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Swanson Health · 1 day ago

Principal Web Engineer

Fargo, ND

Full-time

Remote

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

8+ years exp

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Responsibilities

Provide strategic direction and technical guidance to the web and ecommerce development teams.

Foster a culture of innovation, encouraging the adoption of best practices in coding, testing, and deployment.

Management of Technical Debt, prioritization of areas of refactor based on business priorities and active blockers to business goals.

Design and implement scalable, high-performance web architectures.

Evaluate and recommend tools, technologies, and processes to improve efficiency and effectiveness.

Drive the complete product development lifecycle, from formulation to implementation, including preparation, development, assessment, documentation, and maintenance.

Work closely with product managers, UX/UI designers, and other stakeholders to define project requirements and deliverables.

Mentor and support team members, facilitating their professional growth.

Create cross-department collaboration with marketing, regulatory, creative, and other stakeholders to align endeavors with business goals and customer needs.

Ensure high standards of code quality through code reviews, automated testing, and continuous integration practices.

Establish and enforce development standards and processes.

Identify and address performance bottlenecks in applications, optimizing for speed and responsiveness.

Monitor application performance and implement necessary improvements.

Stay up to date with industry trends and emerging technologies to keep the organization competitive.

Lead proof-of-concept projects to explore new ideas and innovations.

Control risk management by Identifying potential roadblocks and challenges and ensure compliance with relevant standards and regulations.

Qualification

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ECommerce DevelopmentReactJava/SpringTechnical LeadershipPostgreSQLAWSKubernetesCI/CD PipelinesJIRAGITCDNsShell ScriptingLog AnalyticsCross-browser IssuesPair ProgrammingCollaboration Skills

Required

Proven experience in technical leadership roles, with a focus on eCommerce development and digital commerce platforms.

Excellent leadership, communication, and interpersonal skills, with the ability to inspire and motivate cross-functional teams.

Clear written and verbal communication skills; ability to successfully communicate with all levels within the organization.

Deep understanding of usability, best practices and user-centered design principles as related to eCommerce.

Experience with CDNs and an understanding of the benefits CDNs play on origin load, cache, stability, web application security and Bot Management.

Extensive experience with React and defensive programming methodologies.

Cross-Operating system experience (Windows, Linux, MacOS), particularly shell.

Understanding of log analytics monitoring within Datadog.

Extensive Java/Spring experience in performance optimization, efficiency, and architecture.

Knowledge of PostgreSQL.

Knowledge of and ability to lead a replatform effort to a modern platform (ie Shopify+, Adobe Commerce, Woo Commerce, Big Commerce, etc).

Experience with frontend/backend test automation and CI/CD pipelines built to pre-emptively detect issues before deployment to production systems.

Understanding of cross-browser/platform issues and an ability to investigate/debug.

Experience with JIRA and the ability to manage, triage tickets, and coordinate priorities among stakeholders.

Experience with the GIT revision control software and Gitlab.

Experience balancing technical complexity, technical debt, and prioritization given budget/timeline with the ability to improve systems incrementally.

Experience with pair programming and code review to mentor and convey detailed technical requirements.

Demonstrated expertise in Amazon Web Services and Kubernetes.

Lead internal and contract employees and stay within budget.

Excellent problem-solving skills and attention to detail.

Strong communication and collaboration abilities.

Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and manage multiple priorities.

Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science, Engineering or a related field with a minimum of 8 years’ experience in eCommerce technology. Or; an equivalent combination of education and experience sufficient to successfully perform the essential responsibilities and duties of the job as listed above.