Job Description

Overview:

TekWissen is a global workforce management provider headquartered in Ann Arbor, Michigan that offers strategic talent solutions to our clients world-wide. The below job opportunity is to one of Our clients who is a global leader in personal care and home fragrance, including top-selling collections for fine fragrance mist, body lotion and body cream, 3-wick candles, home fragrance diffusers and liquid hand soap.

Job Title: Front End Web Developer

Location: Columbus OH 43230

Duration: 5+ Months

Job Type: Temporary Assignment

Work Type: Remote

JOB DESCRIPTION

Summary

• A developer at this level is experienced, able to work independently with minimal support, and can influence and mentor others.
• At the senior level, developers are expected to act on opportunities to help inform direction based on their product area's focus.
• They reinforce best practices in their teams and can make informed architectural design choices.
• UI Development: Able to use HTML and SASS to build features that match provided designs, following best practices and leveraging modern advancements.
• Ensures cross-browser support through developer validation. Comfortable with using JavaScript to add interactive functionality.
• Understands the value of reusable code and leverages design system components and reusable functions when available.
• Considers the potential for reusability when writing new code and provides guidance and feedback to front-end team members to promote reusability.
• Comfortable working with API driven development and partners with backend team members to establish API contracts and other front-end needs.
• Comfortable using with the advanced features of React (useEffect, refs, useMemo).

Site Performance:

• Able to identify and fix most web performance issues.
• Comfortable with using tools to identify opportunities (eg. Chrome Lighthouse).
• Offers guidance and advocacy for making improvements.
• Accessibility: Comfortable writing accessible code and using tools to ensure compliance.
• Independently considers accessibility when working on new development and identifies accessibility concerns and considerations in refinement sessions with cross-functional team members.

Dev Tooling:

• Has experience implementing and maintaining task runners, bundlers, and various NPM packages.
• Familiar with performance and security risks associated with NPM packages, and can take steps to evaluate new potential packages.
• Comfortable with Git, including less common processes such as rebasing or resetting a branch.
• Comfortable with using most features of browser developer tools.
• Comfortable using React Dev Tools, and has used vendor-debug tools before (such as Adobe Experience Platform Debugger or Tealium's browser add-on).

Javascript Frameworks:

• Senior developers have professional experience working with multiple frameworks and libraries.
• They are comfortable working with new tools and are able to follow best-practices through research when using a new framework or library.
• Familiar with the goals and best practices of testing.
• Provides team members with feedback and guidance for ensuring tests are practical and adequately covers functionality.
• Comfortable with data-fetching libraries like react-query and component libraries like Chakra.
• Refinement / Planning: Works with the team to help identify risks and impacts of new development.
• Able to plan multiple implementation options for most features, communicating delivery estimations and trade-offs between the different options. Actively looks for opportunities to address technical debt within scope of development work.
• Actively works with QA on new development to help identify scope of test cases and potentials risks.

UI/UX:

• Has a working knowledge of UI/UX design and it's overlap with front-end development.
• Actively listens and retains reasonings for design choices from UX partners.
• Works collaboratively with UX team members to proactively identify and balance UI goals with technical feasibility and effort.

Code Design:

• Senior developer have experience working with different design patterns and understand the benefits of different approaches.
• They are able to structure new development to follow best-practices and identify areas with improvement opportunities in reviewing code.
• They can refactor legacy code to improve readability without changing functionality and consider refactoring opportunities when evaluating / refining work.

RESPONSIBILITIES :

• Deliver high-quality, accessible code using industry best practices.
• Collaborate with partners and stakeholders to help refine and develop requirements and user stories for site enhancements.
• Work closely with User Experience, Back-End Development, and Quality Assurance partners to define practical solutions that meet business requirements, advocating for robust high-quality solutions.
• Review pull-requests and provide meaningful feedback and ideas to team members.
• Coach less-senior members of the team to provide guidance on improving their craft.
• Provide thought work for improvements and implementation approaches to improve the team's code quality.
• Create integration documentation to provide clear resources for developers to integrate new features.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Advanced knowledge of modern front-end technologies.
• Advanced knowledge of React
• Advanced understanding of client-side JavaScript technologies.
• Strong knowledge of server-side JavaScript technologies.
• Experience with API driven design.
• Experience with build automation and continuous integration.
• Experience in analyzing, designing, developing, implementing, managing and adhering to style guidelines and working with design systems.
• Have a strong understanding of accessibility practices (ADA/WCAG compliance).
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, multi-tasking environment as a valued team member.
• Ability to work with high-level business requirements and help stakeholders define technical scope.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills; ability to effectively collaborate with business users through explaining technical concepts in simplified terms.
• Desire to learn new technologies and continually expand technical capabilities.

EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:

• 5+ years hands-on front end web development.
• Experience contributing to projects in a heavily cross-functional environment.
• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent work experience.
• Experience with Salesforce Commerce Cloud/Demandware/SFRA or other Ecommerce platforms preferred.
• Experience with collaborative and productivity tools such as Jira / Trello / Confluence.
• Experience with Git and version control.
• Experience supporting, mentoring, and providing technical guidance for other developers.
• Working understanding of UX and design fundamentals.

Team Culture

• More important than anything else: be curious and be kind, work with integrity, and advocate for the right thing to do-even if it's unpopular.
• Be present, participate in team activities, communicate transparently and respectfully, and always be able to speak to the progress of your work.
• Provide thoughtful, respectful feedback and receive it graciously.
• We all are responsible for creating an environment of diversity, equity, and inclusion. We amplify each other's voices and embrace different points of view.

TekWissen Group is an equal opportunity employer supporting workforce diversity.

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