Senior Front End Engineer

Company: W2O Group
Location: Walton
Posted on: February 23, 2021

Job Description:

Senior Front-End Engineer (UI - React.js) ABOUT W2ORecently named Best Place to Work by MM&M, The Holmes Report, PR News, PRWeek, and AdAge, W2O is a global integrated marketing and communications firm powered by analytics and specializing in healthcare. Our work is created with the end in mind, so it makes executional impact which ripples from local market communities to global stages. W2O Group is looking for driven, savvy game changers who are ready to dive into the trenches and make an immediate impact. ROLE SUMMARY We are looking for an experienced Senior Front-End Engineer, a JavaScript developer who has a thorough knowledge of React.js and its core principles, to help us create amazing UI components of our next generation of ML/AI and Data Solutions products. The Senior Front-End Engineer will be a part of a team of developers responsible for building high-quality, multi-platform user-facing interfaces, applications and services. They will be directly building optimal technical designs and frameworks that will be scaled across multiple applications. The ideal candidate will thrive while collaborating with product managers and quality assurance engineers to build recommended designs, clean code and operational metrics all while delivering required functionality. This role will work closely with Cloud Engineers and DevOps team members to monitor and provide the best possible user experience. This Team will create the best in class software design, development and deployment techniques. The ideal candidate must be able to work across multiple facets of the project and juggle multiple responsibilities at the same time. We are looking for a highly motivated individual who is looking to grow their career in a fast-paced environment.
Responsibilities
Develop user-facing features and components using React.js, build reusable components and front-end libraries that can be ported across our product suite.
Optimize components for maximum performance across devices and browsers
Be a part of a cross-functional, full stack development team.
Be a top-notch coder on the team, capable of deep diving into implementation details of components and features of the technology stacks.
Participate in code reviews, design reviews, help establishing team's best practices, and align to technical vision.
Jump in and help to solve the complex technical problems and design issues, initiate refactoring where it makes sense.
Be curious, always learning, stay on top and help adoption of new frameworks and technology capabilities where it makes sense.
Participate in sprint kickoffs, reviews, retrospectives, daily standups and be a part of ever moving, ever delivering, continuously improving team delivering user value end to end continuously.
Work with product management to understand requirements, recommend best implementation approaches to maximize the use of technology and capabilities.
Work closely with designers and user experience experts to understand desired user experience, and implement while still aligned with the company vision and technological direction.
Partner with quality assurance engineers and collaborate on a daily basis to make sure the code produced is of a high quality, bug free and delivers the best user value possible to achieve in a timeframe.
Qualifications
-- 3+ years of experience building applications using React.js/Redux (preferred) and/or similar component-based front-end frameworks.-- 3+ years of experience in JavaScript ES6 programming using a typed language like TypeScript.-- 5+ years of experience building applications using JavaScript, HTML5, CSS/SASS, and modern web technologies.-- Experience with source code versioning tools like Git.-- Experience with Jest, Mocha, Jest or other unit testing frameworks-- Experience working with AWS or other Cloud Platforms.-- Experience in developing mobile applications using React Native-- Expertise in debugging of asynchronous, non-blocking, high performing web applications, HTTP debugging/REST APIs.-- Proficiency in at least one back-end programming language, e.g.Node.js, Java, Ruby, Python, PHP or C#.-- Knowledge and experience using Container technologies (e.g. Kubernetes, Docker)-- Hands-on experience as a full stack developer, at all tiers from the front-end UI to the backend data store.-- Experience of being a part of Agile/Scrum environment.-- Team player, problem solver, good communicator with a desire to work hard, deliver meaningful features, get along with others, and have fun.-- B.S. / M.S. Computer Science or equivalent, with strong fundamentals and problem-solving skills (such as data structures, computational algorithms, and operating systems).-- 5+ years of software engineering experience, a track record of building applications used by hundreds of thousands of users in a direct-to-consumer business. Should had played a significant role in the development of such applications.-- 5+ years of experience building applications using JavaScript, HTML5, CSS/SASS, and modern web technologies.-- 3+ years of experience working with React.js/Redux or similar component-based front-end frameworks.-- Expertise in debugging of asynchronous, non-blocking, high performing web applications, HTTP debugging/REST APIs.-- Experience with Mocha, Jest or other unit testing frameworks-- 3+ years of experience in JavaScript ES6 programming using a typed language like TypeScript.-- Experience in developing mobile applications using React Native-- Experience working with AWS or other Cloud Platforms.-- Knowledge and experience using Container technologies (e.g. Kubernetes, Docker)-- Experience with web frameworks like Angular or Vue.js.-- Experience with Mocha, Jest or other testing frameworks-- Proficiency in at least one back-end programming language, e.g.Node.js, Java, Ruby, Python, PHP or C#.-- Hands-on experience as a full stack developer, at all tiers from the front end UI to the backend data store.-- Experience of being a part of Agile/Scrum environment.-- Team player, problem solver, good communicator with a desire to work hard, deliver meaningful features, get along with others, and have fun. W2O Group offers a comprehensive benefit program and perks, including flexible PTO, expanded paid leave for new parents and a Your 4th Trimester--- program that helps new parents transition back to work, and a five-week sabbatical program. Other perks include Income Protection, Retirement plans/401(k) match, and cell phone savings plans. Learn more about our great benefits and perks at: W2O Group is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We foster an environment that embraces diversity. We are stronger with a wider range of opinions, strengths, and backgrounds to achieve our goals.

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