Lead Front-end Engineer

Skills

Description

Coordinates testing across multiple administrative systems with multiple cross commits and business partners. Responsibilities include but are not limited to communicating testing status, ensuring AQMS standards are met, obtaining necessary signoffs, creating overall test plan, facilitating meetings, etc. Requires Skills/Experience 7 years testing experience AQMS certified Annuity product knowledge Quality Center testing tool experience Vantage and LANMark system experience (preferred).

Responsibilities

• The primary objective of this project is to support the Digital Marketing organization with user experience, design, and engineering of a range of web properties
• Refine and implement the Client Experience
• Create and support a compelling digital experience
• Enable and provide referable service
• Assist with the delivery of the digital strategy, which includes:
• Improvements in Digital innovation
• Transparency, self-service and a modern digital experience
• Assist with effective and engaging websites and capabilities for the client and its business teams
• Execute product roadmaps
• Migrate existing sites to BloomReach Content Management System (“CMS”)
• Improve continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD) capabilities and modernize development operations.

Educational Requirements

• A Front-End Developer/ Engineer will contribute to the development team through the design, development, documentation, testing, modification and maintenance of new and existing software applications supporting great web experiences. Apply standard techniques, procedures and criteria to the development life cycle, especially in an Agile methodology, to translate business objectives and client needs into effective web interactive applications. Provide subject matter expertise for assigned applications. Technology expertise on assigned applications to include interfaces and interrelationships with other applications, systems and departments.
• The engineer must have at least 10 years of professional software development experience.
• The engineer must have at least 3 years of professional experience functioning as a technical team lead.
• Front-end developer with CSS and React expertise.
• The workload will be 50% lead and 50% development.
• The developer must be self-starter and be able to run projects without lots of supervision.
• CMS system knowledge is desirable.
• Good working knowledge of Dev and DevOps process are highly desirable.
• Understanding of modern cloud system architecture.

Experience Requirements

• Develop and deliver interactive web-based experiences according to business objectives, customer need, UX designs, story criteria and engineering standards and best practices.
• Code, comment, test and troubleshoot new and existing applications utilizing the appropriate hardware, database, and programming technology; write new complex code; maintain integrity of existing program logic according to specifications and best practices; analyze end user data and business needs to format final product and assure user-orientation; create low level design documents and detailed engineering specifications based on business, user and non-functional (e.g. performance, reliability) requirements; analyze end user data and business needs to format final product and assure user-orientation; complete deliverables using the Solution Delivery Life Cycle (SDLC) and a deliverables-based approach.
• Effectively unit test all code and programs prior to releasing them to the quality assurance (QA) team in a timely manner. Collaborate with the QA team to identify test cases and create/mine test data to enable a thorough test of all development deliverables. Respond to all inquiries and issues as the developed code/program moves through the testing process and ultimately into production. Provide implementation/production support as required.
• Analyze performance of programs and take action to correct deficiencies based on consultation with end users, Business Analysts and senior development team members. Provide input to prolong application life or recommend replacement. Confer with senior development team members to gain understanding of needed changes or modifications of existing programs. Assist in resolution of questions of program intent, data input, output requirements, and inclusion of internal checks and controls.
• Evaluate and thoroughly understand complex interrelationships between assigned applications and systems, such as whether a contemplated change in one application would impact or cause unwanted results in a related part of that application or other applications/systems. Proactively provide subject matter expertise regarding assigned application(s) to other members of the technology and business teams to assure understanding of interrelationships and dependencies.
• Support the installation planning for application program requirements. Support the end-user and technical operations staff as required. Assist senior development staff with the integration of technology within and across the capability domains
• Develop, test, and maintain programming modifications; make approved changes by amending flow charts, developing detailed programming logic, and coding changes. Write and maintain programming documentations, as well as operations and user guides (as required)
• Create configuration, build and test scripts for Continuous Integration environment