Principal UI Architect

Company Description

McFadyen Digital is the leading advisor and implementer of ecommerce marketplace solutions. During 15 years of implementing marketplaces, we’ve built dozens of platforms that cumulatively generate billions of dollars of GMV. We’re honored to have served 10% of the Fortune 500. Over 250 global brands like ABB, AB InBev, ACCO, Albertsons, American Red Cross, American Eagle Outfitters, US Army, US Agriculture Dept, (and many more letters in the alphabet) have entrusted their digital transformations to McFadyen. We operate global offices across the US, Brazil, and India. McFadyen Digital has been a trusted employer for over 35 years and believe that people are the most important part of our company. We’re proud of our Great Place to Work certification.

**Job Description**:
Opportunity

**Responsibilities**:
Top five Responsibilities:

- Architect, Develop and deploy front-end features
- Collaborate with the respective stake holders to deliver the optimal solution
- You must have a deep understanding of web service technologies (HTTP, REST, JSON) and design principles.
- Able to research and adopt new technologies quickly in a very dynamic working environment.
- 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 service-oriented architecture layers and APIs.
- Extensive knowledge in JavaScript Design & Architectural Patterns
- Up-to-date with latest news and technologies about Frontend and Backend
- Familiarity with OWASP security
- Experience of headless commerce implementation
- Adheres to appropriate processes, architectural artifact requirements and architectural best practices
- Create solution requirement document, architectural artifacts, and technical plans
- Excel in delivering high-value 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
- 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.

**Qualifications**:

- **
Education**
- Masters or Equivalent Degree in CS/EE.
- Overall 12+ years of frontend development experience in client-side UI development.
- ** Technology**
- Experience on the following core languages: JavaScript, HTML 5 & CSS
- Strong skills in programming structures, algorithms, design patterns, and standard (W3C) Web UI APIs
- Oriented to details and software best practices & patterns
- Experience with GraphQL tools (like Apollo)
- 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 Pre-Processors (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 Server Side Rendering (_NextJS, Express)
- Server-Side Rendering (like Express)
- API documentation using Swagger
- Platforms:

- NoSQL (MongoDB, Cassandra, Redis)
- Testing frameworks (Jasmine, Karma, Protractor)
- Docker & Kubernetes, CircleCI, AWS, Heroku
- Other
- Cross-browser 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.
- What we can offer you:

- A career with thought leaders who literally wrote the book on Marketplace Best Practices
- A career in the fast-paced world of retail eCommerce, digital marketplaces and platform businesses
- A career with first-movers who are deploying new business models and strategies worldwide
- A career in a flat management structure without a rigid hierarchy and bureaucracy
- A career in a culture that rewards creativity and innovation, risk-taking and teamwork

Additional Information

**Your Core Values**: Integrity, Motivation, Proactive, Team-Player

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