We are currently recruiting for experienced Front End developers to join
our team. Due to the explosive growth of the company, we are constantly
looking for top talent in terms of developers. We are company based on
passion and the desire to maintain our position as market leader. We truly
believe in a healthy work/life balance and investing in all our employees.
Not only will you have the opportunity to work on leading edge technology,
but you should have fun doing so! We have a superb social side to the
company with team events and nights out.
We offer very competitive salaries, stock options and much more. If you
have the skills listed below, please get in touch with me by sending an
email to ke...@fanduel.com
What you’ll be doing:
• Implementing new features for the FanDuel mobile and desktop sites
using HTML5, CSS and JavaScript
• Working with product managers, server-side developers, QA engineers,
designers, dev ops and others to ensure features are delivered to a high
standard
• Test features for interoperability across different browsers and mobile
devices
• Fix bugs, identify and reduce client-side performance issues
• Contribute to development team working practices and technology
decisions
The skills we are looking for:
• Strong experience of developing rich web applications using HTML5, CSS,
JavaScript.
• Expert-level JavaScript, including experience with jQuery and
client-side MVC libraries
• Strong track record of developing standards-savvy websites and web
applications using up-to-date best practices
• A good awareness and experience of HTML5 technologies and APIs
• Use of and integration with PHP, Python or other server-side
technologies to develop large applications in a cross-disciplinary team
• Knowledge of client-side performance concerns and optimisation
techniques.
• Thorough understanding of cross-browser and cross-device feature
support.
• Enthusiasm for the mobile web
• Experience with source control management (we use Git).
• Basic experience of Unix command line
• Highly proficient and productive with a strong desire to build high
quality, robust applications that users love.
Desirable skills we would be happy to see:
• Experience working in an agile development team and experience of
common agile practices
• JavaScript test-driven development and unit testing
• iOS / Android hybrid application development using PhoneGap or Titanium
• Experience of SASS or LESS CSS pre-processors.
• An understanding of UX and user interface design approaches, patterns
and techniques