SENIOR FRONT END DEVELOPER (Web Applications)

Guess Europe Sagl Bioggio Switzerland ICT and Information Systems
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Company Description

Established in 1981, GUESS began as a jeans company and has since successfully grown into a global lifestyle brand. Guess?, Inc. designs, markets, distributes and licenses a lifestyle collection of contemporary apparel, denim, handbags, watches, eyewear, footwear and other related consumer products.

Guess? products are distributed through branded Guess? stores as well as better department and specialty stores around the world.

As of January 30, 2021, the Company directly operated 1,046 retail stores in the Americas, Europe and Asia.

The Company’s partners and distributors operated 524 additional retail stores worldwide.

As of January 30, 2021, the Company and its partners and distributors operated in approximately 100 countries worldwide. For more information about the Company, please visit www.guess.com.

Position

PURPOSE OF THE JOB

Reporting directly to the Director of Web Applications, the Senior Frontend Developer understands the strategic drivers and technical needs of a company to deliver an optimal solution architecture based on the existing and future IT ecosystem, while ensuring usability, stability, and scalability.
Using technical expertise, he will be expected to refine and implement our development standards & best practices. Experience with collaboration tools and general programming tools is desirable. On the frontend, we use React, Typescript, and styled-components to build most of the application. Always open to trying new things if there is a good reason though.


CORE JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

  • The senior frontend engineer is involved with the product at all stages of development, from the initial conception of a new idea all the way to seeing it deployed to our internal customers.
  • Strong technical and communication skills and enjoy mentoring junior members of staff are required.
  • She/He should want to take ownership of what she/he is building and be willing to push your own ideas forwards for development.

Requirements

  • Proven experience in one of the following technologies: JavaScript/TypeScript, HMTL/CSS, Node.js, JS Build tooling
  • Experience with React and similar frameworks (VueJS, AngularJS)
  • Experience in developing front-end solutions on top of high-performance and distributed backend systems
  • Experience in leading the technical architecture of a frontend project
  • Experience mentoring junior developers
  • Smart, capable, and can write clean code effectively
  • Understanding of the full stack is preferable (REST backends and SPA frontends)
  • Strong Knowledge of the software development lifecycle (version control, tooling, testing, etc.)