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Job Description

Frontier Communications is seeking an exceptional Technical Lead for its Alameda, California design & development center. We are seeking a talented developer and leader who is passionate about building best-in-class customer-facing e-commerce web sites. This developer will work with a small but very creative and technically gifted team which will use state-of-the-art tools and technologies to rebuild frontier.com, Frontiers main sales and e-commerce site for its five million residential customers. This agile team will be focused on continuous site improvement based on evolving requirements, user feedback, site metrics, and usage/revenue targets. This is a rare opportunity to launch and lead a major web development project. Frontiers Alameda design center is home to three high-performance entrepreneurial teams which are building breakthrough internet sites within the context of a large, successful, publicly traded company.

Primary Responsibilities

• Partner with the Product Manager to develop the Product Requirements, Specs, Feature Roadmap, and Schedule * Drive the Technical Requirements, Specs, and Architecture for the entire project * As a senior-level individual contributor, design and implement major server-side and client-side (front-end) components for this e-commerce site * Collaborate with the team to develop and evolve a very intuitive User Experience, incorporating input from colleagues, site metrics, and user feedback * Identify and investigate key requirements and solutions * Work closely with the teams integration engineers and Frontiers IT engineers to integrate this portal with Frontiers enterprise systems * Deliver software of the highest quality through good design, attention to detail, clever use of automated testing, and direct unit and system testing * Deliver components on aggressive schedules * Mentor and collaborate with other members of the product development team throughout the development lifecycle

Required Skills & Experience

• Bachelors degree in Computer Science or related field * 8+ years experience in software development * 4+ years in C/C++ * 4+ years working with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript/AJAX * 4+ years developing in Java / Enterprise Java / J2EE, Ruby on Rails (RoR), PHP 5, or other object-oriented web frameworks * Experience developing distributed systems (Web Services, Java RMI, RESTful or XML-based APIs) * Strong ability to develop and analyze requirements and to architect, design, and implement high-quality software solutions to meet those requirements * Solid object-oriented design, programming, and debugging skills * Proficient in leveraging development tools - source code mgmt, IDEs, and debuggers * Proven track record for on-time project delivery * Highly motivated self-starter, who thrives in a fast-paced environment and can work independently with minimal supervision * Excellent team player, eager to learn from others and to share skills with colleagues * Excellent verbal and written communication skills

Desired Skills & Experience

• Prior experience in a technical leadership role * Experience developing and deploying enterprise-class web sites * Skilled in database design, SQL, query performance analysis, and query optimization * Experience in site scalability, performance analysis, optimization, and SEO * Experience working with Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) & related systems * Experience with Agile software development methodologies

About Frontier Communications

Frontier Communications Corporation (NASDAQ: FTR) offers voice, High-Speed Internet, satellite video, wireless Internet data access, data security solutions, bundled offerings, specialized bundles for small businesses and home offices, and advanced business communications for medium and large businesses in 27 states and with approximately 15,250 employees based entirely in the United States. More information is available at www.frontier.com and www.frontier.com/ir.

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