Opportunity
Are you a technology leader capable of conceptualizing, building, and implementing application architecture, as well as owning the efforts of application strategies and roadmap efforts? Are you passionate about software UI architecture and driven to deliver exceptional solutions? Can you help Fortune 500 retailers navigate the next generation of digital commerce, marketplace, and platform business strategies? Are you skilled in a variety of retail and distribution functional areas? As a UI Architect, you will be responsible for ensuring the success of our retail and B2B customers by applying your engineering expertise and domain knowledge.
Responsibilities
Top five Responsibilities:
Architect, Develop and deploy front-end features
Collaborate with the respective stake holders to deliver the optimal solution
You must have a deep understanding of web service technologies (HTTP, REST, JSON) and design principles.
Able to research and adopt new technologies quickly in a very dynamic working environment.
Recommend processes, services, software, and other tools to support business objectives pertinent to user interfaces as well as infrastructure technologies.
Additional Responsibilities:
Familiarity with consuming service-oriented architecture layers and APIs.
Good experience with highly scalable applications
Extensive knowledge in JavaScript Design & Architectural Patterns
Up-to-date with latest news and technologies about Frontend and Backend
Familiarity with OWASP security
Experience of headless commerce implementation
Adheres to appropriate processes, architectural artifact requirements and architectural best practices
Create solution requirement document, architectural artifacts, and technical plans
Excel in delivering high-value solutions in dynamic and ambiguous environments
Ensure document standards are effectively implemented by the development teams and understood by technology partners
Advanced knowledge of unit testing best practices and Continuous Integration processes (CI/CD)
Collaborate closely with external clients, product managers, software developers and designers of multiple disciplines
Mentor feature teams and remove technical impediments in UI development as shared resource.
Provide optimal solutions for independent deplorability of UIs - like Micro frontends etc.
Education
Masters or Equivalent Degree in CS/EE.
Overall 10+ years of frontend development experience in client-side UI development.
Technology
Experience on the following core languages: JavaScript, HTML 5 & CSS
Strong skills in programming structures, algorithms, design patterns, and standard (W3C) Web UI APIs
Oriented to details and software best practices & patterns
Experience with RESTful backend applications (like NodeJS/Express)
Experience with GraphQL tools (like Apollo)
Knowledge of the following types of frameworks/libraries/languages:
Web Application Platforms:
Experience with React or other Single Page Application libraries.
ES6+, TypeScript.
Async Module Definition (like AMD, requireJS, commonJS).
CSS Pre-Processors (like SASS, LESS).
Application state management (like Redux).
Reactive Programming (like RxJS)
Build tools like Webpack, Gulp, Grunt
Minification, Aggregation, and Fingerprinting (Gulp/Grunt)
Node (NPM)
Experience with frameworks for Server Side Rendering (_NextJS, Express)
Server-Side Rendering (like Express)
API documentation using Swagger
Platforms:
NoSQL (MongoDB, Cassandra, Redis)
Testing frameworks (Jasmine, Karma, Protractor)
Docker & Kubernetes, CircleCI, AWS, Heroku
Other
Cross-browser techniques.
Experience with different databases (SQL/NoSQL)
Experience with PWA (Progressive Web Apps)
Debugging with tools like (Chrome Dev Tools, Web Inspector).
Responsive design implementation across devices, platforms, screens, etc.
Browser performance auditing and tuning.
Demonstrated skills using distributed code repositories (Git, Perforce, BitBucket) with code reviews.
Experience with UNIX systems and terminal
Experience working within Scrum / Kanban.
Web Accessibility.
What we can offer you:
A career with thought leaders who literally wrote the book on Marketplace Best Practices
A career in the fast-paced world of retail eCommerce, digital marketplaces and platform businesses
A career with first-movers who are deploying new business models and strategies worldwide
A career in a flat management structure without a rigid hierarchy and bureaucracy
A career in a culture that rewards creativity and innovation, risk-taking and teamwork
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