Web Developer

Description

WebMD (NASDAQ: WBMD) is the most recognized and trusted brand of health information and the leading provider of health information services, serving consumers, physicians, healthcare professionals, employers and health plans through our public and private online portals and WebMD the Magazine. The WebMD Health Network includes WebMD, Medscape, MedicineNet, eMedicine, RxList, theheart.org and Medscape Education. Our consumer portals and mobile health applications provide engaging, relevant and credible health and wellness information, personalized health assessment tools and access to online communities.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status

Responsibilities

• Develop responsive, multiscreen enterprise web and mobile web applications and APIs using modern web technologies (HTML5, CSS3, jQuery, Backbone.js, RequireJS)
• Project responsibilities include development, testing, documentation, implementation, and maintenance
• Work closely with a cross-functional Scrum team to understand requirements and recommend appropriate solutions; including Project Managers/Scrum Masters, Product Owners, Designers, Backend Developers
• Actively participate in and contribute to global site architectural discussions and initiatives
• Actively contribute to and enforce best practices, group standards
• Mentor other developers, including peer reviewing code and pair programming (shadowing)
• Proactively keep up-to-date on industry trends and emerging technologies; drive adoption of new technologies and best practices

Qualifications

What You Need For This Position (minimum qualifications)

• Bachelor’s degree in a technical discipline such as Computer Science or MIS, or a total of 7 years of IT experience
• 3+ years relevant work experience developing enterprise web applications
• Intermediate experience with object-oriented programming
• Experience with API development (examples: REST/SOAP/JSON)
• Experience working with Javascript based Testing frameworks like Jasmine, mocha, webdriver.io
• Must provide code samples (examples: URLs with descriptions of which parts you developed, zip file, link to a github.com or equivalent profile)
• Working knowledge of​ XML/XSLT
• Demonstrated proficiency and real-world experience with the following skills and technologies:

Preferred qualifications:

• Responsive, multiscreen (desktop/tablet/mobile) layouts with HTML5/CSS3
• Hand-coding complex web applications utilizing various JS libraries
• HTML5 APIs (Video/Audio, Local Storage, History, Canvas Animation)
• Service-driven applications with REST/SOAP/JSON APIs
• Advanced jQuery, including writing modules
• CommonJS/AMD modules with RequireJS or equivalent
• Backbone.js, Angular or another equivalent Javascript MVC framework
• Agile development practices: Scrum, Kanban/Lean, test-driven development, continuous integration
• Large scale Content Management Systems in support of an enterprise, public-facing website
• Version control software, preferably Git
• Section 508 and WCAG accessibility standards