UI Architect

Are you a technology leader capable of conceptualizing building and implementing application architecture as well as owning the efforts of application strategies and roadmap efforts

Are you passionate about software UI architecture and driven to deliver exceptional solutions

Can you help Fortune 500 retailers navigate the next generation of digital commerce marketplace and platform business strategies

Are you skilled in a variety of retail and distribution functional areas

As a UI Architect you will be responsible for ensuring the success of our retail and B2B customers by applying your engineering expertise and domain knowledge.

Top 5 responsibilities

1. Architect Develop and deploy frontend features.

1. Collaborate closely with designers technical leads application architects software developers DevOps engineers and business stakeholders to deliver the optimal solution.

1. Must have a deep understanding of web service technologies (HTTP REST JSON) and design principles.

1. Able to research and adopt new technologies quickly in a very dynamic working environment.

1. Recommend processes services software and other tools to support business objectives pertinent to user interfaces as well as infrastructure technologies.

Additional Responsibilities

• Familiarity with consuming serviceoriented architecture layers and APIs.

• Good experience with highly scalable applications.

• Collaborate with delivery teams throughout the design and development phases to guarantee compliance with UI architectural standards and best practices.

• Adept with core development design and direction of application architecture and alignment of architecture with business.

• Extensive knowledge in JavaScript Design & Architectural Patterns.

• Design and develop proof of concept prototypes for advanced features and designs.

• Evaluate and improve software development and delivery processes with an emphasis on performance optimization approaches.

• Providing technical oversight and performing code reviews for multiple development efforts.

• Up to date with latest news and technologies about Frontend and Backend.

• Familiarity with OWASP security.

• Experience of headless commerce implementation.

• Create solution requirement document architectural artifacts and technical plans.

• Excel in delivering highvalue solutions in dynamic and ambiguous environments.

• Ensure document standards are effectively implemented by the development teams and understood by technology partners.

• Advanced knowledge of unit testing best practices and Continuous Integration processes (CI/CD).

• Collaborate closely with external clients product managers software developers and designers of multiple disciplines.

• Promoting crossteam synergy and alignment to optimize codesharing improve site performance and increase speed to market.

• Mentor feature teams and remove technical impediments in UI development as shared resource.

• Provide optimal solutions for independent deplorability of UIs like Micro frontends etc.

Top 5 Qualifications

1. Experience in the following core languages: JavaScript HTML 5 & CSS.

1. Strong skills in programming structures algorithms design patterns and standard (W3C) Web UI APIs.

1. Oriented to details and software best practices & patterns.

1. Experience with RESTful backend applications (like NodeJS/Express).

1. Experience with GraphQL tools (like Apollo).

Other Qualifications

• Masters or Equivalent Degree in CS/EE.

• Overall 12 years of frontend development experience in clientside UI development.

• Knowledge of the following types of frameworks/libraries/languages:

Web Application Platforms:

• Experience with React or other Single Page Application libraries.

• ES6 TypeScript.

• Async Module Definition (like AMD requireJS commonJS).

• CSS PreProcessors (like SASS LESS).

• Application state management (like Redux).

• Reactive Programming (like RxJS).

• Build tools like Webpack Gulp Grunt.

• Minification Aggregation and Fingerprinting (Gulp/Grunt).

• Node (NPM).

• Experience with frameworks for ServerSide Rendering (NextJS Express).

• ServerSide Rendering (like Express).

• API documentation using Swagger.

Platforms:

• NoSQL (MongoDB Cassandra Redis).

• Testing frameworks (Jasmine Karma Protractor).

• Docker & Kubernetes CircleCI AWS Heroku.

Other:

• Crossbrowser techniques.

• Experience with different databases (SQL/NoSQL).

• Experience with PWA (Progressive Web Apps).

• Debugging with tools like (Chrome Dev Tools Web Inspector).

• Responsive design implementation across devices platforms screens etc.

• Browser performance auditing and tuning.

• Demonstrated skills using distributed code repositories (Git Perforce BitBucket) with code reviews.

• Experience with UNIX systems and terminal.

• Experience working within Scrum / Kanban.

• Web Accessibility.