Senior Front-End Developer (Spain) (offline)

Main Purpose of Job:

The eCommerce Front-end Developer (AB Testing, EV Squad) is responsible for delivering front-end solutions in alignment with technical and branding guidelines, especially (but not exclusively) in the domain of front-end personalization and AB Testing, consistently enforcing those guidelines and supporting other developers in doing
so, and, occasionally, leading the implementation of commercially driven and innovative digital experiences, in line with strategy and brand / market needs.

The area of action will additionally extend to:
• Manage front end content development needs from the business, leveraging web development frameworks and best practices to deliver high performing experiences.
• Understanding front end content development needs from the business, leveraging web development frameworks and best practices as well as UX & UI intuition to deliver high performing experiences.
• Executing the global campaign & permanent content roadmap while embracing Commercial, Communications & Brand values.
• Raise awareness on innovative web technologies in and beyond the Global eCommerce Community (GECO).
• Enable to push the boundaries of commercial and brand digital innovation through the creative use of available technologies.

Your responsibilities will be:
• Development of fully responsive & WCAG compliant digital experiences, in adherence with digital, technical, commercial & brand content guidelines, including our Design System.
• Influence the campaign design process to ensure both commercial and technical needs are met and executed in a timely manner.
• Support the team assessing relevant technologies to support ecommerce ambitions.
• Manage prioritization and trade-offs among customer experience, time-to-market and workload.
• Balance business needs against technical constraints and provide the due visibility to the Team Lead and other relevant stakeholders.
• Ensure templates remain up-to-date & aligned with global content strategy.
• Ensure that all global content is adapted for performance, brand & web accessibility guidelines (e.g. WCAG AA).
• Support the definition of our technical guidelines and the assessment of new technologies, techniques, ways of working, best practices, etc…
• Support the development and evolution of our front-end personalization rules engine (Casper) and report back to the team, other HQ eCommerce stakeholders and local (market-level) stakeholders on new features, best practices / usage, risks, adoption and opportunities.
• Support AB Testing operations from a development and optimization standpoint.
• Support the definition, rollout and evolution of agile practices in and beyond the UX/UI team.
• Support experience designers, CRM, communications, legal, and business development on product development.

Key Experience:
• At least 6 years’ experience in eBusiness, eCommerce and/or Digital Agencies.
• Strong UX/UI technical background.
• Strong front-end code optimization and coding best practices acumen, especially advanced JavaScript techniques and capabilities.
• Used to mentoring and/or providing guidance to junior members of a team.
• Used to liaising with external (digital) agencies.
• Fluent Mac user (as a software developer).
Skills/Competencies/Attributes
• Strong HTML5 expertise, including semantic HTML, Web Components, SEO, etc…
• Solid JavaScript expertise: asynchronous programming (AJAX, promises, lazy loading, events, etc…), ES6, node.js, optimization (bundlers, etc…), frameworks and tools (Vue.js, Angular, React, etc…), unit testing, etc…
• Familiar with TypeScript, previous experience required.
• Reasonably fluid in CSS3 foundations: properties, behaviours, SASS/SCSS, mixins, etc…
• Reasonably fluid in front-end personalization techniques and technologies.
• Comprehensive knowledge of cross-device support and cross-browser issues.
• Familiar with mobile-first and responsive web design, ITCSS principles and accessibility (WCAG, screen readers, etc…).
• Familiar with analytics concepts and best practices (tracking plans, etc…)
• Familiar with User Experience/Usability concepts and best practices.
• Accuracy, reliability & vigilant attention to detail.
• Team-player.
• Familiar with JIRA, Confluence and BitBucket (Git)
• Fluent in English (Written & Spoken) – it’s the day-to-day language at work.

