Staff Software Engineer - front end (Remote US Only)

Company Description

About us, but we’ll be brief

Experian is the world’s leading global information services company, unlocking the power of data to create more opportunities for consumers, businesses and society. We are thrilled to share that FORTUNE has named Experian one of the 100 Best Companies to work for. In addition, for the last five years we’ve been named in the 100 “World’s Most Innovative Companies” by Forbes Magazine.

Job Description

Staff Engineer (Front End)

Description

If you’re excited about solving complex challenges and enjoy learning new skills in an ever changing web application, we’d love to hear from you! Join our like-minded people and make your footprint in building our next cutting edge web application. You must be well-rounded, self-motivated, experienced with multiple UI technologies and frameworks, and enjoy fast paced development cycles. You must be an expert in understanding complex, large-scale JavaScript applications in the cloud, such as Angular, React, Vue, etc. We love to see portfolios of recent project designs and/or code samples.

Responsibilities:

• Providing technical leadership to a team of cross functional engineers, and be accountable for the technical decision making for your team
• Manage, organize, and motivate the front-end engineering team
• Lead architectural and technical improvement projects
• Ensure the technical feasibility of UI/UX designs
• Ensure the quality and stability of the front-end codebase
• Collaborate with other team members and stakeholders
• Develop and maintain user-facing features
• Share your experience and continue to learn
• Optimize the application for maximum speed, scalability, and maintainability
• Be active in the developer community

Qualifications

• Exceptionally skilled Front-End Web Engineer with a solid technical background and leadership skills, able work in a fast-paced environment primarily using the latest front-end development practices.
• 7+ years expert UI programming skills with JavaScript, HTML5, CSS3, including extensive experience with Angular, TypeScript, and RxJS
• Deep technical expertise on JavaScript frameworks and single page application design and development
• Strong computer science fundamentals, including algorithms, data structures, and design patterns
• Proficiency with the DOM and asynchronous event-programming models
• Track record of cross browser development on a large scale public facing application
• Ability to complete projects with minimal supervision and direction
• Solid understanding of responsive design, web standards, and UI/UX best practices
• Experience with blue/green deployments as an application release model
• Experience using multiple JavaScript/CSS frameworks and libraries (Angular, React, Bootstrap, Storybook, etc.) 
• Experience with UI testing and automation frameworks (Protractor, Jasmine, Cucumber, etc.)
• Proficient in Agile/Scrum methodology

Bonus skills:

• Active collaboration in open-source communities
• Experience with CSS pre-processors such as Sass, Less or Stylus 
• Experience with node development workflows (npm, gulp, etc.) 
• Experience with data visualization APIs and JSON (Highcharts, D3, Google Charts, etc.)
• Previous Mobile (web and/or native) development experience a plus
• Financial Services experience is a plus

Education:

• Degree in computer science or related field

Additional Information

Experian is proud to be an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer. Our goal is to create a thriving, inclusive and diverse team where people love their work and love working together. We believe that diversity, equity and inclusion is essential to our purpose of creating a better tomorrow. We value the uniqueness of every individual and want you to bring your whole, authentic self to work. For us, this is The Power of YOU and it ensures that we live what we believe.

Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several U.S. geographic markets. The base pay range for this position is listed above.  Within this range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors such as job-related skills, experience and education.  This position is also eligible for a variable pay opportunity and a comprehensive benefits package which includes health, life and disability insurance, generous paid time off including paid parental and family care leave, an emplo