Front End JavaScript Manager

  • Full-time

Company Description

At Publicis Sapient, we enable our clients to thrive in Next and to create business value through expert strategies, customer-centric experience design, and world class product engineering.  The future of business is disrupting, transforming, platforming, and becoming digital to the core.  We see it in every major industry, from financial services to automotive, consumer products, retail, energy, and travel.  We are looking for people who have the courage break out of what has always been to go do what will be.  If you have an optimism that says there is no limit to what we can achieve in this exciting time, then we should talk.  Our work is fueled by challenging boundaries, multidisciplinary collaboration, highly agile teams, and the power of the newest technologies and platforms.  Our people thrive because of the belief that it’s both our privilege and responsibility to usher our clients and the world into Next.  We’re seeking those deeply skilled, bold, collaborative, flexible, and who want to reimagine the way the world works to help businesses improve the daily lives of people, and the world.  This is the world-class engineering team where you should build your career.

Job Description

As an Engineering Manager, you’ll be leading & working as part of an agile team with other passionate, driven, and talented people, creating innovative solutions for our clients. Your primary responsibilities will include developing interactive web based, mobile, and/or desktop applications using Sapient as well as industry best practices to deliver high value and quality to Publicis Sapient clients.

Our environment and culture foster growth and present exciting opportunities to hone your skills in the industries that we support, and in business problem solving.  You will be responsible for software from idea to code to test to operations.  You will make an impact on our clients directly through your work and will see your ideas become reality.  You will build your technical skills, expand your collaborative methods, and grow your leadership talent.

 Responsibilities will include several of the following:

  • Excellent hands-on knowledge of JS frameworks like React or similar. Solid understanding of React.js and its core principles.
  • Understanding of different libraries available to better manage application state like Redux/MobX. Understanding of one-way data flow and the Flux architecture.
  • Hands-on experience working with Object Oriented JavaScript (OOJS), JavaScript - and practical uses in building complex interactive experiences, primarily with ECMAScript 2015+. You should be up to date with new specifications (different stages), and using transpilers like Babel to use features from all stages
  • Good understanding of creational and structural design patterns in JavaScript. Understanding of different CSS architectures that go together with React.js application development.
  • Experience of implementing Security features in frontend applications, which includes adding the right security headers, CSP policies, protection against XSS click jacking etc.
  •  Hands-on experience with Frontend Performance Optimization
  • Excellent hands on knowledge with TypeScript, Node, Express, Next.js or similar server-side JavaScript tools.
  • Good understanding of REST APIs and Microservices, API Contract design, Domain Models
  • Logically understands relational databases like MySQL and non-relational databases like MongoDB, Firebase or Redis.
  • Knowledge of Kubernetes configurations, Cloud technologies, Web & Application server setup, setting up of DevOps Pipelines.
  • Work closely with client stakeholders and other backend architects to define and design end to end (frontend) architecture of the application. Collaboratively deciding on the Frameworks and tools, deployment strategy, DevOps pipelines, quality gates, defining Non-Functional Requirements, defining Automated Testing solutions.
  • Mentor engineers in helping review code, guiding on technical decisions
  • Hands-on with DevOps pipelines and able to tweak/change build/deployment pipeline as needed in context of a module (e.g. Jenkins / Travis / Now.sh / Gitlab).
  • Support in growing and upskilling the team.

Qualifications

Bachelor’s/Master’s Degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field.

Additional Information

    Benefits of Working Here:

    • Comprehensive private healthcare covering pre-existing conditions
    • Life insurance
    • Dental insurance
    • 33 days holiday including bank holidays
    • Free and delicious coffee served by our very own in-house baristas
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