Other Requirements:
• Proven track record in delivering commercially oriented digital experiences.
• Customer-service oriented mentality.
• Facts and data driven.
• Well-seasoned Agile practitioner.
• Good, constructive, effective communicator.
• Knowledgeable in web, technology & digital innovation trends.
• Basic Photoshop skills: exporting media, cropping, resizing, optimization, etc…

Big plus:
• Previous experience with Google Optimize / Google Tag Manager.
• Strong CSS expertise, including CSS Pre-processing (SASS, SCSS, mixins, variables, etc…)
• Experience with Cypress.
• Familiar with Figma.
• Familiar with Google Analytics as a reporting / analysis tool (no development / configuration skills needed).
• Previous experience with Adobe Target or similar.
• Familiar with Chromatic.
• Familiar with continuous integration (CI) and test automation setups.
• Familiar with Browserstack.
• Experience with Akamai CDN / NetStorage.
• Experience delivering high-end &/or luxury digital experiences.

We offer:
• Competitive compensation and regular performance-based salary.
• Career development reviews.
• Passionate experienced team, friendly atmosphere.
• Corporate culture that inspires growth and development (tech talks, mentoring, etc).
• Assistance with book-keeping.
• Regular team-building activities.
• Comfortable working environment.
• Professional growth according to competence matrix.
• 18 working days paid vacation.
• No micromanagement.
• Remote work.

About Softblues

About

SoftBlues is a web, and mobile development company focused on JavaScript that works with both startups and large businesses. We have been working in the web and mobile market for 15 years and have completed over 700 projects in various fields. Our core expertise is Business Automation, E-Commerce, Automotive, Fleet Management, and AgriTech.
Why JavaScript? JS technology allows you to easily cover the main aspects of web and mobile development — React.js and Vue.js for front end, Node.js for the back end, and React Native for mobile. Thanks to many libraries and frameworks, developers can spend less time developing solutions without losing quality.

Our company has a well-developed internal JS ecosystem, with more than 40 highly qualified senior-middle developers and solid TechLead culture. We also have our own trainee program, as we are committed to the development of our specialists and the personal and professional growth of each member of the team. In addition, each team member has their own professional development plan.


Our services

Custom web and mobile development from scratch. Our company carries out a detailed estimation of the project, after which our specialists select the best technologies to ensure a successful launch of the project. We allocate a fully-fledged team for each project (business analyst, project manager, UX / UI designer, QA and senior-middle developers, DevOps) and control the development from the beginning to the moment of delivery.

Dedicated teams for existing products. We select a team of qualified specialists, consisting of Senior-middle-junior developers under the supervision of a qualified and certified Tech Lead, to help you onboard the right team and control the quality.

So, with over 15 years of experience in web and mobile development, and thanks to experimenting with different approaches and technologies and in different areas — from startups to business automation of large enterprises — we have assembled a solid and qualified team of more than 40 senior and middle developers with wide-ranging expertise in JS technologies (ReactJS, VueJS, React Native, NodeJS) that can help you both with the consultation and selection of the necessary team for your project, and with the development of your project from scratch.


Core values and mission

We are to deliver success to our clients, team members, and partners.
We will hack the world for our team to be happy with their job.
Sticking to the principles of excellent planning and continuous improvement, we are transparent, responsible, and honest, always sharing our ideas and deploying smart critique in discussions.
Trust means the world to us, and we genuinely believe that it is the basis for any relationship.


People

People are the most exceptional value for us. Sticking to the idea of horizontal management, we believe in our team and care about every team member. We understand the essence of individuality and cherish the uniqueness of every team member.
We build dynamic workforces for efficient teamwork. We look for people who share our corporate culture, work ethics, and company values.

We make sure our Juniors grow to Seniors within the company. We believe that challenges trigger both professional and personal growth and make sure our Seniors have new exciting tech challenges to face.


Fun & serious

We are both about fun and continuous learning. The idea of lifelong learning drives such regular corporate activities as weekly tech talks, soft skills sessions, and English lessons. We know that this type of work requires lots of energy and concentration, so we believe that fun is a must in the company. We enjoy board games, X-Boxing, sports, music, and parties. We have an indoor soccer team, a couple of guitars, a gaming table, and a monthly study’n’party events schedule for the whole team.

Company website:
https://softblues.io/

DOU company page:
https://jobs.dou.ua/companies/softblues/