Front End Developer

Job description

Dell IT Overview:

Dell creates technology solutions for a changing world. Our Information Technology (IT) Architecture team translates our customers’ business requirements into total enterprise-wide solutions. It takes deep technical knowledge to create architectural designs that exceed service requirements. We’re skilled in analyzing the customer’s business goals, objectives, needs and general business environment to create technical system solutions. Our expertise includes integrating hardware, processes, methodologies and software into the customer environment.

About Business Unit:

The Digital Experience Services (DES) organization of Marketing IT has an immediate opening for a Front End Software Engineer in Bangalore.  In this role you will help lead the development and continuous evolution of key marketing assets including DellEMC.com, Dell Technologies.com and our overall Adobe Experience Manager (AEM) platform.  This role is the first of many Marketing IT resources to be located in Bangalore and in addition to doing development work, will be helping us to start-up this very important group.

Role overview

The Front-End Software Engineer will help lead the development of front end solutions for some of Dell’s most important web-based assets.  We’re looking for a self-starter well-versed in large-scale web application development.  He or she will have technical depth (including familiarity with back-end development) and leadership abilities necessary to help guide a new team.  DES operates in an agile/scrum model but, over time, we will be looking to migrate to a model endorsed by Pivotal.  It’s a very exciting time to be part of Marketing IT and DES!

Key Responsibilities:

·  Design, development and documentation of presentation layer code that is secure, scalable and maintainable and reflects the user experience and creative provided within the established technical framework. 
·  Participation in daily stand-ups, backlog grooming, sprint planning, and retrospectives, participation in dev breakouts and estimation efforts
·  Following and contributing to software development best practices.  Participation in code reviews.
·  Working with business, functional analysts and QA teams to identify defects, troubleshoot and track them to resolution.
·  Working closely and directly with the various stakeholders as needed to define, prioritize and execute solutions that address the needs of a product.
·  Participation in creative design meetings and evaluate creative design decisions to determine feasibility and system impact.  Recommending appropriate changes to design/processes and products and participation in knowledge transfer and cross-training. 
·  Taking the initiative to research and learn emerging technologies.  Seeking and promoting opportunities for innovation.

Essential Requirements:

·  5 years of hands-on development with HTML, CSS, vanilla JavaScript, 3+ years development on a large complex enterprise/global web-site or application utilizing design patterns
·  Experience with Vanilla JavaScript Object Oriented, functional programming, and RESTful API experience
·  Experience with HTML 4/5 and Mobile-First Responsive Web design, CSS 2/3, SASS or Compass for CSS pre-processing
·  Experience with Maven, NodeJS, Grunt/Gulp/Webpack, Unit Testing (e.g. Jasmine, Casper), jQuery and SPA frameworks (e.g. Angular, React, Backbone, Vue)
·  Bachelor's Degree in any business/technical discipline or equivalent experience
·  Team player with excellent collaboration and communication skills, fluent in English with excellent written and verbal communication skills. 
·  Agile development experience

Desirable Requirements:

·  Experience with HTML Templating (e.g. Handlebars, Mustache)
·  Experience with analytics solutions, notably Omniture, Bourbon/Neat, Modernizr, Lint
·  Experience developing generic and scalable component library systems
·  Page performance improvement experience, 508 Accessibility
·  Experience using Adobe Experience Manager (Sightly/HTL) or other content management system strongly preferred

Benefits:

We offer highly competitive salaries, bonus programs, world-class benefits, and unparalleled growth and development opportunities — all to create a compelling and rewarding work environment.

Our EVP:

Our Culture Code unites us and makes us a great family of companies and a great place to work. It’s how we run the business, go to market, work together and provide inspirational leadership.

Our culture code is defined by our values and are made real every day by defining expectations for how we work and how we lead.

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Dell is an Equal Opportunity Employer and Prohibits Discrimination and Harassment of Any Kind:  Dell is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all employees and to providing employees with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment. All employment decisions at Dell are based on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications, without regard to race, color, religion or belief, national, social or ethnic origin, sex (including pregnancy), age, physical, mental or sensory disability, HIV Status, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, marital, civil union or domestic partnership status, past or present military service, family medical history or genetic information, family or parental status, or any other status protected by the laws or regulations in the locations where we operate. Dell will not tolerate discrimination or harassment based on any of these characteristics. Dell encourages applicants of all ages.
Job Family:  Information-Technology Job ID:  R85585