The Senior Software Engineer, Front End will build modular, customer-delightful mobile and web applications that are easy-to-use and fully tested and monitored. This person will deliver features while building a component library to maximize code reusability. They will also be architecting the test infrastructure to ensure that things are smooth sailing in production. They will also be a critical member of a highly efficient and cohesive engineering team that is focused on the customer’s needs and requirements.

Outcomes:

• Design the initial testing infrastructure that the team will use to add tests with all new features. This involves choosing the test framework and developing a process that all team members will follow.
• Implement user interfaces that are highly intuitive, reliable and meet the needs of our customers
• Design and build a component library that will be the basis of all of Indigo’s user interfaces – both web and mobile
• All mobile and web applications are fully tested, crash-proof and easily monitored with strong report-ability back to Indigo

Competencies:

• Obsessed with delivering air tight, bug-free software
• Maniacally focused on the end-user and customer and their user experience needs
• Passion for developing customer-delightful and easy-to-use user interfaces, working directly with and demonstrating a deep understanding of the end-user / customer
• Passion for software development and modern software development practices, including lean and agile
• Egoless and works and interacts well with software engineering, product management, business development and customers
• Passion for Indigo mission and values
• Able to get out in the field and excited to do so
• Great listener and communicator, written and oral
• Technically knowledgeable and not afraid to technically challenge other engineers
• Ability and passion to quickly learn new technologies and industries, staying up-to-date with the latest technology and best practices
• Results oriented, demonstrating a passion to release software, while not compromising on quality

Qualifications:

• 4+ years of web programming using Javascript (TypeScript is a plus)
• 2+ years of building scalable web or hybrid mobile applications using a modern web framework such as React or Angular 2+ (React preferred but not required)
• Intimate knowledge of front-end testing methodologies – unit testing, browser automation (snapshot testing and more advanced techiniques a huge plus)
• Knowledge of designing and integrating with REST or GraphQL APIs
• Experience building tooling in Node.js
• Demonstrable experience and knowledge of the differences between web and mobile application development and the tradeoffs of each
• Experience setting up monitoring solutions to track users and catch issues in Production
• Actively practicing lean / agile software methodologies or similar
• Experience working cross-functionally with Software Product Management, Architecture, User Experience and users to realize application development vision