Senior Engineer – UI and Experience Design

Dole Packaged Foods; Westlake Village (CA); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 145,000; Full time

Job summary

Dole Packaged Foods is looking for a Senior Engineer at their Westlake Village headquarters, responsible for optimizing user experiences through innovative frontend architecture. The ideal candidate will have 5-8 years of experience in UI/UX application development, focusing on implementing scalable solutions across various content types. With a competitive salary range of $120,000 to $145,000, this role involves collaborative efforts within agile teams and requires a strong foundation in React.js and modern JavaScript technologies.

Qualifications

• 5-8 years of UI/UX application development experience.
• Hands-on experience developing frontend applications using React.js.
• Strong foundation in HTML5 and CSS3, building responsive interfaces.

Responsibilities

• Design scalable data architecture for multi-device UX.
• Lead experience outcomes for workflow and analytics journeys.
• Create multi-device patterns that adapt to different screen sizes.

Skills

UI/UX Application development

React.js

JavaScript (ES6+)

Responsive design

API integration

State management

Git-based version control

Debugging skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related field

Tools

HTML5

CSS3

Tailwind CSS

Bootstrap

Material UI

Job description

The Senior Engineer will be based at DPFNA’s Westlake Village headquarters, providing onsite application support for DPFNA and DPFEU while driving governance and stewardship of WWPF’s global Business Intelligence platforms. We’re seeking a platform‑agnostic engineer with 5-8 years of experience who will own and deliver enterprise‑grade user experiences by combining hands‑on UX design leadership with production frontend engineering, enabling workflow, analytics, and real‑time conversational experiences across devices in a cloud-native OpenStack environment.

The role designs scalable data architecture, multi‑device portability adaptive UX for different content types, maintainable solutions that avoid technology debt and can be executed on any platform or technology required to deliver business value globally. This engineer will think innovatively and constantly be seeking to challenge and improve overall application building and deployment for user‑centric workflows, analytics, agentic conversation and be part of the larger Innovation group delivering critical business solutions across the enterprise covering Finance, Supply Chain, CRM, Manufacturing, Marketing etc. This position requires a mindset of continuous integration and continuous delivery to meet the needs of the large global corporation.

This role is defined as “Locally Remote.” Locally Remote employees must be located within a reasonable commute of our Westlake Village, CA office and be able to come to the office in‑person as needed with 24‑hour advanced notice (no travel reimbursement).

Responsibilities

Primary Accountabilities

• Experience strategy & UX leadership (not just screen design)
• Own the experience outcomes (usability, time‑to‑complete, error rate, adoption) for workflow and analytics journeys (create → review → approve, case management, exceptions).
• Turn business requirements into interaction models that scale across personas (operators, analysts, approvers, admins).
• Create multi‑device patterns (desktop‑first for complex workflows, responsive adaptations for tablet/mobile, and progressive disclosure for smaller screens).
• Lead/partner on design system governance: components, tokens, accessibility, and interaction standards; ensure consistent application across products.
• Frontend architecture & engineering ownership
• Design and build modular, reusable UI components with maintainability/performance as first‑class requirements.
• Own frontend app architecture: routing, state management, API integration, error handling, and scalable patterns for large enterprise apps.
• Drive refactoring and reduction of frontend tech debt without regression; establish patterns for evolving legacy code safely.
• Build UI frameworks for:
  • Workflow UIs (queues, tasks, approvals, audit trails, role‑based actions)
  • Analytics UIs (filters, drilldowns, charts, anomaly views, explainability panels)
  • Real‑time conversational/agentic UIs (chat + artifacts: citations, actions, suggested next steps, session history, “handoff to human”, live status)
• Delivery excellence (quality, reliability, observability)
• Ensure production readiness: performance budgets, accessibility, cross‑browser support, resiliency patterns, feature flags, graceful degradation.
• Define and implement frontend testing strategy (unit/integration/e2e), and release confidence practices.
• Collaborate in agile with backend/QA/product; participate in code reviews and engineering improvement.
• Thorough security and compliance standards on UX to strengthen trapping bad behavior and encouraging secure interaction with applications.
• Platform & deployment (cloud-native, OpenStack‑aligned)
• Deliver apps in cloud‑based enterprise environments and support post‑release operations (bug fixes, incremental enhancements).
• Partner with platform teams to ensure:
  • correct containerization / runtime assumptions
  • config management (env vars, secrets)
  • ingress/LB, TLS, caching/CDN patterns (as applicable internally)
  • logging/metrics/tracing for UI + API calls
  • build scalable patterns that can be reused across Finance / Supply Chain / CRM / Manufacturing / Marketing experiences

Qualifications

Required

• 5–8 Years of UI/UX Application development experience.
• Hands‑on experience developing frontend applications using React.js and modern JavaScript (ES6+), including functional components and hooks.
• Strong foundation in HTML5 and CSS3, with experience building responsive, production‑ready user interfaces.
• Experience working with API‑driven applications, including asynchronous data handling and error scenarios.
• Practical experience implementing client‑side routing and navigation patterns.
• Proven ability to work within and improve existing frontend codebases.
• Understanding of application state management concepts.
• Proficiency with Git‑based version control, including pull requests and collaborative workflows.
• Strong debugging and problem‑solving skills using browser developer tools.
• Ability to work effectively in a collaborative, agile engineering environment.

Nice‑to‑have

• Experience with UI frameworks or component libraries such as Tailwind CSS, Bootstrap, or Material UI.
• Exposure to enterprise SaaS or cloud platforms, including SAP BTP or similar ecosystems.
• Familiarity with frontend performance optimization techniques such as code splitting and memorization.
• Understanding of authentication and authorization concepts (SSO, OAuth, role‑based access).
• Experience working on workflow‑heavy or data‑driven applications.
• Exposure to automated testing frameworks for frontend applications.

What You’ll Need to Succeed

• Passionate about a purpose‑driven career.
• Passionate about collaborating respectfully in diverse and inclusive team environments.
• Proactively seeks feedback and continuously improves work quality.
• Consistently adheres to ethical standards and maintains transparency.
• Actively contributes to achieving collective team goals.

Education & Certification

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related field.
• Relevant certifications are a plus (e.g., OpenStack Foundation, Kubernetes, cloud provider certs, etc.).

Physical Requirements

• Ability to sit and use the computer for extended periods of time; ability to answer phones and use a variety of office equipment; ability to lift 15 pounds and reach overhead.

Travel Requirements

• Approximately 10% of travel required to various manufacturing and office locations, warehouses, etc., domestic and international.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, sex, color, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, or on the basis of disability.

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Hiring Pay Scale: $120,000 to $145,000.

Dole Packaged Foods is committed to paying our Associates fairly and equitably. The pay rate offered will consider a wide range of factors, including but not limited to experience, education, accomplishments, and location. Pay scales are subject to review on a regular basis and will be updated as appropriate.