JavaScript (Front End) - Lead Developer

Job Title: Tech Lead Developer 

Position: Full-time 

Department: Annalect Engineering

Position Overview 

Annalect is currently seeking a lead developer to join our technology team. In this role, you will contribute to the design and development of intuitive front-end applications and distributed backend microservices. We are passionate about modular reusable software architecture. We are looking for people who have a shared passion for developing and building cool reusable user interfaces and services. In this role you will contribute to the technical architecture of the product as well as research and evaluation of new technical solutions while coordinating between interdisciplinary teams to help shape the perfect solution for us and our agencies. 

Key Responsibilities: 

• Development and unit testing of web applications including front-end (SPA) and back-end (microservices), maintenance & support of the same.
• Aid Project Managers in the planning of projects (eg provision of estimates, risk analysis, requirements analysis, technical options)
• Involvement in full life cycle of projects (including requirement analysis and system design, development and support if required)
• Support and work collaboratively with teams across areas of design, development, quality assurance and operations
• Attend meetings as required to discuss and demonstrate solutions at both technical and business level
• To be a knowledge keeper for product, its architecture, design and implementation details
• Provide overall mentorship, coaching and on-demand training to improve and unify development style.

Required Skills

• 7+ years in front-end applications development
• 2+ at least as Technical Lead
• Hands on experience HTML5, CSS, React and JavaScript
• Experience working on commercial web applications
• Experience deploying web applications on headless CMS
• Strong knowledge of object -oriented concepts and design patterns
• Experience in performance optimization and implementing with security in mind
• Distributed message-based application design and implementation
• Experience in developing using test driven development and working with continuous integration and deployment

Additional Skills

• Experience developing and deploying to cloud environments / containerization
• Experience with Adobe Experience Manager / GraphQL / Typescript
• Design and usability skills are a plus
• Multi-tenant application development experience is a huge plus