Lead Front End Developer

Nextgen Technologies; Plano (TX); On-site; USD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Nextgen Technologies is seeking a Lead Front End Developer based in Plano, Texas. The role involves leading the design, development, and maintenance of applications that support our workforce and consumers. Candidates must have a strong technical background, experience in front-end development, and proven leadership capabilities.

Responsibilities include developing user-facing applications in an Agile environment, collaborating with engineering and UX teams, and establishing development standards for all web applications.

Qualifications

• Excellent communication skills and team collaboration.
• Strong customer focus and ownership.
• Experience in developing standards-compliant front-end code.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design and development of user-facing applications.
• Establish and document development standards.
• Collaborate with engineering and User Experience teams.

Skills

Front end development

Team leadership

Agile methodologies

HTML5 / CSS3

AngularJS or EmberJS

UI testing frameworks

Java/C#

Python

Ruby

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related field

Master's Degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Node.js

React.js

ES6

Job description

A global organization headquartered in Plano, Texas seeks a Front End Development Lead to lead the design, development and maintenance of application and services to enable our workforce and consumers.

Responsibilities

We are looking for an exceptionally skilled Front‑End Web Engineer with a solid technical background and leadership skills, able to work in a fast‑paced environment primarily using the latest front‑end development practices. Front‑End Developers play a significant role on our engineering team, developing the user‑facing applications for our company’s websites, functional and mobile web applications. Front‑End Developers collaborate openly in an Agile Software Development environment with other members of engineering and User Experience disciplines, including Full‑Stack Engineers, QA, Interaction Designers and Creative Designers, as well as Program Managers. They participate in our UI development processes by establishing and documenting development standards and common components for common usage across all of our web applications.

Job Title & Term

Job Title: Lead Front End Developer

Duration: 6+ Months

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or a related field, or 7+ years Front end development and 3+ years team lead level.
• Excellent communication skills, ability to work well in a team, project management, and technical leadership experience.
• Strong customer focus, ownership, urgency and drive.
• Strong portfolio of work showing experience developing standards‑compliant front‑end code for product and/or marketing websites, web applications, and/or mobile experiences.
• Proficient demonstrated experience in incorporating reliable unit and end-to-end testing to UI frameworks.
• Proficient in HTML5 / CSS3.
• Proficient with AngularJS or EmberJS.
• Proficient working in an Agile Software Development environment.
• Familiar with languages such as Java/C#, Python, and Ruby.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s Degree in Computer Science or a related field, or 10+ years relevant work experience.
• Production experience with Node.js.
• Production experience with ES6.
• Production experience with React.js.
• Production experience with a functional programming pattern or language.
• UX skills in Interaction Design and Visual Design.

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