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UI Developer

Summary:
BGI has the following contract based opportunity based in Philadelphia, PA
 
Job ID/Number:
201902-2075
 
Posted Date:
2/27/2019
 
Job Location:
Philadelphia, PA
 
Position Type:
Contractor
 
Division:
Information Technology
 
Description:
Responsibilities:
  • Collaborate with User Experience Designers, Product Owners, Project Managers, and Engineers to deliver compelling user experiences
  • Create reusable front-end and possibly backend systems that power a Fortune 50 commerce platform
  • Write clean, fast, and optimized JavaScript to achieve the desired user and developer experience
  • Continuously learn and further knowledge of the latest web technologies
Requirements:
 
  • Extreme Proficiency in JavaScript and ideally proficient in React.js
  • Excellent problem solving skills
  • Good understanding of software engineering concepts and practices
  • Experience with popular React state management and tooling libraries (Redux, react-router, webpack etc)
  • Development experience using an agile methodology such as Kanban, scrum, lean etc
  • Experience in developing and consuming REST or GraphQL APIs
  • Exposure and interest in full stack development in one of the following: Node.JS, Python or Java
  • Debugging skills with the ability to ask for help
  • Consume libraries, tools, and APIs from other teams to achieve the desired functionality
  • Self-motivated, creates own goals and crushes them
  • Ability to work as part of a distributed team in a self-directed way with strong communication skills. Flexibility, teamwork, empathy, a sense of humor and courage to challenge the status quo are must haves in this environment
  • Experience / understanding development process in the DevOps environment (including exposure to CI/CD tools such a Jenkins, source code management tools - e.g. GIT)
  • Good knowledge in relational databases like MySQL (ideally – exposure to NoSQL)
Nice to Have:
 
  • Node.js backend knowledge or at least tooling knowledge
  • Python knowledge creating a web API
  • AWS experience at least at the Kinesis, Lamda, EC2, S3, and API Gateway level
  • Understanding of infrastructure as code a (e.g. exposure to config. management tools like Ansible, Chef and container infrastructure tools such as Docker)
 
 
 
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