Bilingual Web Developer

Job Overview

Our Client is looking for a Web Developer to join their team.

Description: You are an experienced, hands-on lead developer, who has led small to large teams in shipping large-scale applications. You are a mentor and guiding voice for developers, who can balance day-to-day workload, with an eye for future improvements of your team and their work.

As a software developer, you will be responsible for designing, building, and running the software applications which enable innovative, data-driven, customer-centric digital experiences for customers.

You will be working as part of a friendly, cross-discipline agile team who helps each other solve problems across all functions. As a custodian of customer trust, you will employ best practices in development, security, accessibility, and design to achieve the highest quality of service for our customers.

We use a range of technologies to get the job done: JavaScript and Babel (ES2015-2016) coupled with Webpack, React, Redux, and other libraries to provide a modern, easy to use Javascript toolchain. A central Design System is used for styling and hosts shared components, while our RESTful APIs are built with Node.js powering our custom services. Quality is a primary concern and we test our applications at multiple levels with QA and Product Owners embedded within teams.

Details:

Lead team members in an agile environment (we like Scrum, Kanban)
Evaluate technology choices and rapidly test solutions
Setting the technical vision for your team, and working with Architects to define the roadmap for the applications that your team supports
Work closely with the team to solve architectural challenges
Work with product owners to support translating business deliverables into technical outcomes
Design scalable systems with performance and security in mind
Identify and solve frontend web development issues experienced by customers
Ensure a cohesive experience across different browsers and devices
Advocate the use of unit testing and test-driven development to drive design and development
Challenge, mentor, and guide the team to implement best practices
Implement & Advocate accessibility best practices (We believe in an accessible web for everyone)
Diagnose and evolve container-based build pipelines for your team
Adapt and influence the team to create the best outcome for not only the project but also for customers

Minimum qualifications:

Prior experience in mentoring developers and team leadership
3+ years of experience with frontend development (ES2015-2016 JavaScript, CSS)
3+ years of experience in backend development (we use Node.js, PostgreSQL, Redis)
Expert-level knowledge of client-side testing best practices and tooling (we use Jest, Mocha)
Expert-level knowledge of React and Redux
Experience at excelling in a team-based environment
Experience mentoring juniors, overseeing code quality, and evangelizing best practices
Experience in translating technical concepts and requirements for non-technical stakeholders
Experience designing and documenting APIs (we use Node.js, Express, OpenAPI Spec)
Experience with FRP (functional, reactive programming)
Experience monitoring production web services (we use Kibana)
Experience with clustering technologies (we use Kubernetes)
Experience designing and load-testing highly available systems
Experience with the Docker ecosystem
Experience with securing web applications to common security threats