Software Engineer (React.js, Node.js)
Overview
Placement Type:
Temporary
Salary:
$53-58 per hour DOE
Start Date:
12.16.2024
NOTE: W2 only. No C2C, please.
NOTE: Visa sponsorship is not available, now or in the near future, for this position.
Aquent Studios is looking for an experienced Frontend Developer to join a team that is supporting one of our top client’s Design System team promoting consistent user experience across a large digital product. A stand-out quality in a past position would be experience in a design system/component library environment. This is a remote role, working in the Central time zone.
Required Skills:
1) JavaScript
2) HTML5
3) CSS
4) React.js (understand functional React components and hooks)
5) Node.js (understanding how that relates to building for the front-end is essential)
6) Candidate should have strong JavaScript experience & should understand at least at an intermediate level the foundations of JavaScript.
7) Responsive Web Design – understanding how layouts will respond at various screen sizes is essential
8) Version Control – we use Git, but some understanding of concepts of distributed version control is necessary.
9) TypeScript – should at least understand what it is, what benefit it provides, and how it relates to JavaScript.
Nice to have skills:
1) Testing (Cypress component testing, Visual Regression Testing)
2) CSS Preprocessors or CSS-in-JS tools (SASS or LESS, Emotion, Styled Components, etc.)
3) Material UI
4) Engineering Practices – TDD, Software Automation, CI/CD
5) Agile and XP
6) Experience working in a design system/component library team
7) Experience working on an internal tools team
Duties:
1) Develops reusable components for a shared product design system.
2) Analyzes requirements from 10-20 product development teams to come to a common, intuitive component API
3) Works with product managers and UX designers to ensure component library meets the needs of the business and users.
4) Follows industry-standard agile software design methodology for development and documentation.
5) Executes necessary documentation as needed.
6) Tests components across browsers and devices.
7) Maintains the component library as a product and work with other teams to manage contributions.
Client Description
Aquent Studios is a global creative studio that delivers scale, speed and efficiency to the world’s most recognized brands. We create the work that matters the most to them—work that has a real impact on their business. As an Aquent Studio team member, you’ll have the opportunity to engage with the largest and most influential companies in the world, solving design challenges and extending their brands across tactic types and platforms, including digital design, UI/UX, video, motion, content, print design, web development, and more. If you want to do work that matters in a collaborative setting that values ingenuity and personal growth, you have found the right place!