Fresh on the heels of our awesome-students-now-employees Kurtis and Ben, we’re looking to work with another co-op student! Kurtis joined us as a student of design and Ben worked through two IA terms, so now we’d like to see if we can find an equally fabulous UE Dev co-op student.
We firmly believe that any successful co-op experience depends largely on how engaged and committed the organization hiring the student is to giving them a supportive environment. This isn’t about someone getting us coffees and our drycleaning! All of us on the team have been fortunate enough to have had some great coaches and mentors in our UE careers and we’d really like to return the favour.
Not that this is a totally altruistic endeavor… by participating in co-op terms we’ve all been struck by how great a feeling it is to share what we know, not to mention what we’ve learned from this next generation of UE professionals.
So — all of that to say that if there are any UE Dev students in co-op programs out there, please contact us. People with developer backgrounds and a passion for front-end programming would be a great fit.
Here is the official job description:
Junior User Experience Developer — Vancouver
We’re seeking a co-op student to work as a Junior User Experience Developer within our User Experience (UE) team for a four month work term with a possibility to extend to eight months.
As a Junior UE Developer at Habañero, you will work closely with the rest of the UE team in the web development process and contribute to developing intuitive, practical and user-friendly web sites, portals and web applications.
The ideal candidate will be enthusiastic, flexible, and have a strong customer service ethic and a passion for user experience. A user-centric design philosophy is also required to be able to balance an outstanding user experience with clean, standards-compliant code.
This co-op placement would see the developer working under the guidance of existing senior usability engineers at Habañero. Applicants must be starting or already part of an existing co-op programme at an accredited educational institution in order to apply.
Responsibilities
- Develop highly usable presentation layer solutions on a variety of platforms, including traditional websites, Flash/Flex, Silverlight, and the Microsoft Office product family, such as Microsoft Office SharePoint Server, Word, PowerPoint, Excel, InfoPath, and Visio
- Work effectively with multi-disciplinary teams including customer stakeholders, project managers, business analysts, designers, developers, testers, and systems personnel
- Participate in all phases of the software development lifecycle
Required Skills and Experience
- Relevant education, training, or experience with CSS, JavaScript, XHTML, XML
- A strong interest in usability engineering
- Experience with the software or web application development lifecycle
- Familiarity with Microsoft SQL Server and relational database design
- Familiarity with Adobe Photoshop and/or Fireworks
- Strong English language skills (oral and written)
Nice-to-have Skills and Experience
- ASP.NET and C# development
- ActionScript 2.0 and ActionScript 3.0 Flash/Flex/AIR development
- Silverlight 1.0 and Silverlight 2.0 development
- WSS or MOSS 2007 development
- Relevant Microsoft Office programming experience
- An appreciation for business problems and a good sense of solution design
- Awareness of agile modeling and lightweight development processes
Attributes
- Excellent communication skills
- A focus on customer service and delivery
- Highly organized
- Able to research and apply knowledge effectively
Applicants should expect a thorough interview process, including testing and comprehensive reference conversations.
If you’re interested, please apply by sending your resume to: csanders@habaneros.com. In the subject of your e-mail, please include “Junior User Experience Developer — Vancouver”. Thanks in advance for your emails, but we will only be contacting candidates selected for interviews.
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