REMOTE Senior Front-End Engineer

One of SGA's major pharmaceutical/healthcare industry clients is seeking a REMOTE Senior Front-End Engineer for a potential contract-to-hire position. This person will be joining an innovative team tasked with utilizing next-gen technology (including GenAI oriented solutions – Azure OpenAI) for process automation and other technical solutions. Must have a strong background in React/Angular (any other JS frameworks are also a plus), HTML5/CSS3, RESTful API understanding, GIT/version control systems, Cloud (Azure preferred but AWS or GCP is acceptable) and experience with tools such as Figma for translating design to web.

Summary: Under the general direction of the AI Platforms and Solutions Director, the incumbent will develop high-quality, customer-facing web applications and components that address business needs. The incumbent will also act as a liaison to product, UX, and backend development teams to understand business processes and determine technical solutions based on given functional requirements. This position works both independently and with cross-functional teams as required.

Responsibilities:

• Develops innovative, exceptional, and well-engineered web applications with intuitive, well-designed user interfaces that satisfy and delight both internal users and external customers.
• Participates in all aspects of the software development process as required, including analysis, design, development, documentation, testing, deployment, and support, taking a leadership role as appropriate.
• Excels in translating business and technical requirements into well-engineered, tested, and deployed solutions.
• Maintains technical ownership of projects, applications, and releases, acts as liaison to other technical teams, and provides troubleshooting and support as required.
• Learns new frameworks, techniques, and technologies as they emerge, integrating knowledge from multiple sources to bring new solutions to business problems.
• Seeks to disseminate knowledge to the rest of the team.
• Leads in defining processes, procedures, tools, and standards for the Frontend Engineering Team.
• Leads and mentors other team members in general software development principles as well as specific technologies.
• Contributes to the achievement of organizational goals and objectives.
  
  

Experience & Education:

• 5+ years of professional experience as a Front-End UI Developer with strong React & Angular development, and any other JS frameworks:
• High proficiency coding in React, Angular, JavaScript, HTML5, CSS3
• Good understanding of RESTful APIs
• Familiarity with state management Redux
• Deep knowledge of state management, hooks, context API, and performance optimization techniques.
• Hands-on experience with authentication solutions, particularly using MSAL.
• Experience with UI/UX tools such as Figma for translating design to web.
• Experience with version control systems (Git/Github/ADO)
• Experience with Azure DevOps processes regarding the automation, deployment, and build of front-end applications in Azure cloud
• Experience with accessibility and compliance of front-end applications around WCAG.
• Experience with front-end analytics such as Google Analytics.
• Position requires a bachelor's degree in computer science, information systems, or a related field.
  
  

Skills and Aptitudes:

• Passion and enthusiasm for building quality web software.
• Intellectually curious, yet practical and focused; Self-motivated.
• Strong knowledge of the frontend development space, including technology, applications, platforms, and standards.
• Knowledge of, and the ability to apply, standard UXD principles as they relate to the target platform.
• Ability to independently research solutions, evaluating their validity in solving the problem at hand.
• Comfortable working in a fluid environment; accepting of change and sometimes unclear requirements.
• Thrives as a cross-functional team member; is able to handle the normal give and take between team members and strives to resolve conflicting approaches through acceptable compromises.
• Solid understanding of business fundamentals and the role of IT within the organization.
• Ability to communicate effectively both orally and in writing with both technical teams and customers.
• Strong organizational skills with a natural attention to detail.
  
  

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