Senior Front End Engineer, Customer Platforms
Our Opportunity:
Chewy is looking for a Senior Front End Engineer to join our Customer Platforms Team based in Boston, MA. The ideal candidate would enjoy building scalable web applications using modern JavaScript. We are looking for a self-starter to architect and drive a web app rebuild using ES6, CSS-in-JS, React, Redux, GraphQL, Postgres, Typescript and Node JS. This energetic individual will partner with both technical and business teams on multiple initiatives and collaborate to deliver new features and enhancements.
What You'll Do:
- Architect a resilient system for a customer-facing web application from scratch
- Build multiple single page applications (SPAs) using modern JavaScript
- Design responsive, reusable user interfaces using React, Redux and CSS-in-JS
- Build and consume RESTful endpoints and integrate them with a GraphQL server and/or Postgres DB.
- Write asynchronous JavaScript code that will run on both client and server
- Collaborate to identify, isolate and resolve malfunctions related to software and Ensure that technical solutions follow best practices, are reliable, easily maintainable and scalable under sustained load.
What You'll Need:
- A bachelors degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience
- At least 5 years experience building modern JavaScript applications and frameworks (React, Vue, Angular)
- 5+ years of Experience with modern JavaScript (ES6) and javascript frameworks (React, Vue, Angular)
- 5+ years of experience working with web services (SOAP/HTTP, REST).
- 5+ years of experience in SQL and developing applications with relational database technologies (PostGres preferred)
- Experience working with Node JS and the node ecosystem for web application development
- Experience working in a fast-paced agile environment
- Passion for cross-functional collaboration, pair-programming and brainstorming
- Ability to adapt quickly to changing requirements and deliver quality code.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills
- Strong time management and organization skills with ability to balance multiple priorities at a given time.
- Position may require travel
Bonus:
- Experience with Typescript and GraphQL
- Familiarity with Test driven development, Jest and Cypress
- Familiarity with Emotion CSS-in-JS
- Familiarity with AWS
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