Lead JavaScript UI Engineer in Boston, MA who architects and builds modular, fully tested and monitored web and mobile applications. Day to day involves driving reusable design patterns, building a shared component library, and integrating with APIs using JavaScript/TypeScript, React or Angular, and Node.js tooling.
The “Lead Javascript UI Engineer” will architect and build modular, customer-delightful mobile and web applications that are easy-to-use and fully tested and monitored. This person will drive reusable design patterns and build a component library to maximize code reusability. They will also be a critical member of a highly efficient and cohesive engineering team that is focused on the customer’s needs and requirements.
Outcomes:
Implement user interfaces that are highly intuitive, reliable and meet the needs of our customers
Design and build a component library that will be the basis of all of our user interfaces – both web and mobile
All mobile and web applications are fully tested, crash-proof and easily monitored with strong report-ability back
Competencies:
Maniacally focused on the end-user and customer and their user experience needs
Passion for developing customer-delightful and easy-to-use user interfaces, working directly with and demonstrating a deep understanding of the end-user / customer
Passion for software development and modern software development practices, including lean and agile
Egoless and works and interacts well with software engineering, product management, business development and customers
Passion for our mission and values
Able to get out in the field and excited to do so
Great listener and communicator, written and oral
Technically knowledgeable and not afraid to technically challenge other engineers
Ability and passion to quickly learn new technologies and industries, staying up-to-date with the latest technology and best practices
Results oriented, demonstrating a passion to release software, while not compromising on quality
Qualifications:
5+ years of web programming using Javascript (TypeScript is a plus)
2+ years of building scalable web or hybrid mobile applications using a modern web framework such as React or Angular 2+ (React preferred but not required)
Intimate knowledge of designing and integrating with REST or GraphQL APIs
Experience building tooling in Node.js
Demonstrable experience and knowledge of the differences between web and mobile application development and the tradeoffs of each
Experience making applications aware of user roles (experience using feature flags is a plus)
Experience setting up monitoring solutions to track users and catch issues in Production
Experience and awareness building international applications (I18n, L10n)
Actively practicing lean / agile software methodologies or similar
Experience working cross-functionally with Software Product Management, Architecture, User Experience and users to realize application development vision