Web User Interface Developer at Pascal Metrics in Washington, DC

Ground floor opportunity in a fast-growing firm with a world-class team poised to drive and exploit the coming revolution in healthcare:

What if you could play a key role in the development of a new web platform that will literally save lives throughout the world?

What if you could help build that platform for a rapidly growing, technology focused, already profitable startup using cutting-edge technologies?

Sound interesting?

Pascal Metrics has an immediate opening for a web UI developer to join our team at our headquarters in Georgetown, Washington DC. The ideal candidate will have experience developing user interfaces for web applications using open-source software and a passion for designing engaging and dynamic user experiences.

About Us:

Pascal Metrics brings together world-class research, clinical, and technology expertise to deliver patient safety and related risk management solutions to clients worldwide. We serve some of the largest and most prestigious healthcare systems in the world, anchored by subscription solutions offering patient safety metrics and analytics. The culture of the company reflects its roots in research, academia, and clinical medicine, favoring data-driven approaches that are rooted in science and prizing intellectual inquiry that results in practical application.

We are looking for:

• Self-motivated, prolific front-end developers able to work effectively in a small team
• Thorough knowledge of HTML/CSS and JavaScript/DOM
• Extensive experience with open-source front-end javascript frameworks like jQuery, YUI, or Dojo
• Designers who thrive in a fast-paced environment driven by a competitive startup mentality
• User Interface and Experience junkies with RIA expertise using Adobe Flash/Flex, Google Web Toolkit or related rich interface platforms (ZK, Vaadin, etc...)
• Experience with template engines and web application frameworks like: JSP, Velocity, ZUL, etc.
• Practitioners with pride and interest in their craft beyond the day job

Pluses:

• Experience designing complex data visualizations
• Appreciation for scrum and similar agile development methodologies
• Familiarity with UI design for mobile platforms such as the iPhone, Android, or Blackberry
• Exposure to server-side programming in Java, Ruby, or Python

If you love to enhance the user experience, reduce overwhelming datasets into simple visual representations, or can otherwise demonstrate a passion for cutting-edge design and development, we welcome you to apply for a position with us.

We offer competitive salaries, flexible work hours (telecommuting friendly), excellent benefits, and daily engaging challenges.