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KingsIsle Entertainment, established in 2005, is a proven MMO hit-maker with 50+ million registered users across both of our MMO games with vibrant and strong communities.? Our award-winning game Wizard101 is currently in its 13th year and Pirate101 is in its 9th.? We attribute our success to great people, and we recognize the value of every team member. We work hard and have fun, whether with lunchtime gaming sessions or office outings to the movies. The working environment, friendly teammates, and support for growing careers contribute to the long tenures many enjoy at KingsIsle.

The KingsIsle Web Team is a friendly and motivated?group of builders, testers, and managers who put the quality of what we produce above all else. Experience taught us that high standards are better achieved through effective collaboration, knowledge duplication, and personal development. We make time for each team member to take courses and work on interest projects. The team reserves regular time slots to discuss successes and failures after each Sprint. The senior members are encouraged and empowered to mentor so our junior members often experience tremendous growth. We build enterprise web applications with proven success serving millions, and our continued quest for improvement drives increasing sophistication in test automation, performance / security monitoring, and agile product delivery.

What you'll do...

You will work with a team of front / back-end developers and QA engineers on our application tech stack consisting of MySQL, Java, Hibernate, and JavaScript, and help to create a new, modern front-end stack. Understanding existing business requirements and maintaining the codebase is a major part of the job, yet innovating better ways of doing things and introducing new ideas is where you'll shine. Modernizing the web front-end experience and technology is vital to the company's strategic goal for the foreseeable future. You will partner with your team and business stakeholders to write, refine, plan, and implement stories and deliver production-ready features. You'll provide expert opinions, perform code reviews, and help foster collaboration, growth, and creativity.

Responsibilities

• Master and maintain the existing codebase
• Articulate business needs into technical vision
• Help direct technical discussions and solutions toward your vision
• Propose and innovate solutions to improve development quality of life
• Collaborate with back-end developers and UI / UX designers to improve usability
• Optimize the applications and art assets for maximum speed
• Design and implement quality web software
• Sustain a high degree of unit test coverage
• Create quality mockups and prototypes
• Design features that work well with all screen sizes
• Partner with QA to clarify testing criteria and fix bugs
• Stay up-to-date on emerging technologies
• Minimum 5 years of professional experience as a front-end developer
• Minimum 2 years experience with Angular framework
• Experience with unit testing frameworks such as Jest, Jasmine, or similar
• Familiarity with browser testing and debugging
• Strong ability to create CSS Ability to create, edit, and optimize raster and vector-based art
• Understanding of layout aesthetics
• Knowledge of how web technologies impact SEO
• An ability to perform well in a fast-paced environment In-depth understanding of the entire web development life cycle
• Strong written and verbal communication skills

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