Front End Software Engineer
Gravity IT Resources
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Job Title: Front End Software Engineer
Location: St. Paul Minnesota (hybrid)
Job-Type: Contract to Hire
Referral Fee: $1000
Employment Eligibility: Gravity cannot transfer nor sponsor a work visa for this position. Applicants must be eligible to work in the U.S. for any employer directly (we are not open to contract or “corp to corp” agreements).
Position Overview:
We are looking for collaborative and creative associates that thrive in a team environment, creating solutions for challenging customer driven business needs. The role will be responsible for developing structured and verified software to meet customer needs. You will work closely partnering with other software, hardware, control algorithm and, project engineers as well as with our technical support, development, and product teams.
Our client is a leading climate-controlled solutions organization. They focus on moving refrigerated items and perishables around the world. The organization puts sustainability top of mind, working to provide these solutions while maintaining a better planet. They have made a commitment to investing in technology and staying cutting edge with the technologies they select.
Duties & Responsibilities:
- Work on the inception phase of projects, including requirement analysis, suggesting methodologies and technologies, and release planning.
- Active researcher, keeping up with the latest trends in software development.
- Influence and strengthen the development culture of the team.
- Inspire, mentor, and encourage globally dispersed developers to apply industry’s best practices.
- Design, implement, verify, and support UI web-based solutions and applications.
- Motivated to solve challenges and work independently.
Required Experience & Skills:
- 1-3 years of developing software using object-oriented design and implementation.
- 1-3 years of web browser-based development experience.
- 1-3 years of JavaScript and/or JavaScript frameworks such as React, AngularJS and Dojo.
- Experience developing web-based UI including design documentation, development testing and peer code reviews.
- Web Development – CSS, HTML, XML/XSLT,
- User Interface Design – User centered design, GUI & web page design, prototyping, usability testing.
- Object Oriented Methodologies – OOA, OOD, OOP, Design Patterns.
- Ability to effectively communicate with others both written and orally, with good interpersonal skills.
Nice to Haves:
- Good problem-solving skills.
- Experience building highly reliable applications, requiring minimal support and maintenance.
- Experience working with cross functional and globally dispersed teams.
- Experience with RESTful API.
- Experience with typescript or any other typed programming languages.
- Knowledge of JavaScript ecosystem tools, such as webpack, npm, and others.
- Experience with large software code bases.