Lead Front End Developer

Core Dna; City of Melbourne; On-site; AUD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Core dna, launched in 2016 with headquarters in Melbourne and offices in the USA and Europe, is a leading headless CMS/Ecommerce platform that helps developers and marketing teams scale their digital business.

The Lead Frontend Engineer will build front end solutions, implement new features, provide leadership on complex problems, and mentor teammates within an Agile environment.

We value bold ideas, strong design, and a commitment to quality in every line of code.

Qualifications

• A bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or equivalent.
• At least 7 years of front end development experience.
• Extensive experience with front end web technologies like html, Javascript, SCSS/SASS/LESS, Build systems: Gulp and Webpack. Latest Jamstack frameworks
• Experience with REST / GraphQL
• Passion for best design and coding practices and a desire to develop new bold ideas

Responsibilities

• Build front end solutions that showcase the platform
• Implement new features and front end user experience for the platform
• Provide leadership to complex front end problems
• Communicate solutions for the team and partner community
• Mentor other engineering team members

Skills

Bachelor's degree

Front-end dev

JavaScript frameworks

Jamstack frameworks

Agile teamwork

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/IT

Tools

Gulp

Webpack

HTML/CSS/JS

SCSS/SASS/LESS

Job description

Launched in 2016, with headquarters in Melbourne and offices in the USA and Europe, we are a leading headless CMS/Ecommerce platform that helps developers and marketing professionals scale their digital business. Our platform brings together Content management, eCommerce, Marketing and Collaboration tools into a single SaaS platform.

Why Core dna?

Our mission is to disrupt the current CMS/eCommerce space with innovative technology designed for the next degeneration digital transformation. Our customers are agency partners and digital teams who need more than generic SaaS solutions to achieve their business goals. We are looking for a talented lead developer who wants to be part of the unique coding journey and change the way websites are built and managed.

Requirements

What you\'ll need to have:

• A bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or equivalent
• At least 7 years of front end development experience
• Extensive experience with front end web technologies like html, Javascript, SCSS/SASS/LESS, Build systems: Gulp and Webpack. Latest Jamstack frameworks
• Experience with Service Oriented Architecture/Web Services - REST / GraphQL
• Passion for best design and coding practices and a desire to develop new bold ideas

To be successful in this role

• Experienced in the delivery of web based Solutions for customers/partners
• Detail oriented, outcome driven problem solver
• Well versed with working within agile environments
• Comfortable sharing your solutions with internal and external teams
• Highly self-motivated and able to maintain a high degree of autonomy while also contributing to a dynamic team environment
• Experienced in API first Content management and eCommerce platforms

As a Lead frontend engineer you can expect to:

• Build front end solutions that showcase the platform
• Implement new features and front end user experience for the platform
• Provide leadership to complex front end problems
• Communicate solutions for the team and partner community
• Mentor other engineering team members

At our Core

Culture is everything, we have a set of values and a clear vision that drive us in everything we say or do.

Our Vision

Building the platform for the world's best digital experiences.

Our Values

• "Think Big" - We think big and don't listen to people who tell us it can't be done. Life's too short to think small
• "Enjoy the adventure" - We embrace every second of the journey and celebrate along the way
• "Be the Culture" - Our culture comes from our people - not a HR manual. Be yourself, and inject a bit of "you" in everything you do
• "Straight talking" - No games, no jargon - just honest, candid and human communication
• "Pride in our work" - Our work is a reflection of us. We always strive to provide exceptional quality in everything we create
• "Speed without compromise" - We do things well, we do things fast and we do things once

Outside of crunching code, we get creative in on site game nights, we get immersed in robust discussion regarding the future of technology as well as celebrating our success in amazing deployments.

We'd love to meet you