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Principal UI Engineer
at Beachbody, LLC in Los Angeles
About Beachbody
Beachbody was founded in 1998 by Carl Daikeler and Jon Congdon. The company is based in Santa Monica, California, and is the creator of the nation’s most popular in-home fitness and weight loss solutions including P90X®, Insanity®, Brazil Butt Lift®, Slim in 6®, Turbo Jam®, Hip Hop Abs®, and Power 90® among many others. Beachbody programs combine challenging DVD-based workouts with easy-to-follow diet guidelines, nutritional supplements (including its breakthrough health shake called Shakeology®, AKA “The Healthiest Meal of the Day”), and an unparalleled customer service and peer-support system. In fact, Beachbody has expanded this support system through Team Beachbody.com, which includes a network of thousands of independent “Coach” distributors as well as a dynamic online support and fitness community. The company’s beauty business includes brands Timeless Secret™ and DermExclusive™. The corporate mission is to help people achieve their goals and enjoy healthy, fulfilling lives.
About the Job
The Principal UI Engineer candidate will be a Technology Lead for the UI Engineering and related peer-teams and the various platforms, sites, and applications it oversees at Beachbody, LLC. This candidate will lead the efforts to create new UI architectures, interfaces, functionality and Web sites, as well as maintain existing Web sites, create and maintain UI Development Standards and Best practices, and provide direct technical leadership and mentoring, feedback, and oversight for various technical initiatives and teams across the organization. This candidate should excel in all components of the Rich Internet Application development skill set and the processes related to that, as well as the UI Engineering/Web Development skills (CSS 2 & 3, Javascript, HTML 4 & 5, AJAX and Javascript Libraries such as jQuery), Web Services/APIs, Performance Tuning, Content Management Systems, maintenance and troubleshooting throughout the SDLC.
Tasks & Activities
•Drive technology-wide platforms, decisions, and processes, as well as provide technical oversight and mentoring, and communication of technical decisions and processes.
•Utilize project methodologies such as SCRUM/Agile, RUP, Waterfall, and the like.
•Lead the efforts to create new UI architectures, interfaces, functionality and Web sites.
•Maintain existing Web sites.
•Create and maintain UI Development Standards and Best practices.
•Provide direct technical leadership and mentoring, feedback, and oversight for various technical initiatives and teams across the organization.
•The Principal UI Engineer will directly help manage client, business, and peer expectations throughout the organization, and should have the proven ability to deliver projects successfully and on time with little oversight required.
•Constantly improve production and code quality and delivery techniques, and the ability to help adopt and standardize related processes and improve upon them.
Requirements
•Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in CS, or CE, or equivalent experience
•Expert in JSP (or similar OOP web scripting languages, such as PHP, CFM, Ruby, etc.)
•Experience with template engines, such as Velocity, is a plus
•Expert with JavaScript and expert knowledge of JavaScript LIbraries, specifically jQuery (Prototype, YUI!, Google Web Toolkit, etc. are a plus)
•Strong experience working in various project methodologies and processes, such as Agile/SCRUM, Waterfall, RUP, etc. • Expert in HTML CSS, JavaScript, semantic markup, and cross-browser/device development
•Expert in site tuning and performance optimization (HTTP Profiling, PageSpeed, etc.), including SEO, asset bundling, sprites, compression, and minification
•4-5 years of experience as a direct Technical or Team Lead for projects and project teams
•Experience with Video on Demand, Video Streaming, and DRM are a plus but not required
•Expert experience in creating and documenting technical requirements and specifications, based on functional requirements or pure-technical initiatives
•Experience working with Continuous Integration Servers (TeamCity, Hudson, CruiseControl, etc.) is a plus
•Experience working with Flash and Flex technologies, specifically including ActionScript 3, are a plus but not required.
•This candidate should have exceptional technical and leadership skills, proven people and team management skills, as well as exceptional communication skills.
