UI Engineer

The Apple Search Ads Group builds a digital advertising solution that enables all Apple iOS developers to promote their various apps on the App Store and help them drive traffic, improve discoverability and ultimately increase revenue by acquiring high value audiences.

We are looking for a person to help us refine the UI for this product which directly affects how well our customers are able to effectively promote their apps at scale. The ideal candidate is a person with solid front-end development skills and a prototype mentality, capable of iteratively developing new features while improving the UI infrastructure.

In this role, you will work with a number of stakeholders including product, QE and design teams to grow our current product offering.

Key Qualifications

• Proficiency with modern web technologies like HTML5, CSS, and Javascript.
• Familiarity with front-end development tools such as pre-processors, task runners, bundlers etc. (Think Webpack, Rollup)
• Understanding of testing strategies and methodologies, exposure to test harnesses like Karma or Jest is a plus.
• Experience with at least one reasonably popular JavaScript framework (e.g. Angular, React, Backbone, Ember, Vue, Svelte).
• Good grasp on core web constructs such as responsive design and mobile-first design concepts.
• Strong experience using best practices when working with REST APIs
• Building reusable components and front-end libraries for future use
• Experience in developing secure web applications and knowledge of application vulnerabilities such as Cross Site Scripting (XSS), Cross Site Request Forgery (CSRF) etc.
• Comfortable working with and building highly scalable and resilient enterprise-grade applications and solutions.
• Excitement to work on amazing products.
• Proven ability to excel in a fast-paced development team.

Nice to Have

• Exposure to TypeScript, RxJS and other ES6 constructs is highly desirable.
• Appetite for learning and utilizing new and upcoming browser features such as Web Components, Shadow DOM, Service Workers etc.
• A creative eye, passion for visual design and a penchant for seeking pixel perfection in the finer details of UI and UX.
• Excellent communication, collaboration, and personal skills: ability to interact and work well with members of other functional groups in a project team and a strong sense of project ownership
• Experience with Java, or writing code for the server in another object-oriented language.