VP React/Typescript Engineer - Spectrum Design System

The Spectrum Core team are looking for a talented Front End developer to join the development team. The successful candidate should be:

•Curious, detail-oriented, and motivated by complex analytical problems

•Interested in all things technology, and have the ability to communicate with opinionated technologists across the company

•Part of the development team that oversees a product used by thousands of people in the firm

•Have a passion for open source, working in the open, collaborating with developers across the organization and staying up to date with the latest open source front end innovations.

Must have qualifications:

·        5+ years of experience within front-end development, preferably React and TypeScript.

·        Strong experience with web technologies: HTML5/CSS/ TypeScript/JavaScript, Webpack, node, npm

·        Significant experience in best practices of UI component development.

·        Experience with single page apps connecting to REST / API services.

·        Experience developing server side applications and REST APIs, ideally with Java

·        Appreciation of ‘quality first’ software engineering process experience: code review, automated unit/integration test, CI / CD systems

·        Curiosity of all things Computer Science and awareness of wide-range of technologies

Preferred qualifications:

·           Experience with building design systems using tooling such as Lerna, semantic release, specifically for managing, building and deploying libraries. Platforms and tooling for documentation such as Gatsby and Storybook.

·           Previous experience with implementing accessibility in web.

·           Been part of agile delivery teams (Scrum a bonus)

·           Understanding of security concerns online and off

The hiring manager for this job opening would welcome a conversation about flexible working. This could range from ad hoc flexibility in a full time position, to a more formal Flexible Work Arrangement.