Beachbody, LLC offers a highly competitive salary, benefits, bonus potential, and the opportunity for you to help us achieve our mission which is to help people achieve their goals and enjoy a healthy, fulfilling life. Beachbody, LLC is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
Beachbody was founded in 1998 by Carl Daikeler and Jon Congdon. The company is based in Santa Monica, California, and is the creator of the nation’s most popular in-home fitness and weight loss solutions including P90X®, Insanity®, Brazil Butt Lift®, Slim in 6®, Turbo Jam®, Hip Hop Abs®, and Power 90® among many others. Beachbody programs combine challenging DVD-based workouts with easy-to-follow diet guidelines, nutritional supplements (including its breakthrough health shake called Shakeology®, AKA “The Healthiest Meal of the Day”), and an unparalleled customer service and peer-support system. In fact, Beachbody has expanded this support system through Team Beachbody.com, which includes a network of thousands of independent “Coach” distributors as well as a dynamic online support and fitness community. The company’s beauty business includes brands Timeless Secret™ and DermExclusive™. The corporate mission is to help people achieve their goals and enjoy healthy, fulfilling lives.
About the Job
The Principal UI Engineer candidate will be a Technology Lead for the UI Engineering and related peer-teams and the various platforms, sites, and applications it oversees at Beachbody, LLC. This candidate will lead the efforts to create new UI architectures, interfaces, functionality and Web sites, as well as maintain existing Web sites, create and maintain UI Development Standards and Best practices, and provide direct technical leadership and mentoring, feedback, and oversight for various technical initiatives and teams across the organization. This candidate should excel in all components of the Rich Internet Application development skill set and the processes related to that, as well as the UI Engineering/Web Development skills (CSS 2 & 3, Javascript, HTML 4 & 5, AJAX and Javascript Libraries such as jQuery), Web Services/APIs, Performance Tuning, Content Management Systems, maintenance and troubleshooting throughout the SDLC.
Tasks & Activities
•Drive technology-wide platforms, decisions, and processes, as well as provide technical oversight and mentoring, and communication of technical decisions and processes.
•Utilize project methodologies such as SCRUM/Agile, RUP, Waterfall, and the like.
•Lead the efforts to create new UI architectures, interfaces, functionality and Web sites.
•Maintain existing Web sites.
•Create and maintain UI Development Standards and Best practices.
•Provide direct technical leadership and mentoring, feedback, and oversight for various technical initiatives and teams across the organization.
•The Principal UI Engineer will directly help manage client, business, and peer expectations throughout the organization, and should have the proven ability to deliver projects successfully and on time with little oversight required.
•Constantly improve production and code quality and delivery techniques, and the ability to help adopt and standardize related processes and improve upon them.
Requirements
•Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in CS, or CE, or equivalent experience
•Expert in JSP (or similar OOP web scripting languages, such as PHP, CFM, Ruby, etc.)
•Experience with template engines, such as Velocity, is a plus
•Expert with JavaScript and expert knowledge of JavaScript LIbraries, specifically jQuery (Prototype, YUI!, Google Web Toolkit, etc. are a plus)
•Strong experience working in various project methodologies and processes, such as Agile/SCRUM, Waterfall, RUP, etc. • Expert in HTML CSS, JavaScript, semantic markup, and cross-browser/device development
•Expert in site tuning and performance optimization (HTTP Profiling, PageSpeed, etc.), including SEO, asset bundling, sprites, compression, and minification
•4-5 years of experience as a direct Technical or Team Lead for projects and project teams
•Experience with Video on Demand, Video Streaming, and DRM are a plus but not required
•Expert experience in creating and documenting technical requirements and specifications, based on functional requirements or pure-technical initiatives
•Experience working with Continuous Integration Servers (TeamCity, Hudson, CruiseControl, etc.) is a plus
•Experience working with Flash and Flex technologies, specifically including ActionScript 3, are a plus but not required.
•This candidate should have exceptional technical and leadership skills, proven people and team management skills, as well as exceptional communication skills.
Beachbody, LLC offers a highly competitive salary, benefits, bonus potential, and the opportunity for you to help us achieve our mission which is to help people achieve their goals and enjoy a healthy, fulfilling life. Beachbody, LLC is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
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