Front End Solution Architect - Temporary

Job Description

Temporary (W2) position to start mid-March, with the possibility to convert to full-time.

Merkle is seeking a Frontend Solution Architecture with proven experience leading and developing enterprise applications utilizing the latest front-end technologies. The candidate will be required to solve problems while managing several projects at the same time. The role also involves consulting on potential new projects, presenting to clients, and estimating timelines and risk before the project has been fully defined. As part of addressing the feasibility of proposed projects, the candidate must provide alternate solutions if the proposal is not possible.

The ideal candidate will have significant input into our process and will help influence the direction of our frontend team and our clients’ frontend strategies.

• Work with discipline leads/managers and the client to help design the architecture of the code
• Optimize existing code for maintainability and testability
• Prioritize requests and work intake to help the team focus their time on the most important work
• Initiate, organize and drive development efforts for a team of engineers over a shared codebase
• Drive solution design discussions with external teams while representing the client perspective and desires
• Participate in vision and strategy exercises for the team
• Identify pain points for the team and organization and work proactively to resolve them

• 10+ years of experience in software development with at least 2+ years in an architect role
• Experience in leading project teams of 5-6 members in a Scrum or other Agile methodology environment
• Expert in web technologies, including HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, Type Script and JavaScript frameworks (e.g., React.js, Angular.js, Vue.js), and JSON, and awareness of inherent pros and cons of different JS frameworks
• Expert in state management technologies such as Redux Toolkit, MobX or similar
• Experience with templating engines (e.g., Mustache, Free Marker, Razor)
• Thorough understanding of responsive design, browser behavior and compatibility, and cross browser optimization / troubleshooting
• Solid knowledge of the concepts and advantages of using compression and other optimization techniques (sprites, etc.) to improve front-end performance
• Solid knowledge of common creational, structural, and behavioral design patterns and programming models
• Familiar with data modeling and the relationship between front-end development and back-end data sources
• Working knowledge in implementing custom visualization (data, graphics, animations, etc.)
• Experience implementing a given layout into a functioning interactive design utilizing grid framework
• Experience with developing complex functional components and integrating into Storybook and running Chromatic builds
• Experience with integrating with third parties such as Azure for Single Sign On functionality and other third-party APIs
• Familiar with at least one tool to analyze performance within a system (e.g., Java profilers, DB profilers, etc.)
• Able to design and implement modules of code, leveraging best practices as examples for junior developers
• Ability to troubleshoot, debug, performance-tune, and optimize a module of code
• Working knowledge of front-end optimization tools (e.g., Rhino or YUI for JS Compression) and web server gzip compression
• Familiarity with Tag Management tools (e.g., GTM/Optimost/Adobe Launch/etc.)
• Experience with source code management tools (e.g., Git, SVN, Ant, Maven)
• Ability to lead client facing conversations and produce quality design documents acceptable for client consumption
• Able to help set up and configure a local development environment and build process, including leveraging build systems (e.g., Gulp, Grunt, Webpack) and unit testing
• Experience with building multi-brand application development is a plus
• Experience with micro-frontend development is a plus
• Experience with Kiosk application development is a plus
• Experience with MFA implementation is a plus

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