Job Posting: Web Developer

INITIATE SYSTEMS – Web Developer
Austin, TX
We are seeking a Web Developer to join our team. At Initiate, we value the innovation, creativity, and problem-solving skills you bring to software testing. In this dynamic position, you will be exposed to industry-leading software, new technology, and exceptional engineers. You will be responsible for problem solving and functional development in our agile environment. You will also have the opportunity to help us evolve our automation techniques, processes, and tools as our business grows.
Our team is composed of the most experienced and respected engineers in the area, with experience from small startups through large enterprise development and consulting organizations. We are extremely proud of our collective experience and desire to grow our team by mentoring sharp and productive individuals.

Description:
• Work closely with server and other tools engineers to drive requirements, design, and development for our diverse set of UI tools. This requires the ability to quickly learn the Initiate technology stack and APIs.
• Work with Product Management, Support, and Services to ensure that our overall UI strategy is consistent and usable. This requires the ability to create Requirements Specifications and mockups.
• Develop web based client applications using CSS, DHTML, JSP, JSTL, JavaScript, Adobe Flex and other AJAX technologies.
• Utilizing best practices to build working, cross-browser, UI prototypes that other developers can decompose and instrument with server side code. Applicant should be able to code sites without the crutch of a WYSIWYG editor.

Requirements:
• Minimum of 3 years of software development experience, with at least 2 focused on the development of web based applications using CSS, DHTML, JSP, JSTL, JavaScript, Adobe Flex ActionScrip and other AJAX technologies. You must be fluent in the subtleties required to support multiple browsers.
• A thorough understanding of the full web request lifecycle for dynamically driven websites. This includes session persistence mechanisms and backend database experience (MS SQL, Oracle, DB2, MySQL)
• Usability experience with an emphasis on simplifying complex and large information sets.
• Solid understanding and proven experience working in a mature development environment (Perforce, Bugzilla, automated builds, automated unit tests).
• Exposure to app servers (IIS, WebSphere, WebLogic, Apache/Tomcat).

Initiate Systems is an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action Employer

To apply to this position, we invite you to visit the career section on www.initiate.com