Senior Front End Web Developer

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We are looking for a seasoned Sr. Front End Web Developer to lead a fast-paced team of highly talented engineers. This position requires an individual to have a strong technical background, a solid UI development skills and a good understanding of the business requirements to drive a big team in an Agile environment. The candidate should be a JavaScript specialist who is able to focus on enhancements to existing product as well as new product development. He/she should be creative, team-oriented, technology savvy, and able to work with different functions of the product such as QA, product management, sales, and driven to produce results.

Essential Functions

• Participate in any and/or all phases of the product development cycle from product definition and design, through implementation including:
• Testing and/or Unit Testing
• Designing
• Test automation
• Debugging
• Review design and code
• Reliability
• Performance analysis
• Critical and/or high visibility customer support
• Understand the implications of new technology and how it can be applied to product design and product evolution
• Work on architecture, design and product definition that leads and influences decisions and outcomes related to project direction
• Act as a technical advisor and resource to other engineers and cross functional departments across Business Units
• Provide guidance and mentoring to more junior engineers
• Work with suppliers, partners or other external parties in product quality efforts as necessary
• A willingness to work on additional tasks and responsibilities that will positively contribute towards team, department, and company goals

Requirements

• Solid programming skills and web development expertise using JavaScript and related frameworks
• Loves modern JavaScript, knows ES5 to ES6+
• Experience with both functional and Object Oriented JavaScript
• Significant experience with single page applications (SPAs)
• Experience with at least one major front-end framework (React, Backbone, Angular, etc.)
• Experience with React & the Flux architecture a plus
• A good understanding of programming languages such as Java, SQL, NoSQL, REST
• Quality-driven; understands the value of unit and functional tests
• Experience building large enterprise grade application
• Experience working collaboratively with a big team of engineers and have strong influencing and leadership skills
• Understand business requirements and customer use cases
• Possess and demonstrate excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Proven experience in leading teams in software test planning, automation, documentation and process improvement
• Ability to estimate work completion required to build an overall predictable plan
• Creative and analytical approach to problem solving
• Hold your own in technical discussion, be a subject matter expert, and have strategic influence
• Experience mentoring new talent.

Education & Experience:

• A minimum of 12 years of experience is required
• A Bachelor of Science Degree in Electrical Engineering or Computer Science, a Master Degree, or a PhD; or equivalent experience is required
• Demonstrated ability to have completed multiple, complex technical projects