Front-End Jobs Titles

    Front-End Developer

    The generic job title that describes a developer who is skilled to some degree at HTML, CSS, DOM, and JavaScript and implementing these technologies on the web platform.

    Front-End Engineer (aka JavaScript Developer or Full-stack JavaScript Developer)

    The job title given to a developer who comes from a computer science, engineering, background and is using these skills to work with front-end technologies. This role typically requires a computer science degree and years of software development experience. When the word “JavaScript Application” is included in the job title, this will denote that the developer should be an advanced JavaScript developer possessing advanced programming, software development, and application development skills (i.e has years of experience building front-end applications).

    CSS/HTML Developer

    The front-end job title that describes a developer who is skilled at HTML and CSS, excluding JavaScript and Application know how.

    When the word “Designer” is included in the job title, this will denote that the designer will posses front-end skills (i.e., HTML & CSS) but also professional design (Visual Design and Interaction Design) skills.

    Web/Front-End User Interface (aka UI) Developer/Engineer

    When the word “Interface” or “UI” is included in the job title, this will denote that the developer should posses interaction design skills in addition to front-end developer skills or front-end engineering skills.

    Mobile/Tablet Front-End Developer

    When the word “Mobile” or “Tablet” is included in the job title, this will denote that the developer has experience developing front-ends that run on mobile or tablet devices (either natively or on the web platform, i.e., in a browser).

    Front-End SEO Expert

    Front-End Accessibility Expert

    When the word “Accessibility” is included in the job title, this will denote that the developer has extensive experience crafting front-end technologies that support accessibility requirements and standards.

    Front-End Dev. Ops

    When the word “DevOps” is included in the job title, this will denote that the developer has extensive experience with software development practices pertaining to collaboration, integration, deployment, automation, and measurement.

    Front-End Testing/QA

    When the word “Testing” or “QA” is included in the job title, this will denote that the developer has extensive experience testing and managing software that involves unit testing, functional testing, user testing, and A/B testing.

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