Front End Engineer II (Remote)

American Specialty Health Incorporated is seeking a passionate and analytical individual looking to contribute their skills and leadership to the Front-End Engineering team. The Front-End Engineer II is responsible for creating single page apps, while working closely with, and providing support to, front end developers, software (API) engineers, designers, and product owners. They will be expected to help mentor Associate Front End Engineers and interns.

Remote Worker Considerations

Candidates who are selected for this position will be trained remotely and must be able to work from home (WFH) in a designated work area with company-provided technology equipment. This remote/WFH position requires you have a stable connection to your Internet Service Provider with the ability to participate by video in online meetings over a reliable and consistent network (minimum internet download of 50 Mbps and 10 Mbps upload speed).  

Responsibilities

• Develop mobile-first, single page apps using Ember.js for use on various devices and in various environments.
• Provide support to the rest of the web development team by converting mockups and wireframes into clean, easy to maintain, and reusable components (using Ember.js).
• Maintain and write new JavaScript and legacy plugins.
• Validate / test for 508 compliancy and cross-browser/platform/device compatibility.
• Lint/evaluate and test all JavaScript.
• Write clean, maintainable, and reusable code that adheres to code standards (check them out at https://github.com/ashdevelopment/standards).
• Assist with discovery and diagnoses of bugs in the development environment.
• Participate in Front End and scrum team meetings.
• Maintains code libraries and documents technical specs.
• Research solutions.
• Participate in code standards and code reviews

Qualifications

• 2+ years’ experience developing and architecting single page applications that adhere to web standards, using a JavaScript framework such as Ember, Angular, React, etc., while consuming APIs in a RESTful or JSON API format.
• Experience building websites that adhere to mobile-first functionality and fluid layouts.
• Experience writing clean, reusable, optimized, HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.
• Experience creating reusable components for use across multiple apps in the form of web components, or components as defined in Ember, React, Vue, Angular, etc. We use Ember, so experience with Ember is a plus.
• 1+ year writing ES2015, as well as Node.js.
• Experience writing tasks in Gulp.js or a similar build tool.
• Experience writing unit, integration, and acceptance/UI tests.
• Experience working in an agile environment.
• Bachelor’s degree in human-computer interaction, computer science, or a related degree (or equivalent experience). High school diploma required.

Core Competencies

• Demonstrated ability to interact in a positive, respectful manner and establish and maintain cooperative working relationships.
• Ability to display excellent customer service to meet the needs and expectations of both internal and external customers.
• Excellent listening and interpersonal communication skills to identify critical core competencies based on success factors and organizational environment.
• Ability to effectively organize, prioritize, multi-task and manage time.
• Demonstrated accuracy and productivity in a changing environment with constant interruptions.
• Demonstrated ability to analyze information, problems, issues, situations and procedures to develop effective solutions.
• Ability to exercise strict confidentiality in all matters.

Mobility

Primarily sedentary, able to sit for long periods of time. 

Physical Requirements

Ability to speak, see and hear other personnel and/or objects. Ability to communicate both in verbal and writte