Staff Front End/UI Engineer - Samsung Ads

Position Summary

Are you a seasoned Front End/UI Engineer with a knack for leadership and a passion for collaboration? If so, Samsung Ads invites you to join our Global Ads Product & Engineering team.

As our new Staff Front End/UI Engineer, you will play a pivotal role in driving the development, optimization, and enhancement of front-end components and user interfaces for our advertising platform. This is a technical lead position, requiring you to work closely with Product Managers, engineering teams, and Senior UI Engineers across globally distributed sites. You will spearhead single spa micro front end projects at scale, ensuring our products are highly performant, modular, and visually engaging.

Role and Responsibilities

In recent years, Samsung has transformed its hardware dominance into a dynamic ecosystem of engaging services across devices. Enter Samsung Ads - a thriving business poised for even greater success. Our Global Ads Product & Engineering team, with a strong presence in five countries, is at the heart of this evolution. We are the innovators behind the products, tech, and tools driving ad-based monetization. Join us and be part of shaping the future of advertising tech on a global scale!

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Staff Level Front End/UI Engineer to help lead and mentor an  existing team, as well as ensure that timelines and deliverables are met. You’ll work closely with the Architecture team as we evolve our new self-serve Ad Serving product, helping to shape the future of the ad tech industry.

Key Responsibilities

• Architectural Design: Design and implement scalable and maintainable front-end architectures, ensuring high performance and reliability.
• Front-End Development: Lead the development of responsive, user-friendly, and visually appealing complex front-end applications and components.
• Code Quality: Set and maintain high standards for code quality, code reviews, and best practices within the front-end team.
• Optimization: Identify and resolve performance bottlenecks, improve loading times, and optimize user experiences.
• Cross-functional collaboration: Collaborate with product managers, UX/UI designers, back-end engineers, and data scientists to define requirements and implement effective solutions.
• Cross-Site Collaboration: Collaborate with peers and leaders across the various sites of Samsung Ads, driving cross-site efforts to improve Samsung Ads' capabilities.
• Mentorship: Mentor and guide junior developers, helping them grow in their careers and skills.
• Technology Evaluation: Stay up-to-date with the latest front-end technologies, tools, and best practices to ensure our tech stack remains cutting-edge.
• Documentation: Maintain comprehensive documentation for front-end systems and processes.
• Testing: Ensure robust testing procedures and continuous integration to guarantee the reliability of our front-end applications

Skills and Qualifications

Qualifications

• Architectural Design: Design and implement scalable and maintainable front-end architectures, ensuring high performance and reliability.
• Front-End Development: Lead the development of responsive, user-friendly, and visually appealing complex front-end applications and components.
• Code Quality: Set and maintain high standards for code quality, code reviews, and best practices within the front-end team.
• Optimization: Identify and resolve performance bottlenecks, improve loading times, and optimize user experiences.
• Cross-functional collaboration: Collaborate with product managers, UX/UI designers, back-end engineers, and data scientists to define requirements and implement effective solutions.
• Cross-Site Collaboration: Collaborate with peers and leaders across the various sites of Samsung Ads, driving cross-site efforts to improve Samsung Ads' capabilities.
• Mentorship: Mentor and guide junior developers, helping them grow in their careers and skills.
• Technology Evaluation: Stay up-to-date with the latest front-end technologies, tools, and best practices to ensure our tech stack remains cutting-edge.
• Documentation: Maintain comprehensive documentation for front-end systems and processes.
• Testing: Ensure robust testing procedures and continuous integration to guarantee the reliability of our front-end applications

Preferred, Not Required

• Experience building Micro Front-End applications with Module Federation
• Experience building a library of reusable components
• Experience with Material UI
• Experience with Storybook
• Experience with the following technologies and systems: Cypress, PostgreSQL, Jira, and Confluence

California Only