Senior Programmer

Latham & Watkins, a global law firm consistently ranked among the top firms in the world, is currently seeking a Senior Programmer to join our winning team, located in our Global Services Office in Los Angeles. The success of our firm is largely determined by our commitment to hire and develop the very best and brightest, creating a team that provides our clients with the highest quality of work and service. We are driven by our core values: respect, innovation and collaboration.

The Senior Programmer will receive a generous total compensation package. Bonuses are awarded in recognition of individual and firm performance. Eligible employees can participate in Latham's comprehensive benefit program including healthcare, life and disability insurance, flexible spending accounts, a 401k plan, and more! In addition, employees receive 10 paid holidays per year, and a PTO program that accrues 23 days during the first year of employment and grows with tenure.

As a Senior Programmer at Latham, you will lead and assist with the design and development of Latham web applications including programming, coding, and debugging applications. You will provide Information Technology solutions to business needs while accomplishing these and other critical functions:

• Working with and making recommendations to the Development Supervisors and Managers regarding the maintenance and enhancement of existing Latham web applications
• Independently developing and implementing comprehensive computing solutions that solve user business requirements
• Developing and implementing new applications for Latham and maintaining and customizing our existing web applications
• Consulting with development staff, project analysts and end-users regarding system requirements and functionality, and designing the recommended solutions
• Coding, testing, and debugging application systems; developing prototypes of various stages of development
• Leading small, medium and large size projects from design through deployment
• Performing and/or assisting peer code-reviews for other developers
• Assisting with the training and knowledge transfer to other developers

As a Senior Programmer, you will be expected to apply your organizational and communication skills while displaying a positive, high-energy attitude. You must display strong analytical skills, including effectively defining problems and identifying solutions, and systems design skills, both conceptual and detail. The ability to understand technical problems as presented by non-technical users and communicate technical solutions in a non-technical manner is also essential to the role.

Required skills:

• C# and ASP.NET (advanced) with the ability to design, develop and debug applications
• .NET 3.5, .NET 4.0 and .NET 4.5 (advanced)
• Ajax, JavaScript, and jQuery (advanced) with the ability to build interactive web-based interfaces
• Demonstrated ability to develop user-friendly user interfaces and web applications using clean HTML and CSS design principles
• MS-SQL (advanced) including the development and maintenance of schemas, stored procedures and functions
• Comprehensive understanding and practical professional development experience with common development patterns such as MVC, SOA and Multi-Threading
• Comprehensive understanding of serialization methodologies such as JSON and XML
• Deep technical understanding of platforms such as IIS, WCF and .NET
• Experience with the following is a plus:
  • JavaScript-based UI toolkits
  • HTML5
  • Entity Framework
  • Mobile development (iOS and Android) with the Xamarin tool chain

Required experience:

• A Bachelor’s degree in Information Systems, Computer Science, Engineering or related field
• Six (6) years relevant programming experience
• Three (3) years C#, ASP.NET, and SQL specific programming experience
• Three (3) years of advanced HTML/CSS UI development
• Two (2) years advanced Ajax, JavaScript, and jQuery programming

Latham & Watkins is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Our commitment to diversity, equal opportunity and sustainability enables Latham & Watkins to draw from a remarkable wealth of talent to create one of the world's leading law firms.

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