally (or other similar development work tracking such as Jira or ScrumWorks) Additional Desired Qualifications · Angular 2 experience · Flexbox experience · Power BI, QlikView, Tableau, etc. data visualization coding experience · Experience with Fractal.build documentation · Usability testing experience or certifications · Experience developing for touch and gesture UIs · QA certifications · Familiarity with Slack, Trello, · Experience working with Team to build complex enterprise applications. · Familiarization of Agile methodologies is a plus particularly SAFe. All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.