Now Hiring - Brightspeed - Telecommunications IT Principal Front-end Engineer, Digital and Omni Channel Sales in Charlotte, NC

At Brightspeed, we are reimagining how people live, work, play and connect by providing fast, reliable internet connections and an awesome customer experience in twenty states throughout the Midwest and South.

Backed by funds managed by Apollo Global Management, our vision is to accelerate the upgrade of copper to fiber optic technologies, bringing faster and more reliable internet service to many rural markets traditionally underserved by broadband providers, while delivering best-in-class customer experience.

Be a part of the team that will make this vision a reality….designing and building a world class fiber network and creating a customer experience second to none.

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Brightspeed has an exciting opportunity for a Principal Front-end Engineer – Digital and Omni Channel Sales. As a Principal Front-end Engineer, you have the challenge and the opportunity to re-envision customer sales journey with cutting edge technologies.

We are looking to hire someone who has enterprise grade experience and is willing to take up a new challenge to make an incredible impact on our digital and omni channel sales platform.

As Principal Front-end Engineer, Digital and Omni Channel Sales, your primary responsibilities will include

• Leading, architecting, and directing a team of front-end developers (onshore and offshore) to build pixel-perfect, robust, and accessible web applications
• Providing deep technical support and hands-on knowledge for all front-end needs of multiple web applications
• Working closely with UI/UX designers, Product Owners, 3rd party vendors, and other internal IT teams to provide direction and recommendation to build best in class user experiences
• Participating in conceiving and designing new UI/UX flows and developing standards for coding, testing, debugging, and implementation
• Working in an Agile environment and participating in full SDLC
• Participating in daily scrum calls, reviewing project progress, identifying issues, risks and blockers with the deliverables and guiding team for the resolution
• Independently driving a project from inception to production deployment with a strong focus on performance and robustness
• Ensuring the page performance and accessibility of web applications is up to standard
• Defining standards and guidelines based on best-practices and ensuring these are followed
• Reviewing, evaluating, and prioritizing new feature requests from business partners and stakeholders
• Debugging and resolving production issues

WHAT IT TAKES TO CATCH OUR EYE:

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science (or related field) or equivalent work experience.
• 8+ years of relevant experience in UI/UX development with at least 4 years of leadership experience.
• Strong knowledge of responsive web design and cross browser/platform compatibility.
• Solid coding practices include good design documentation, unit testing, peer code reviews, and a preference for agile methods
• Experience working with SPA (Single Page Application) architecture
• Experience developing software using modern tools and frameworks such as ReactJS, Redux, styled-components, Node.js, Express
• Knowledge of multiple front-end languages and libraries (e.g., SCSS, HTML5/CSS3, JavaScript, JSON, Typescript, etc...)
• Knowledgeable with front-end testing techniques and tools like Cypress, Jest, Jasmine
• Experience building reusable React components
• Experience working with CI/CD principles and techniques to continuously deliver quality code
• Experience working with restful services, consuming JSON, XML responses
• Experience using modular JavaScript, async patterns and DOM manipulation
• Experience working with content management systems
• Familiarity with SQL and relational/non-relational databases
• Experience releasing code to production as often as weekly
• Ability to learn and apply new technologies quickly
• Highly self-motivated with excellent problem-solving and communication skills

BONUS POINTS FOR:

• Experience in Telecom industry
• Familiarity with cloud AWS or Azure or GCP
• Experience with mobile app (iOS and Android) development
• Knowledge of GraphQL, Contentstack, AEM

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WHY JOIN US?

We aspire to contemporary ways of working.

We are committed to being a leader in defining a new way to work because we recognize the changing mindset of today's workforce. We are opening a new, state-of-the-art corporate HQ in Charlotte, NC and our current priority is to make it a truly vibrant destination by hiring talent in the greater Charlotte area who are interested in a hybrid remote/office work arrangement. As always, however, we are also open to providing sensible remote options to talent outside of the Charlotte area. Why? Because our purpose is to reimagine how people work, learn, play, and connect!

We offer competitive compensation and comprehensive benefits.

Our benefits and paid time off programs reflect our underlying belief in promoting overall wellness through physical, emotional and financial health. We are committed to building a team as diverse as the customers we serve.

Diversity, equity and inclusion are at the center of our grounding belief in Being Real.

When we bring our authentic selves to work, everyone is better as a result. A diverse team helps us be fierce advocates for more accessible, inclusive and high-quality internet, because we believe doing so promotes equity in the communities we serve.

Brightspeed is an Equal Opportunity Employer

WHY JOIN US?

We aspire to contemporary ways of working.

We are committed to being a leader in defining a new way to work because we recognize the changing mindset of today's workforce. We have a brand new, state-of-the-art corporate HQ in Charlotte, NC and our current priority is to make it a truly vibrant destination by hiring talent in the greater Charlotte area. Why? Because our purpose is to reimagine how people work, learn, play and connect!

We offer competitive compensation and comprehensive benefits.

Our benefits and paid time off programs reflect our underlying belief in promoting overall wellness through physical, emotional and financial health. We are committed to building a team as diverse as the customers we serve.

Diversity, equity and inclusion are at the center of our grounding belief in Being Real.

When we bring our authentic selves to work, everyone is better as a result. A diverse team helps us be fierce advocates for more accessible, inclusive and high-quality internet, because we believe doing so promotes equity in the communities we serve.

Brightspeed is an Equal Opportunity Employer

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