Front End Developer
Front End Developer
About Product
Our Product department never sleeps. Product focuses on concept- and product development and the communication with Hyvers, partners and clients. The adjustment of abstract ideas into products that make a difference, asks for creativity, a broad online knowledge and experienced projectmanagement-skills. And a good teamspirit, of course.
Project management defines and developes, but also gives priority to (new and existing) products, projects and product-components. We write workable requirements and translate them to navigatable products with a perfect interaction-design. We keep the 'Hyver happiness' at a high value. The Community management departmentprovides online and offline feedback out of users. Secondly, Business development is an important focus point.
With the short lines between the Product and Development department, Hyves can guarantee the quality and involvement in all life cycles of product development.
Job Description
You work at Hyves at the website that is viewed 250 million times daily by 10 million users. Everything you do has direct impact on more than half of the Dutch population. Certainly from the perspective of the user, frontend is the most important aspect. In the function of Frontend Developer you work closely with product managers, developers and designers.
Responsibilities
- Write front-end code in PHP, Smarty, HTML/CSS, and Javascript
- Implement new features and optimize existing ones using our design patterns
- Work closely with, and incorporate feedback from, product management, interaction designers, and core developers
- Identify and address performance bottlenecks
- Rapidly fix bugs and solve problems
- Build efficient and reusable front-end abstractions and systems
- Pro-actively look for ways to make Hyves better
Requirements
- Demonstrable experience building high-traffic web sites and applications
- Expert Javascript/HTML/CSS coding skills
- Disciplined approach to testing and quality assurance
- Strong command of web standards, CSS-based design, cross-browser compatibility
- Good understanding of web technologies (client-server architecture, web standards)
- Healthy dose of pragmatism: "being smart, getting things done"
- Great written communication and documentation abilities
Desired Skills
- Good understanding of interaction design, usability and visual design is a pré
- Knowledge of Photoshop, PHP, MySQL
- Familiarity with Unix/Linux
- Active user of Hyves
Moving to the Netherlands?
You are not the first: Hyves employs programmers from all over the world, including France, Spain, Italy, Poland, India, Russia, Germany and Australia. This means the working language at Hyves is English.
Hyves will help you with:
- Housing; for the first three months Hyves takes care of housing, and will help you to find a permanent place;
- Relocation; you will receive a relocation fee to cover for the costs of moving tot Amsterdam;
- Paperwork; any burocracy related to your work permit, and help with registering for a bank account and a social security number; You have a healthy dose of pragmatism: "being smart, getting things done;
- The language; Amsterdam is an international city with a large expat community, and if you speak English you will be to participate in daily life without any problems.
What Hyves offers?
- The opportunity to work at an innovative, high-paced web 2.0 product company, located in the center of Amsterdam; The opportunity to lead or work in a highly skilled and motivated team of young ICT professionals;
- A non-formal yet professional working envirement;
- An executive-level salary package, with interesting upside possibilities;
- Hyves is willing to organize a Knowledge Migrant Visa and relocation for the right person.
Contact
Send your resume with cover letter: Rosalie van Schaick.