Job Description

The Senior JavaScript Application Developer role provides technical consulting to management, business users, and technical associates and works closely with other developers to complete requests and implement features. This position is responsible for the implementation of interfaces and their behaviors along of the integration of those interfaces with server-side services. The Senior Developer will lead efforts to generate code that will not alter the presentation across supported browsers, operating systems and devices.

Essential Functions

Strategy & Planning

• Acquire and interpret business requirements, creates a functional specification, and determines the most efficient/appropriate technologies.
• Research and improve current coding standards.
• Research and implement new development techniques.
• Work with business and IT teams to plan new features, gather requirements and suggest solutions.
• Support the entire application lifecycle (concept, design, test, release and support).
• Ability to work with new technologies while showing drive, versatility, adaptability, and creative thinking.
• Help foster a culture of innovation and out-of-the box thinking.

Acquisition & Deployment

• Perform analysis of business models, logical specifications, and/or customer requirements to design and build Internet solutions utilizing multiple technologies.
• Estimate hours for project tasks.
• Perform complex programming assignments requiring an advanced aptitude of established programming standards, methods, and best practices.
• Mitigate significant risks associated with projects, which have a high technical complexity and/or involve significant challenges to the business.
• Collaborate with other teams to ensure shared use of standard tools and processes.
• Communicate effectively by using natural language and by writing clear and concise code.

Operational Management

• Manage and prioritize workload between project and maintenance tasks.
• Maintain and modify web applications; make approved changes by amending application documentation, developing detailed programming logic, and coding changes.
• Provide support for critical web application problems and issues.
• Act as a Subject Matter Expert in the discovery and investigation of critical production problems as required.
• Teach other developers.
• Help foster development of teams cross-functional and collaborative capabilities.

Incidental Functions

• Conduct research into new technologies, including tools, components, and frameworks.
• Knowledge share with development teams.
• Mentor and coach developers and/or Professional Apprentices.
• Project and task management and reporting as necessary.
• Make presentations to management, clients, and peer groups as requested.
• Provide tier 2, on-call support for critical web application problems and issues.
• Analyze performance of websites and take action to correct deficiencies based on consultation with clients and approval of supervisor.
• Assist with other projects as may be required to contribute to efficiency and effectiveness of the work.
• Participate in hiring activities and fulfilling affirmative action obligations and ensuring compliance with the equal employment opportunity policy.
• Minimal travel is required
• Work outside the standard office 7.5-hour workday may be required.

Position Requirements

Formal Education & Certification

• Bachelor's degree (or foreign equivalent) in a Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or Information Technology field of study (e.g., Information Technology, Electronics and Instrumentation Engineering, Computer Systems Management, Mathematics) or equivalent experience.

Knowledge & Experience

• 5+ years IT experience.
• 5+ years' experience working with CSS3, HTML5 and JavaScript.
• 5+ years' experience responsive Web Development.
• Extensive experience in JavaScript App development using contemporary React and Redux approaches and tools. These include: Hooks, Function Components, and React Router.
• Command of the modern JavaScript language. This includes ES6 language additions such as: array, map, and set methods; module architecture; arrow functions; object and array destructuring; function parameter methods; and Promises.
• Experience with typing libraries (preferably TypeScript).
• Extensive experience with command line git and of Github.
• Experience configuring and running WebPack.
• Experience with code linters.
• Experience with various HTML5 web APIs, especially: Drag and Drop, Canvas, SVG, File API, Indexed DB, Web Storage, Typed Arrays, and Web Workers.
• Very basic understanding of Node.js
• Solid experience with npm packages and npm command line statements.
• Basic experience managing Docker containers.
• Solid experience integrating with APIs over REST services.
• Familiarity with web accessibility practices.
• Solid experience working as part of an enterprise web team, interfacing with back-end developers, designers, web engineers, and external agencies or partners.

Personal Attributes

• Strong written and oral communications skills.
• Proven ability and initiative to learn and research new concepts, ideas, and technologies quickly.
• Advanced systems/process orientation with demonstrated analytical thinking, organization skills and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to work in a team-oriented, collaborative environment.
• Ability to quickly pick up new tools and technologies.
• Willingness to teach junior team members.
• Ability to facilitate meetings and follow up with resulting action items.
• Ability to prioritize and execute tasks in a high-pressure environment.
• Strong interpersonal skills.
• Ability to work effectively in a multi-cultural environment, and to lead and influence cross-organizationally with and without direct authority.
• Ability to effectively move forward on tasks even with ambiguous or changing requirements.
• Strong commitment to inclusion and diversity.