Software Developer III
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Job Location:
State College, PA - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
Yesterday
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
AccuWeather is seeking an experienced Senior Front-End Developer to help shape and scale our Developer Platform. This role is ideal for an engineer who is passionate about developer experience and building elegant high-impact interfaces. You will implement intuitive performant user experiences using React and TypeScript while partnering across product and design to turn complex requirements into polished workflows. Leveraging your full-stack expertise you will also contribute to backend services and automation that generate validate and deliver OpenAPI documentationpowering personalized reliable and best-in-class experiences for developers.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
- Develop and maintain high-impact applications for AccuWeathers Developer Platform using React TypeScript and modern web technologies.
- Build intuitive and responsive UI components using modern JavaScript frameworks.
- Translate complex product and business requirements into scalable maintainable and well-architected front-end solutions.
- Integrate frontend applications with commerce platforms APIs payment gateways and third-party services
- Work with RESTful APIs and OpenAPI (Swagger) specifications to deliver a first-class developer experience.
- Collaborate closely with product managers designers and backend engineers to deliver cohesive end-to-end platform features.
- Contribute to and support backend services and integrations that power portal functionality API access and personalization.
- Optimize performance reliability and scalability across the full stack from front-end rendering to API documentation delivery.
- Participate in code reviews technical design discussions and architectural decisions helping evolve platform standards and best practices.
- Write clean well-tested and maintainable code with a strong focus on long-term sustainability.
- Mentor junior engineers and drive technical excellence.
QUALIFICATIONS
- BS/BA in Computer Science Engineering or a related field or equivalent professional experience.
- 5 years of professional frontend development experience with deep expertise in JavaScript and TypeScript.
- Extensive experience building complex production-grade applications using React and modern React patterns (hooks context performance optimization.)
- Solid front-end fundamentals including HTML CSS responsive design and component-driven UI development.
- Proven experience with e-commerce concepts such as product catalogs checkout flows payments promotions and personalization.
- Strong understanding of RESTful APIs OpenAPI/Swagger specifications and API lifecycle management.
- Experience developing in Linux-based environments including WSL Docker and command-line tooling.
- Familiarity working with API documentation tools such as Redocly Swagger UI or similar platforms.
- Working knowledge of C# and ecosystem particularly when integrating with internal API services.
- Experience using Git CI/CD pipelines cloud platforms and modern API gateway and developer-platform tools such as Zuplo or Zudoku.
- Knowledge of API security best practices including rate limiting API keys OAuth 2.0 and JWT.
- Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to thrive in an agile fast-paced environment.
About AccuWeather
AccuWeather recognized and documented as the most accurate and most used source of weather forecasts and warnings in the world has saved over 12000 lives prevented injury to over 100000 people and saved companies tens of billions of dollars through better planning and decision-making. Billions of people around the world rely on AccuWeathers proven Superior Accuracy across our consumer digital platforms. is the #1 weather destination and one of the top 100 most-visited websites in the world and our award-winning AccuWeather app delivers detailed real-time forecasts to millions of smartphones.
AccuWeather forecasts also appear on digital signage in 700 newspapers are heard on over 400 radio stations and viewed on 100 television stations. The AccuWeather Network and AccuWeather NOW reach an audience of over 125 million on cable and streaming platforms including DirecTV Charter Communications - Spectrum Verizon Philo Frndly TV Comcasts Xfinity X1 and Xfinity Stream Roku Xumo Rockbot LG and Amazon Freevee. AccuWeather For Business serves more than half of the Fortune 500 companies and thousands of other businesses and government agencies globally. Dr. Joel Myers Founder and Executive Chairman established AccuWeather in 1962 and is considered the father of modern commercial meteorology. Myers a leading creative thinker and visionary has been called the most accurate man in weather by The New York Times and has been recognized as one of the top entrepreneurs in American history by Entrepreneurs Encyclopedia of Entrepreneurs.
Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion
AccuWeather is proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity to all applicants and existing employees and we evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race creed color national origin sex (including pregnancy and gender identity/expression) sexual orientation age ancestry physical or mental disability marital status political affiliation religion citizenship status genetic information veteran status or any other basis protected under applicable federal state or local is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation because of a disability for any part of the employment process please send an e-mail to and let us know the nature of yourrequest and your contact information.
Required Experience:
IC
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About Company
AccuWeather has local and international weather forecasts from the most accurate weather forecasting technology featuring up to the minute weather reports
