Front-end Developer (short term contract)

You make it work, you care about the details and you have a passion for discovery. You’re constantly experimenting and pushing the boundaries, but you can still “just get it done” when deadlines loom.

Delvinia is hiring a crackerjack front-end developer for a short-term, full-time contract. Based at our downtown Toronto office, you’ll be working on new site launches, while also experimenting with some cool new stuff for our clients.

You have mad skills:

  • Strong HTML / XHTML / JavaScript (AJAX, DOM, JSON) / CSS and familiarity with HTML5, CSS3
  • Programming familiarity of languages such as PHP and Java
  • WordPress setup, plugin management and development skills
  • Optimizing content for mobile web deployment
  • Familiarity with XML and API’s such as Twitter, Flickr, Google Maps, Facebook Social Plugins
  • Working knowledge of W3C specifications and best practices for web page development
  • Deep understanding of CSS inheritance and how to use it to your advantage
  • Familiarity with CMS architecture and functionality
  • In-depth knowledge of IE quirks and how to address them.
  • A good ideology for managing maintainable, scalable and cross-browser code across large sites.
  • Familiar with source control principles and comfortable with SVN
  • Experience with network/internet security
  • Very well versed in modern web development practices such as web semantics and accessibility
  • Effective interpersonal and communication skills, both orally and in a variety of written and diagrammatic forms

Your experience:

  • 3+ years relevant experience working in a busy studio environment
  • Demonstrated ability to self-define and execute innovation projects

Sound like you? Submit your resume

Candidates are also asked to submit portfolio links to previous client work and their personal development projects.