Web Developer

Merck is an innovative, global healthcare leader that is committed to improving health and well-being around the world.

• Writing modular, scalable, testable HTML, CSS and Javascript code that is clean and standards-compliant and works with Ruby on Rails or similar frameworks

• Providing solutions with long-term maintainability and limited technical debt

• Applying knowledge of cloud, APIs and browser feature support to design cross browser/device compatible solutions

• Evaluating new libraries, frameworks and development standards to determine if they are the right fit for Merck Leveraging an automated DevOps approach to build, deploy and support projects using modern tools such as Github, AWS, Rails and Chef

• Designing robust interfaces to integrate a variety of systems and technologies to solve business problems and create scalable solutions

• Documenting architectures and developing strategic approaches to implement scalable, performant solutions from conceptual UX designs

• Driving test driven development approaches

• Developing deep understanding of Merck’s existing technology platforms and their interfaces as required by project work

Education:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related technical degree

Required Experience and Skills:

• Proven record of web design and development on projects with the following skills:
• Expertise of Ruby on Rails or similar frameworks
• Strong technical skills across the entire development stack
• Experienced with Agile techniques including Scrum
• Excellent object-oriented and test-driven development skills
• Detailed knowledge HTTP protocol, HTML5 capabilities, responsive design techniques, modern CSS frameworks/ tools/workflow, design patterns and Javascript MVC frameworks

Preferred Experience and Skills:

• Front end Design and User Experience Skills and the ability to design beautiful and intuitive interfaces
• Expertise building scalable and fault tolerant solutions on AWS infrastructure
• Experience with automated build tools and DevOps