Future Opportunities - Lead Front End Engineers

Hearst Communications - Chicago, IL

Full-time - Senior

Chicago, IL

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About the position

As a Lead Front End Engineer at iCrossing, you will lead a team of software developers in building consumer-facing websites on an enterprise content management system (CMS). Your success will stem from leveraging your leadership skills and technical front end development expertise to create these websites on the Adobe Experience Manager (AEM) CMS, all hosted on Amazon Web Services. You will be responsible for the technical implementation of the experience design and will collaborate closely with clients, their design agencies, and other IT partners involved in the project.

Responsibilities

• Lead ongoing development and code reviews, guiding the team on best practices.
• Manage your team and ensure timely completion of coding assignments, ensuring quality of deliverables and system level documentation.
• Report to and collaborate with a Director of Technical Architecture for solution design.
• Work with Technical Managers to assign work, estimate project specific work, and ensure the timeliness/quality of deliverables, keeping all appropriate parties informed of tech team status and issues.
• Be the technical lead and participate in all Scrum processes, including Sprint Planning, Daily Stand-ups, and Sprint Retrospectives.
• Develop front end code for highly visible marketing and eCommerce Websites.

Requirements

• 6+ years of experience building websites.
• Expert understanding of HTML5, CSS (SASS/Less) and JavaScript.
• Hands-on experience with Adobe Experience Manager (AEM) CMS.
• Experience with modern web development practices including implementing responsive design and mobile first layouts.
• Skilled at setting up local development environment tooling and deploying code to a remote server environment, ideally using AWS.
• Skilled at troubleshooting issues with code and environments, helping team members resolve roadblocks.

Benefits

• Generous PTO
• 11 paid holidays
• 401k + company match
• Full medical/dental/vision coverage
• FSA & HSA options
• Family leave
• Commuter benefits