Senior Full Stack Engineer – Front End, UI, React, AngularJS, Node.js, Scala, Ruby on Rails, Python, Java, REST APIs, Microservices Full Time

Our client for over a decade, a major technology consulting firm, is looking for a strong Senior Full Stack Software Engineer with front end expertise, who will help us build a highly scalable and high performance ecommerce platform for a large retail client. You will have an opportunity to design and develop new innovative features on the current platform and help in transitioning the platform to micro-app architecture using leading edge technologies. You will be responsible to actively participate in the design and architectural discussions for the front end and API gateway layer. You will also work closely with Product Owners to develop innovative customer experiences and user interfaces.

Responsibilities:

• Design and develop scalable, high performance and responsive front end architecture.
• Participate in code reviews, providing technical mentorship to other junior team members.
• Implement new features by collaboratively working with Product Owners, UX designers, and other fellow engineers.
• Help in design and development of API gateway layer which can interact with many other microservices.
• Lead the design sessions for medium to large initiatives to come up with high level designs.
• Able to independently handle high impact, critical issues.
• Actively participate in Agile practices.

Qualifications:

• Strong knowledge of JavaScript, CSS3, HTML5, asynchronous request handling, and AJAX in highly scalable and available applications.
• Experience in any of the JavaScript framework like React, EmberJS or Angular 1.x/2.x is a big plus.
• 6-8 years of software development experience working in NodeJS, Scala, Ruby on Rails, Python, Java or similar.
• Experience building responsive UIs which are optimized for mobile devices.
• Solid understanding of building REST APIs.
• Have a strong passion for developing elegant and well-designed frameworks.
• BA/BS/MA/MS degree in Computer Science or closely related field or equivalent practical experience.
• A history of open source contribution is a plus.