Front End Engineer (Hybrid)

Kasasa•Austin, TX

5h•Hybrid

About The Position

The Front End Engineer is responsible for the design, implementation, integration, testing and successful delivery of software product features and sub-systems at Kasasa. They will spend the majority of time developing clean, well-designed, well-documented, reusable code while embodying the Patch Values. This position will participate as a member of a cross-functional agile team consisting of software engineers and product managers.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field; Master’s degree in Computer Science or related field preferred; or equivalent work experience
3-5+ years of experience with the advanced features of HTML, CSS, JQuery, Ajax, and JavaScript
Experience with PHP preferred
Experience with JavaScript application frameworks, debugging tools, and unit testing frameworks
5+ years of experience building, debugging and maintaining enterprise SaaS web applications using JavaScript, including Vue JS and other modern JavaScript frameworks.
Knowledge of the Google Closure javascript library.
Experience with SOA and web services (REST, SOAP, XML, JSON)
Experience with AWS technologies (EC2, S3, API Gateway)
Strong understanding of Object Oriented Programming concepts and design
Superb troubleshooting skills
Excellent communication and collaboration skills, developing code in a team setting
Experience with test-driven development and continuous delivery in an agile software development environment
Experience with git, code reviews, code merge issues, and pull requests
Skilled in the use of advanced IDEs like WebStorm, PHPStorm or IntelliJ IDEA
Passion for leadership, learning and mentoring others
Strong understanding of UX design principles
Experience with data security and protecting PII
Must be legally allowed to work in the U.S.
You will be asked to participate in culture related meetings, activities, and events.

Nice To Haves

Experience building software for banking and financial systems highly preferred

Responsibilities

Infuses the Patch Values into your work ethic, every day and every interaction
Write code following TDD practices to achieve the highest practical unit, integration and acceptance test coverage
Responsible for the code from inception through deployment to integration, UAT, staging and production environments
Lead the design and implementation of features
Perform code reviews of others’ design and code
Participate in architectural reviews and discussions and proposes improvements and solutions
Provide leadership and mentorship to junior engineers
Pair program with other engineers to share knowledge, improve the code, and develop features
Works closely with the Product Owner to groom user stories - estimating, providing detail, and adding acceptance criteria
Help establish and improve software engineering standards and best practices and share knowledge with peers
Other duties as assigned.