User Interface Engineer Technical Lead

cox; Atlanta (GA); Hybrid; USD 156,000 - 205,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Vacation with pay

Seven paid holidays

Up to 160 hours of wellness leave

Job summary

Cox Automotive Corporate Services, LLC in Atlanta, GA is seeking a Lead User Interface Engineer to provide technical leadership across teams, drive architecture, and promote best practices in UI development.

You will design and implement React-based components, optimize performance, and collaborate with UX to deliver an excellent end-user experience. Telecommuting is permitted within policy; on-site presence in Atlanta is expected.

Qualifications

• Expertise designing, developing, and delivering scalable web UIs.
• Strong experience with React, JavaScript, HTML5 and CSS.
• Familiarity with SPA, RESTful APIs and modern tooling.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership to UI teams and drive architecture.
• Design, develop and deploy React-based UI components.
• Collaborate with UX to deliver best end-user experiences.
• Lead front-end initiatives, ensure performance and code quality.
• Contribute to API definitions and integrate with back-end services.

Skills

React

JavaScript

HTML5

CSS

RESTful services

SPA

Git

CI/CD

Jenkins

GitHub Actions

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science

Tools

Git

Jenkins

GitHub Actions

Job description

Company

Cox Automotive - USA

Job Family Group

Engineering / Product Development

Job Profile

Lead User Interface Engineer

Management Level

Manager - Non People Leader

Flexible Work Option

Hybrid - Ability to work remote part of the week

Travel %

No

Job Description

Cox Automotive Corporate Services, LLC

User Interface Engineer Technical Lead

User Interface Engineer Technical Lead positions offered by Cox Automotive Corporate Services, LLC (Atlanta, Georgia). Provide technical leadership to all teams in the domain to drive architecture, design, performance and code quality in alignment with vision and direction set for the department/across departments. Actively participate within the Scrum teams to design, develop (write POCs), test and deploy software. Use responsive web development principles and best practices. Assist in determining the role of the department in the overall corporate strategy and set objectives that are aligned with this role. Promote and ensure a high level of technical excellence in our IT development staff that is in keeping with a high-performing organization. Maintain continual communication with assigned project teams, verifying what was designed was built and adjusting the solution architecture as appropriate throughout the project. Help define and promote best practices and guidelines to ensure continuous improvement in resilience, quality, scalability and performance within the engineering staff. Ensure that standards are followed for technical excellence, including relevant certifications. Help ensure Engineers have the relevant training and tools required to perform optimally within a high-performing organization and to deliver quality software products. Anticipate future technology needs based on business requirements and participate in the selection and roll out of new technologies and tools. Help to define relevant technical skills needed, including patterns, security, resilience, programming languages, certifications, performance, software design, documentation, etc. Collaborate with UX design team to drive for the best possible end-user experience. Design and implement React based UI components for highly interactive user experience. Drive API definition for communication to back-end. Optimize front-end applications for speed, scalability and reuse. Lead offshore engineering teams to ensure satisfaction of functional requirements, minimum quality and performance, and code stability.

Minimum Requirements

Requires a bachelor’s or foreign equivalent degree in Computer Science or a related field and 6 years of experience designing, developing, and implementing highly scalable, high-volume software systems and components, client-facing web applications, and major internet applications and systems.

Must have 6 years of experience in each of the following:

• Working through the full software development lifecycle, including design, functional and technical requirements, coding, debugging, testing, release, and operational support;
• Realizing applications from conception and design to implementation and support;
• Using agile software development methodologies, modern API and service design, and object-oriented programming methodologies;
• Following software development best practices, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations;
• Communicating technical issues to technical, non-technical, and management groups and presenting to senior leadership and team members;
• Developing software or information systems, including developing transactional applications in heterogeneous environments and architectures for multi-user systems;
• Using CI/CD toolkits, including Jenkins and GitHub Actions, and building Single Page Applications (SPA), Web and RESTful services, and event-driven architecture; and
• Working with UI technologies HTML5, CSS, JavaScript, and REACT, and using version control, including Git and Stash.

• In lieu of a bachelor’s or foreign equivalent degree in Computer Science or a related field and 6 years of experience as stated, employer will accept a master’s or foreign equivalent degree in the aforementioned fields and 4 years of experience as stated, or a Ph.D. or foreign equivalent degree in the aforementioned fields and 1 year of experience as stated.
• Position reports to Atlanta, GA office. Telecommuting permitted in accordance with company policy, but must live within commuting distance of stated office.
• Experience may be, but need not be, acquired concurrently.

Compensation includes a base salary of $155,877 to $204,840. The base salary may vary within the anticipated base pay range based on factors such as the ultimate location of the position and the selected candidate’s knowledge, skills, and abilities. Position may be eligible for additional compensation that may include an incentive program.

The Company offers eligible employees the flexibility to take as much vacation with pay as they deem consistent with their duties, the company’s needs, and its obligations; seven paid holidays throughout the calendar year; and up to 160 hours of paid wellness annually for their own wellness or that of family members. Employees are also eligible for additional paid time off in the form of bereavement leave, time off to vote, jury duty leave, volunteer time off, military leave, and parental leave.

About Us

Through groundbreaking technology and a commitment to stellar experiences for drivers and dealers alike, Cox Automotive employees are transforming the way the world buys, owns, sells – or simply uses – cars. Cox Automotive employees get to work on iconic consumer brands like Autotrader and Kelley Blue Book and industry-leading dealer-facing companies like vAuto and Manheim, all while enjoying the people-centered atmosphere that is central to our life at Cox. Benefits of working at Cox may include health care insurance (medical, dental, vision), retirement planning (401(k)), and paid days off (sick leave, parental leave, flexible vacation/wellness days, and/or PTO). For more details on what benefits you may be offered, visit our benefits page. Cox is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer – All qualified applicants/employees will receive consideration for employment without regard to that individual’s age, race, color, religion or creed, national origin or ancestry, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, physical or mental disability, veteran status, genetic information, ethnicity, citizenship, or any other characteristic protected by law. Cox provides reasonable accommodations when requested by a qualified applicant or employee with disability, unless such accommodations would cause an undue hardship.EOE, including disability/vets