A Senior UI Developer at the C11 level is expected to be a highly skilled and experienced professional who can lead the technical aspects of user interface development. They are responsible for not only writing high-quality code but also for mentoring junior developers, making architectural decisions, and ensuring the successful delivery of complex projects.
Responsibilities:
- Utilize knowledge of applications development procedures and concepts, and basic knowledge of other technical areas to identify and define necessary system enhancements, including using script tools and analyzing/interpreting code
- Consult with users, clients, and other technology groups on issues, and recommend programming solutions, install, and support customer exposure systems
- Apply fundamental knowledge of programming languages for design specifications.
- Analyze applications to identify vulnerabilities and security issues, as well as conduct testing and debugging
- Acts as SME to senior stakeholders and /or other team members.
- Appropriately assess risk when business decisions are made
Technology Skills Required:
Core Frontend Development
- JavaScript Expertise: Deep understanding of modern JavaScript (ES6+), including concepts like closures, asynchronous programming (Promises, async/await), and functional programming.
- Single Page Applications (SPA): Proven experience in building complex, scalable, and performant single-page applications using modern frameworks like Angular or React.
- State Management: Proficiency in managing application state with libraries like RxJS for Angular or Redux/Context API for React, ensuring data consistency and a predictable state container.
- UI/UX & Performance: A strong ability to debug, tune, and optimize UI components for responsiveness and speed.
- Routing: Expertise in designing and implementing client-side routing to create seamless and intuitive user navigation within the application.
- Designing: Ability to make CSS changes
Testing and Quality Assurance
- Unit Testing: Strong knowledge of unit testing frameworks such as Jest, Jasmine, or Karma to ensure code reliability and maintainability.
- End-to-End Testing: Ability to write and maintain robust automation tests using tools like Playright, Cypress or Selenium.
Backend Integration & Services
- API Integration: Solid experience integrating with RESTful APIs and a strong understanding of the request/response lifecycle.
- Backend Familiarity: Foundational knowledge of backend Java spring boot technologies is a plus
- Database Knowledge: Experience with any SQL or NoSQL databases (e.g., Oracle, Sybase, MongoDB) is beneficial.
- Messaging Systems: Exposure to messaging technologies like JMS or Solace is an added advantage.
DevOps, Tooling, and Architecture
- Version Control: Proficiency with Git for managing code versions, branching strategies, and collaborative development.
- CI/CD: Experience working in a Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) environment with tools like TeamCity, Jenkins
- Code Quality: Familiarity with code quality and security scanning tools such as SonarLint, Blackduck, Snyk etc.
- Application Servers: Knowledge of application or web servers like WebLogic and/or Tomcat.
- Architectural Principles: Proficient in industry-standard best practices, including Design Patterns, modular coding, Object-Oriented Programming (OOP).
Qualifications:
- 5-7 years of relevant experience in the Financial Service industry
- Intermediate level experience in Applications Development role
- Consistently demonstrates clear and concise written and verbal communication
- Demonstrated problem-solving and decision-making skills
- Ability to work under pressure and manage deadlines or unexpected changes in expectations or requirements
Education:
- Bachelor’s degree/University degree or equivalent experience
This job description provides a high-level review of the types of work performed. Other job-related duties may be assigned as required.
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Job Family Group:
Technology
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Job Family:
Applications Development
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Time Type:
Full time
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Most Relevant Skills
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