Staff Software Engineer- Front End

Job Description

Looking for a Candidate with Software Architect experience in Front End and 5+ years of experience in JavaScript and its Libraries.Job DescriptionESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS/RESPONSIBILITIES:
• Design, develop, and maintain a highly scalable and reliable management software using latest Web technologies.
• Lead feature/component development in an Agile environment.
• Lead feature or component milestone demos and constructively weigh and integrate feedback from Product Owners, UX Designers, and customers.
• Embrace and implement modern front-end technologies and frameworks.
• Work in a distributed-team environment and collaborate effectively with other development teams, architects, Product Owners, QA, and operations
• Seeks opportunities for continuous improvement in the areas of process, tools, technical debt, product quality, reliability and availability and leads the implementation efforts
• Evolves new ideas with strategic and tactical impact
• Drives technical vision of team and accountability for teams technical issues
• Works independently, receives minimal guidance
• Analyze, design and develop software or software components, solve on-going problems with the choice of coding language
• Requires a comprehensive understanding of a range of processes, procedures, systems, and concepts within own job discipline AGILE processes and practices, effective usage of the engineering tracking tool such as Rally/Jira
• Help troubleshoot issues, Problem Solving, providing objective feedback to software development /engineering teams
• Provide ongoing maintenance, support and enhancements in existing systems and platforms
• Work alongside other engineers in the team to elevate technology and consistently apply best practices
QUALIFICATION:
• A Masters degree/Bachelors in a computer science or engineering or ECE/IT/IS/STEM
REQUIREMENTS:
• 10 - 15 years of related software development / engineering experience
• 8 years of front-end development experience
• 5 years minimum experience with JavaScript libraries and framework
• Expertise of latest Web Standards (HTML5, CSS3, and JavaScript), solid knowledge on accessibility and web performance.
• Proven expertise in building Single Page Applications using Angular 10+, TypeScript, HighCharts, State Management
• Professional experience on modern JavaScript frameworks (Angular, React, etc.), package managers (NPM), testing frameworks, CSS preprocessors (PostCSS, Sass, etc.), and Git.
• Strong knowledge of javascript, DOM manipulation and component based front-end architecture
• Strong sense of interaction and visual design
• Strong knowledge of using developer tools to debug issues and measure performance
• Experience building/using component Libraries like Angular Material UI, or equivalent.
• Expert proficiency in HTML, CSS, SASS and web application development.
• Knowledge of micro frontend architecture, I18N and Accessibility guidelines will be a plus.
• Familiar with cross-browser issues, secure web standards and best practices and emerging web technologies
• Knowledge of building micro services using Java/Go and in-depth knowledge of OOD and OOP.
• Familiar with Kubernetes/Docker, Web services, RDBMS/SQL, RESTful APIs and JSON
• Excellent analytical, troubleshooting and problem-solving skills and ability to pick up new technologies quickly
• Strong experience working in distributed teams using SCRUM/Agile development methodologies
• Must be a good team player
• Demonstrated problem solving ability and are results orientated
• Strong oral and written communication skills.
• Self-motivated, quick learner, results-oriented, good problem-solving skills and a clear focus on quality.
Desired Characteristics:Technical Expertise:
• Participates in domain technical and business discussions relative to future architecture direction aligning with business goals.
• Gathers and analyzes data and develops architectural requirements at project level, aligning architectural requirements with software development strategy.
• Reviews exceptions and makes recommendations to architectural standards at a domain level.
• Attention to detail and ability to work independently toward timely completion of a variety of assignments
• Ability to develop unique concepts/solutions for complex products
• Ability to perform technical feasibility assessments and benchmark studies to find the right solution for the organization.
• Interested in current and emerging technologies
• Knowledge on Railroad or Transportation domain
• Demonstrated ability to deliver results in fast and dynamic environment. Excited to come up with innovative solutions to solve issues.

Keyskills :
front endfront end developmentreact.jsjavascriptangularjssoftware architecture