Encanto Squared - Chicago, IL (Chicago area locals only) - Full Time - <a href="http://encanto.github.io/blog/encanto-engineering/" >
Encanto Squared is a fully funded startup with existing customers serving the Enterprise market.  We're developing business intelligence products for our customers that give them unique insights into their business.
We put particular emphasis on developing products that have a superior user experience that is fast, easy to use and intuitive, because we know a product with every imaginable feature is worthless if it doesn't get used.
Role:
We're looking for a Senior Software Engineer that will be involved in all phases of development, including working with business analysts on refining requirements, giving estimates, design, implementation and helping lead the development team.  This person will also work closely with us to help shape our future technical direction of the company, identifying what technologies we should be evaluating, and carrying out those evaluations.
Technical Skills:
-- Node.js : Experience developing apps and services on Node.js
-- Express : Experience with Express or similar web application frameworks
-- JavaScript, CoffeeScript : We make extensive use of JavaScript, and are looking for JavaScript gurus. Experience with CoffeeScript and other alternatives also good.
-- TDD : Experience with TDD practices and frameworks such as Mocha, Selenium
-- NoSQL databases : Experience with NoSQL databases such as Cassandra, MongoDB
-- Experience with a JavaScript-based single-page UI framework/libraries, such as AngularJS, Polymer, or similar
-- Experience with current web technologies : e.g. HTML5, SVG, CSS, WebSockets
-- Experience with visualization libraries such as D3.js
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