Front End Engineer

You will serve as a technical expert focused on designing and building the next generation of applications. A wide degree of creativity and latitude is expected. The ideal candidate will have a passion for creating feature-rich, intuitive, experience-focused digital products to delight our internal and external customers. You will be able to work in an entrepreneurial environment, and partner closely with a team of technologists and product managers to develop innovative solutions and tools with a "customer first" mindset. This role is open to a remote worker, otherwise will reside at our Headquarters location in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Serves as a technical expert leading the design, development, delivery, and support of applications with an agile mindset
• Collaborate with multiple teams to design and ship new features and enhancements
• Ensure the performance, quality, scalability, security and responsiveness of applications
• Provide clear communications to stakeholders regarding outcomes, timelines and issues
• Focus on enhancing the customer experience through applying User Centric design principles
• Maintain a pulse on emerging technologies, experiment and drive innovations

Key Performance Indicators:

• Operational excellence of application platforms
• Deliver/enhance applications with high quality and customer delight
• Mentor/Coach team members to build software using industry leading practices

Position Requirements:

• Bachelor's Degree in Software Engineering, Computer Science, or related fields required. Master's Degree preferred.
• Progressive software development experience in dynamic, fast paced environment
• Experience in Web and/or Mobile App development
• Experience in Retail, Commerce is preferable
• Demonstrated success in building complex full stack responsive web applications
• Strong programming background in UI/UX frameworks like ReactJS, Angular, Vue.js
• Excellent knowledge of working with dynamic data using services (e.g., JSON, XML, REST APIs etc.)
• Experience with performance profiling and tuning of applications
• Experience with MVC/MVVM frameworks, and software engineering best practices
• Experience with continuous delivery, including Test- or Behavior-Driven Development, code review, static analysis and continuous integration using automation tools
• Proven background with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure or Google

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:

• Creative problem solver, with strong analytical skills
• Collaborative aptitude and experience working in a fast paced, ever-evolving environment
• Technical leadership experience on medium and large-scale initiatives is desired
• Experience working with agile/scrum methodology required
• Ability to organize, prioritize work, meet deadlines, and work independently
• Strong written and verbal communication skills across a variety of audiences, both technical and nontechnical

Working Conditions (if applicable):

• Flexible availability required - business needs may require work during non-core business hours
• Typical office environment, requiring at least 8 hours standing or sitting