Department: Production
Job Title: Technical Lead
Job Location: San Francisco, CA
Description:
The ideal candidate for the Technical Lead role will have a true passion for current and emerging technologies. This individual will bring their enthusiasm and knowledge to a wide range of client-driven development projects.
The Technical Lead is the lead developer on both client projects and application development projects (such as website and web application development, e-marketing, content management systems, clinical trial portals, etc…). The Technical Lead will work closely with cross-functional teams communicating and explaining technical concepts to non-technical team members.
The Technical Lead manages the overall technical direction of the project, and is able to anticipate and advise with regards to the technical complexities of a project.
The Technical Lead should be able to clearly articulate engineering objectives both written and verbal, and will be expected to join other team members in meetings with prospective and current clients.
Role & Responsibilities:
- Identify questions that get to the heart of a project’s technical requirements to define the solutions and plan projects before production starts.
- Identify opportunities for new and creative ways to achieve a project’s goals.
- The Technical Lead will be the driving force in the following areas:
- Development of web applications/ websites using client and server-side technologies per project requirements
- Development and implementation of data designs and models ➢ Development of a QA/Test plan per project requirements
- Monitoring effectiveness of QA efforts
- Development of functional and technical specifications per project requirements
- Development of end-user and developer documentation per project requirements
- Development of high quality, maintainable, standards-compliant code
- Suggesting, planning, and executing innovations to Zoomedia’s core processes and methodologies
- Reviewing and signing off on the executable feasibility of designs before they are submitted for client review, as well as production schedules
- Being the liaison with internal and external IT staff to coordinate DNS issues, migrations, custom server builds and other issues that require technical know-how
- Contributing actively in R& D efforts
Job Requirements:
A successful candidate will possess the following level of experience:
- At least 5 years of professional experience developing websites, web applications, and/or software
- Experience working for a communications/digital advertising agency
- Experience in web project development cycle
- Expert Level server-side scripting in PHP, and a well-developed foundation in OOP PHP within an MVC framework
- Significant ASP, ASP.Net experience and good familiarity with Microsoft technologies
- Expert Level experience using Linux CLI to manage and develop websites
- Knowledge of MySQL, SQL Server and /or other relational databases. Oracle experience is a plus
- Expert Level experience with HTML/XHTML/CSS2/JavaScript, including a knowledge of identifying and debugging browser/platform peculiarities, etc.
- Expert Level experience developing DHTML and AJAX-based rich interfaces
- Experience working with CVS and Subversion
- Commitment to writing clean, clear, well-documented code
- Must enjoy working on a team and can communicate clearly and readily with others about your work both verbally and in writing
- Good business analytical skills combined with the ability to get things done
- BA/BS required
Start Date: Immediate
To apply for this position, send your resume and any relevant writing samples from previous experiences to careers@zoomedia.com, please no phone calls. EEO: Zoomedia is an equal opportunity employer that encourages and fosters diversity in the workplace