Job Description :
Sr Web /architect

SFO

6 mo

w2

Description/Comment: UI Tech Lead / Architect

Summary

At GapTech, we are passionate about delivering great customer experiences
utilizing cutting edge technologies through lean development
practices. As we continue evolve our platform capabilities, the ideal UI
engineering architect or lead would have a passion for delivering value to
our customers and a strong emphasis on quality and sustainability. The
ideal candidate is experienced in using established engineering and
architecture design principles to drive and maintain agility in the
codebase. We re looking for someone who has experience & passion for
front-end technologies, delivering solutions within enterprise scale
systems, & producing something spectacular. GapTech is a place where you
can flex your imagination in designing and developing industry leading
customer experiences that are reliable and scalable.

Major Responsibilities

Works collaboratively with the stakeholders, architects, & product team
members to implement & deliver front-end focused features to
customers with quality.
Is influential and engages actively in continuously improving practices and
methodology.

Displays strategic thinking and can implement and deliver sustainable
solutions - keeping an eye towards simplicity, reliability,
manageability, scalability, extensibility, performance and re-use.
Can provide technical expertise in the areas of architecture, design,
testing, implementation, & delivery.

Is actively involved with and may influence direction of industry groups
and open-source communities.
Identifies standards based solutions that are appropriate to our
environment and drives adoption via mentoring and guiding others who
are still developing their skills.

Initiates and leads effort towards organizational goals and objectives.
Contributes directly or may influence front-end architecture roadmap &
technology standards.

Characteristics

Track record of building efficient, well-designed web applications.
Self-motivated team player that excels in a collaborative environment.
Hands on experience with Agile/XP/Scrum/Lean development practices &
methodologies.

Strong sense of personal accountability; contributes beyond job role and
responsibilities.

Excellent problem solving skills; meticulous & methodical; strong attention
to detail.
Proven ability to translate complex business requirements into simple
software solutions.

Passionate about continuously improving organizational practices.
Thorough understanding of Object Oriented principles
Candidates must have an understanding of main-stream full-stack
technologies (e.g. Java) & it s associated technologies

Full lifecycle development experience on large software systems, creating
distributed and scalable solutions.
Mentors and guides others who are still developing their skills
Proven advocate for the customer experience.

Minimum Qualifications

A minimum of 10 years software development experience, 5 years of which are
specific to front-end technologies.

Demonstrable and extensive experience and expertise in the selection,
evaluation, development, and delivery of front-end (UI) based
software solutions including testing strategies, design & architecture,
maintenance, and continuous integration and delivery.

Expertise & experience in optimizing for performance & scale - both
server-side and front-end.
Expertise & experience in responsive web design and/or mobile-first product
strategies.

Understanding & experience in NodeJS-based technologies, containerization,
cloud platforms.
Understanding & experience in service design and strategies including data
modeling, REST maturity, API design.

Understanding & experience in search engine optimization (SEO
Understanding & experience in accessibility WCAG 2.0 AA compliance or
higher.

Understanding & experience in web security, cross-site scripting (XSS
Minimum B.A./B.S in Computer Science at an accredited college or university
or equivalent.
             

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