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Web Development Manager
Skyword
Pittsburgh, PA, United States
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Skyword has a great opportunity for a Manager of Web Development to join the development team in our high profile startup located in Pittsburgh. If you are a highly skilled web development manager with a successful track record working in large, consumer-facing web infrastructures and are ready for the challenge & rewards of a startup environment, we would like to talk to you.
Primary Duties and Responsibilities
• Must manage skilled team of Web developers
• When positions are open, must recruit to further build the team.
• Must create, maintain, and enforce standards for front end development.
• Must interact with back end development team to efficiently develop new application features with a high degree of quality.
• Must direct the team to improve legacy code to bring it up to date.
• Must interact with other Product and QA teams to effectively develop the product via agile methods.
• Must collaborate with the UI/UX team design and develop web applications with a strong emphasis on attractive and easy-to-use front end user interfaces.
• Must be able to quickly develop page prototypes as well as complete, production-worthy pages.
• Works on jobs of diverse scope and complexity requiring independent action and decision-making.
• Exercises judgment, applying creativity and ingenuity in selecting methods and techniques for obtaining solutions.
Qualifications
• Bachelor of Science in Computer Science or equivalent experience
• Experience working within a team environment
• Experience with agile development processes
• Must be self-directed, confident, able to use best-practice development processes effectively
• Solid references
• Strong knowledge of Web front-end technologies such as HTML, CSS, AJAX, JavaScript.
• Strong understanding of JavaScript frameworks - AngularJS highly desired, React essential.
• Ability to work with back end developers to design and implement front end interactions with the back end via APIs.
• Understanding of back end technologies, including Java, relational databases and object-relational mapping helpful.
• Good management and people skills.
• Good organizational and documentation skills.
Work Conditions
Skyword’s Manager, Web Development will work in Skyword’s Pittsburgh office during regular business hours. Some travel to Skyword’s Boston and DC offices may be required.
Compensation and Benefits
Competitive salary; medical; dental, life, and disability insurance plans; three weeks paid vacation; 11 paid holidays, and an open, friendly working environment.
About Skyword
Skyword moves brands – and their content – forward. By embracing a sustainable, scalable approach to original storytelling, Skyword liberates brands from ineffective marketing practices and inspires them to create deeper connections with their customers. With a powerful combination of enterprise-class technology, authentic voices, and professional services, Skyword propels clients’ content marketing programs to new levels of excellence. Skyword is a privately held company headquartered in Boston, MA, with offices in Washington DC and Pittsburgh, PA.
Skyword is an equal opportunity employer and considers qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, age, disability, veteran status, or any other protected factor.