Sr. Frontend Engineer: React required; Ecommerce Platform, CMS, GTM, &/or React Testing Library a +

Company: KORE1
Location: Santa Monica
Posted on: June 22, 2022

Job Description:

THIS JOB CAN BE DONE PARTIALLY ONSITE IN SANTA MONICA, CA ORDONE REMOTELY PST / PDT TIME ZONE FROM THE FOLLOWING STATES:

• Arizona
• California
• Connecticut
• Colorado
• D.C.
• Florida
• Georgia
• Hawaii
• Illinois
• Maine
• Maryland
• Massachusetts
• Michigan
• Missouri
• Nevada
• New Jersey
• New York
• North Carolina
• Ohio
• Oregon
• Pennsylvania
• Rhode Island
• Tennessee
• Texas
• Utah
• Virginia
• WashingtonKORE1, a nationwide provider of staffing and recruiting solutions, has an immediate opening for a Sr. Frontend Engineer: React required; Ecommerce Platform, CMS, GTM, &/or React Testing Library a +We're looking for a Sr. Front End Engineer to work with our team dedicated to delivering cleaner, safer code for the core shopping experience of our custom-built ecommerce platform. The team is made up of full-stack and front-end engineers who are tasked with feature development and maintenance of our ecomm site.As a team, we are always investigating new and improved technologies to create the most responsive and performant beauty website possible.Our full tech stack: microservices, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, React, Nodejs, Rest, Firebase, & GCP. We have automation testing & a CI/CD pipeline. We expect this engineer to be able to:
  • Write clean code for our front end (HTML, CSS, JavaScript, & React) while consuming REST APIS.
  • Work cross-functionally w/ the backend team, product management, QA, UI/UX, and DevOps teams.
  • Exhibit thoughtful, mindful, and inclusive communication
  • Use standard engineering tools to accomplish work such as an IDE, debugging tools, Git, and graphics editors like Sketch and Figma
  • Interpret feature requirements and create responsive designs for our web application
  • Discuss task requirements with necessary stakeholders to identify concerns and ask questions
  • Solve unique problems that might not have readily available answers
  • Understand the complexity of modern client-side engineering ("front of the frontend and back of the frontend")
  • Converse about applied technology with others
  • Be a forward-thinking partner on how to progress the platform and innovate on engineer-led initiatives
  • Provide thoughtful and helpful insights on code reviews to ensure code complies with engineering standards
  • Manage projects/requests with differing priority levels w/ an ability to give estimates on delivery
  • Participate in/enjoy mentoring and be open to learning from others
  • Engage in test-and-learn approaches to use data for iterating on features and concepts
  • Create architectural plans for features and present to project stakeholders
  • Suggest process improvements and implement plans with team guidance
  • First week: Set up your local environment, read team/department documentation, put up your first pull request.
  • First sprint: Arrange introductory meetings with leaders in the department and learn what services each team manages. Participate in team code reviews.
  • First 30 days: Release a feature (one that can be completed in less than one sprint) to production under a feature flag.
  • First 60 days: Participate in our team learning sessions by creating a presentation on a topic of your choice.
  • First 90 days: Identify a feature or process you're passionate about and take responsibility for the next phase of its development. This could be a new or existing feature on our website, a process within the department, or an area of our upcoming replatform. You would own this project end to end: creating architectural diagrams, hold design reviews, partner with product and project management to bring your ideas to fruition and measure its performance once it's launched.We are looking for someone who has:
    • Bachelor degree is a plus
    • Bootcamp experience is a plus.
    • Links to your portfolio &/or GitHub of your work is a big plus.
    • Prefers experience coding for ecommerce platforms
    • SaaS product experience also a good substitute for ecommerce experience (not just a cloud-based app, but a software product w/ an external client, likely w/ licensing and/or other type of transactional processes)
    • 5+ years of professional front-end development experience for applications that exist across multiple device types and platforms.
    • Experience that includes:
    • HTML
    • CSS
    • JavaScript including ES6
    • React
    • A solid understanding of server-side-rendered applications
    • A good understanding of browser intricacies and how they interact with front-end technologies
    • Experience releasing features incrementally under feature flags
    • Familiarity with basic web performance and maintenance for the frontend such as unit testing, end-to-end testing, accessibility, core web vitals, monitoring, and logging
    • Experience w/ React Testing Library is a plus
    • Familiarity with analytics tools (Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager, etc.) is a big plus
    • Experience with Content Management Systems is a plus, especially if you have Contentful CMS experience
    • Excellent technical and non-technical communication skills
    • Strong critical thinking, problem solving, and time management skills
    • Passion for best practices & eager to make suggestions for improvements
    • Curious / always researching modern technology & excited to recommend new technology to improve our software / platforms
    • Strong project ownership skills w/ an eagerness to run w/ initiatives & w/ the ability to give estimates on delivery
    • Agile experience required
    • Interview process will involve a take home test OR live coding challenge (depending on your preference) What would be helpful:
      • Familiarity with cloud-based architecture (Google Cloud Platform, AWS, etc.) and Node.js
      • Experience with logging and monitoring systems
      • Experience with edge servers and caching
      • Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines features like Github Actions, Docker, etc.#JBU

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