Senior Lead Front-End Developer – Customer Portal

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Overview:

About the Job We are seeking an experienced, self-motivated and highly productive front-end developer to dramatically enhance the user experience of our customer-facing portal. Powered by a java web-based system, this critical interface needs a brand new front-end design and implementation, and you can be the one helping us realize it. You will use your own experience, along with input from our sales, marketing, product and user experience organizations to implement new interactions and styles. About the Team EdgeControl is Akamai’s main portal. It is the critical system that all of our customers interact with to gather traffic analytics, manage configurations, fetch training and support materials and view their bills. The Portal Systems group is responsible for its user experience, the software infrastructure and technical evolution of EdgeControl, and is located in San-Mateo, CA. Development Engineers on the Portal team execute full lifecycle development of a multi-tier web application: requirements analysis, application design, implementation, deployment.

Responsibilities:

* Develop front-end code using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. * Create a compelling user experience using code polished to near perfection, leaving no detail unfinished. * Rapidly fix bugs and solve problems. * Identify and communicate best practices to front-end developers in other engineering teams. * Identify and address performance bottlenecks.

Qualifications:

Basic Qualifications * BS in Computer Science or equivalent experience. * 5+ years web development experience in a front-end design and development role. * 3+ years in JavaScript, HTML(5), and CSS. * 3+ years of AJAX and JS libraries (jQuery, YUI, etc). Desired Qualifications * Passion for developing world-class user interfaces. * Ability to handle fast paced and fluid short release cycles. * Expertise in Flash, Flex, and ActionScript 3. * Expertise in Java framework - JSP, JSF, Struts. * Design and implementation of high quality web/mobile production applications. * Portfolio that includes sample web-based application projects. Other Information * Is relocation available for this position: No * Is US Citizenship required: No * Is a Security Clearance Required: No If yes, applicants selected will be subject to a government security investigation & must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information.

About Akamai:

No one carries more of the world's Web traffic than Akamai, so working with Akamai means you’re helping some of the world’s best known brands succeed in bringing any experience to any device, anywhere. Cloud computing, SaaS, eCommerce, online entertainment and dynamic personalized experiences are all fueled by Akamai technology. Join Akamai and you join a culture that’s extremely intelligent, strongly supportive and passionately committed to delivering world-class solutions. Some of the best minds in business, mathematics, and engineering work at Akamai – leading, learning and shaping the future of the Internet.