We are looking for an experienced and motivated Lead front end developer to join our Unit in Milan.
Job Description:
You will collaborate with crossfunctional teams to ensure that all solutions are optimized for usability accessibility and performance. You will act as a technical leader for our frontend team and be responsible for driving innovation and best practices in frontend engineering.
You will use and implement features such as multisite and multilanguage delivery personalization templates and user interface components.
Internally you will help provide assets and knowledge transfer to ensure the growth and scalability of our offerings as part of the frontend practice. You will provide support to team members and help develop their careers in alignment with Merkle Italys service offering.
Key Responsibilities:
- Design develop and maintain robust user interfaces using React/VueJS and Node
- Participate in requirements gathering design development and QA support
- Collaborate with crossfunctional teams to ensure the frontend is optimized for usability accessibility and performance
- Build reusable components and frontend libraries
- Optimize code for performance and SEO
- Discover and implement new technologies to maximize development efficiency as well as customer satisfaction.
- Provide input and mentoring for other engineers
- Continuously monitor frontend performance identify and address bottlenecks and suggest optimizations
- Manage and prioritize the frontend teams backlog ensuring timely delivery of highquality work
- Mentor and upskill team members with modern technologies and best practices.
Requirements:
- At least 6 years of relevant experience in frontend development with at least 2 years in a leadership role
- Must have experience developing CMSbased and ecommerce solutions based on headless architectures
- At least 4 years of experience with the React or Vue ecosystem
- Strong Knowledge of State Management and relevant workflows
- Indepth knowledge of TypeScript CSS and HTML
- Strong proficiency in Vanilla JavaScript and browser API
- Experience with integration of RESTful APIs and GraphQL
- Knowledge and experience with full SDLC lifecycle
- Good sense of User Experience and Design as a whole.
- Experience with Lean / Agile development methodologies
- Good experience with unit integration and e2e testing and relevant workflows
- Good experience with CI/CD paradigms and relevant workflows (GitHub actions GitLab pipelines or similar)
- Experience with git
- Experience with Design Systems principles
- English proficiency
Optional/Nice to have.
- Familiarity with other frameworks such as Angular Solid and Svelte
- Experience in and Vercel is a big plus
- Familiarity with accessibility principles and patterns
- Familiarity with E2E testing and relevant workflows
- Familiarity with modern frontend tooling such as Webpack Vite similar
- Overview of current commerce and content management systems in the market
- Keen eye on User Experience and Design as a whole
What we offer:
- A dynamic and stimulating work environment with opportunities for professional growth.
- Opportunities to work with highprofile clients and on innovative projects.
- Continuous training and skill development.
If you believe you match these skills please apply! We look forward to meeting you!
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Location:
Milan
Brand:
Merkle
Time Type:
Full time
Contract Type:
Permanent