Lead JavaScript Software Engineer

Description

Summary: Join a global team as a Lead Frontend Software Engineer, designing and building high-volume customer-facing applications on AWS. Highlights: 1. Lead design, implementation, and testing of customer-facing applications 2. Collaborate on complex software features and drive quality delivery 3. Research new technologies to enhance overall system and products We are currently looking for a **remote Lead Frontend Software Engineer** with JavaScript expertise to join our global team. The customer provides a complete and optimized research solution comprised of e\-journals, e\-books, and research databases — all combined with the most powerful discovery service to support the information needs and maximize the research experience of its end\-users. The project is focused on designing, architecting, and building software products onto the Amazon Web Services (AWS) platform. **Responsibilities** * Work with a team on design, implementation, testing and delivery of high\-volume customer\-facing applications that support customer’s products and services * Collaborate with product management and your team while analyzing and decomposing complex software features into simpler stories for planning and execution * Collaborate with your team to manage and estimate the size and complexity of the features/stories. Perform the technical design, implementation, and testing of feature/stories and commit to what can be accomplished in an iteration * Own system and feature quality throughout the development, testing and deployment phases to ensure quality delivery expectations are met * Suggest improvements to continuously improve the quality of the team’s deliverables * Conduct new technology research, proof of concept, and design work that will provide direction for the enhancement of the overall system and products * Adhere to software engineering best practices for design, coding standards, performance, security, delivery, maintainability and culture * Demonstrate ownership of developed components from development through production **Requirements** * Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science, similar technical field of study or equivalent practical experience * 4\+ years of experience with RESTful APIs * 4\+ years of experience with Web Services lifecycle (design, build, test, deploy), API versioning and design approaches, tools, inter\-operability, and SOA concepts * 4\+ years of front\-end development experience with a fluency and passion for modern JavaScript frameworks (React, Backbone, Angular, etc.) * 2\+ years of experience with Node.js * Experience with Spring, Microservices (Netflix OSS) * Experience with Web Services, HTML, XML/JSON, HTTP, SSL * Advanced understanding of private and public cloud design considerations and limitations in the areas of virtualization and global infrastructure, distributed systems, load balancing, networking, and security * Hands on experience developing, delivering, and supporting publicly\-facing web applications * Hands on experience with Cloud services (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud Platform) * Good knowledge of DITA * Proficient English (written and spoken) B2 **Nice to have** * Experience with AWS, CI / CD, Jenkins * Knowledge of Scrum / SAFE * Experience with web applications testing (Karma.js, JMeter)