Full Stack Front End Developer - Software Engineer III

The Sears Home Services Online team is seeking an experienced full stack developer with a focus on front-end / web UI who understands responsive web user interface design and development in the AWS environment. You will be the lead engineer and champion of options and solutions for a premier customer facing web property used by millions of customers. Additionally, you will develop and support integrations with back-end web services inside and outside of AWS, including internal and third party APIs. You have a breadth of knowledge in UX design and development and are a key engineer and point of contact for the UX Experience and Design team. You should have the breadth of knowledge to lead and develop a fast performing highly available, customer facing website. You should have a deep technical understanding of web technologies and architectures and know how to troubleshoot functional, technical, performance and architecture issues with a passion for results. You should have the willingness to learn new technologies on the go. If you're a highly skilled, experienced front-end web UI engineer and obsessed with contributing to the development of high-performance teams through rigorous goal-setting, disciplined attention to performance and continuous process improvement, then we want you to come join us.

JOB DUTIES/RESPONSIBILITIES:

* Developing cross-browser, cross-platform and mobile compatible solutions with a commitment to excellence in user experience and responsive design
* Developing responsive web applications using JavaScript, AJAX, CSS, HTML, Sketch, Envision
* Integrating with back-end services and creating reusable widgets for a Content Management System (e.g., Expression Engine, Word Press, etc.) using Ruby, Rails, Javascript, PHP, Node.js, JQuery, HTML, Git
* Create mock-ups and wireframes
* Developing in a strong test driven development approach with a passion for perfection
* Reviews and influences front-end design with a UX Experience and Design team
* Reviews and influences multi-API integrations to achieve extremely fast page load times on desktop and mobile web devices for an optimal user experience
* Integrate front-end and back-end code to create widgets to be re-used in a Content Management platform
* Strong contributor to the output of a small technical team
* Contributes to peer code reviews to ensure functional performance specifications are met and engineering standards are followed
* Mentors other software engineers
* Creates self-documenting designs and/or clearly communicates intent via comments in code, on specifications, in as-built documentation and during code reviews

JOB REQUIREMENTS:

* Bachelors Degree
* 5-10 years of related experience

REQUIRED SKILLS:

* Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, a related technical or scientific field, or equivalent experience
* Proficiency in using JavaScript, AJAX, CSS, HTML, Sketch, Envision, Ruby (2.2.0), Rails (4.2.7.1), Java, Javascript, PHP, Node.js, JQuery, HTML, Git
* Knowledge of Content Management Systems (e.g., Expression Engine, Word Press, etc.)
* Proficiency in responsive design and development
* Strong knowledge of OO design including extensive utilization of design patterns.
* Ability to mentor and recruit junior developers & enforce good development practices like encapsulation, composition, continuous
* Integration & test driven development
* Familiarity with coding in AWS
* Familiarity with continuous integration and build tools
* Participation through completion of multiple releases of a complex software project
* Analysis, design, coding and implementation of large-scale applications
* Solid knowledge of algorithms, data structures and complexity theory
* Ability to effectively write so requirements are clear and readily understood

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