Web Developer

Position Description

Currensee is a venture-backed startup company in Boston. Currensee puts the power of investing in world currency markets in the hands of every investor. We strive to deliver profitability, transparency and control to investors around the world.

We’re currently looking for a talented web developer to join our front end user interface team, creating the rich, interactive experience that is the hallmark of Web 2.0 applications. The person in this role will have the following responsibilities:

  • Contribute to the definition and implementation of Currensee’s web application architecture, leveraging appropriate technologies such as YUI, Flash/Flex, and PageBus.
  • Design and implement the Currensee investor UI experiences.
  • Improve the performance of the existing Web 2.0 one-page application.
  • Implement the statistical analysis of the usage pattern of the one-page application.
  • Research and define the next generation of the one-page application. Leverage the latest front end technologies and frameworks such as Grails and JQuery.
  • Research and define the next generation of Currensee user experience on Android/iPhone/iPad.
  • Implement, test, and debug web application components within a Spring MVC architecture
  • Integrate with third-party products such as Lightstreamer to support scalability and reliability
  • Work closely with the off-shore UI team. Provide the technical leadership.
  • Debug and fix software defects

Qualifications:

Applicants should possess the following skills and attributes:
  • BS or higher in Computer Science or equivalent field
  • Good communication skills and teamwork
  • Outstanding problem-solving skills
  • Expert in JavaScript programming
  • Expertise in CSS architecture and implementation
  • 2 - 8 years of industry experience
  • 2+ years experience building rich web applications using JavaScript, AJAX, Grail and JQuery.
  • Working knowledge of building multi-layer web applications using JPA/Hibernate.

Additional experience of benefit:

  • Knowledge of JSP 2.1
  • Use of Spring MVC and/or Spring WebFlow
  • Working knowledge of Android/iPhone/iPad application development
  • SalesForce integration

Technologies We Use

Currensee's platform is built on widespread industry standards (including XHTML/CSS/JavaScript, Tibco PageBus, AJAX, Spring, JPA, MySQL, JMS, Lightstreamer, JUnit, and Maven), leveraging best-of-breed commercial and open source software to provide a strong base on which our team creates a cutting-edge user experience for foreign exchange traders. In building our n-tier web application architecture, we use best practices and technologies such as inversion of control, dependency injection, test-driven development, and code coverage analysis.

To Apply

Please email your resume and cover letter to jobs-fe-2011@currensee.com with the subject “FE 2011”.

About Currensee

Currensee.com, a venture-backed startup in Boston, MA, is bringing the power of Web communities to currency trading (foreign exchange), offering a free trading collaboration platform and a brand new forex-based investor business.

Currensee's offices are located near North Station in Boston, easily accessible via public transportation.
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