What are the responsibilities and job description for the Sr User Interface Engineer position at Cox Automotive?
Job Description
We're seeking a Senior User Interface Software Engineer to join our Cox Automotive (Kelley Blue Book) team in Irvine, CA.
Job Summary:
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Description:
The Senior User Interface Software Engineer will develop the next generation of user experiences for Kelley Blue Book Instant Cash Offer. Our core tech stack consists of ReactJs/C#/JavaScript/Gatsby.js, on the AWS cloud computing platform.
A successful candidate is self-motivated, with the drive to excel and exceed commitments. You thrive in a fast-paced atmosphere where wearing multiple hats is encouraged. You learn new skills and technology quickly. You have strong collaboration/communication skills, as you will be a member of a scrum team consisting of other software engineers and a product owner who are intensely collaborating in meaningful way. You are team-oriented. You provide leadership in designing solutions as well as mentoring more junior developers and collaborating with peers.
Responsibilities of the position include:
Key Qualifications:
Education:
To be employed in this role, you'll need to clear a pre-employment background check and drug test. Cox Automotive does not currently consider a pre-employment drug test for marijuana for this position. However, we are a drug-free workplace, so the possession, use or being under the influence of drugs illegal under federal or state law during work hours, on company property and/or in company vehicles is prohibited.
USD 104,900.00 - 174,700.00 per year
About Cox Automotive
At Cox Automotive, people of every background are driven by their passion for mobility, innovation and community. We transform the way the world buys, sells, owns and uses cars, accelerating the industry with global powerhouse brands like Autotrader, Kelley Blue Book, Manheim and more. What's more, we do it all with an emphasis on employee growth and happiness. Drive your future forward and join Cox Automotive today!
About Cox
Cox empowers employees to build a better future and has been doing so for over 120 years. With exciting investments and innovations across transportation, communications, cleantech and healthcare, our family of businesses - which includes Cox Automotive and Cox Communications - is forging a better future for us all. Ready to make your mark? Join us today!
Benefits of working at Cox may include health care insurance (medical, dental, vision), retirement planning (401(k)), and paid days off (sick leave, parental leave, flexible vacation/wellness days, and/or PTO). For more details on what benefits you may be offered, visit our benefits page .
Cox is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer - All qualified applicants/employees will receive consideration for employment without regard to that individual's age, race, color, religion or creed, national origin or ancestry, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, physical or mental disability, veteran status, genetic information, ethnicity, citizenship, or any other characteristic protected by law. Cox provides reasonable accommodations when requested by a qualified applicant or employee with disability, unless such accommodations would cause an undue hardship.
Statement to ALL Third-Party Agencies and Similar Organizations: Cox accepts resumes only from agencies with which we formally engage their services. Please do not forward resumes to our applicant tracking system, Cox employees, Cox hiring manager, or send to any Cox facility. Cox is not responsible for any fees or charges associated with unsolicited resumes.
Job Summary:
Do you want to build web experiences used by millions of users? Then consider the KBB Instant Cash Offer team if you are passionate about developing rich user interfaces for the masses. The ICO team is an innovative, high impactful group that has helped KBB maintain its stature as one of the top automotive websites in the world today. If you are highly motivated, enthusiastic about software engineering and want to make an impact, then we would love to hear from you!
Description:
The Senior User Interface Software Engineer will develop the next generation of user experiences for Kelley Blue Book Instant Cash Offer. Our core tech stack consists of ReactJs/C#/JavaScript/Gatsby.js, on the AWS cloud computing platform.
A successful candidate is self-motivated, with the drive to excel and exceed commitments. You thrive in a fast-paced atmosphere where wearing multiple hats is encouraged. You learn new skills and technology quickly. You have strong collaboration/communication skills, as you will be a member of a scrum team consisting of other software engineers and a product owner who are intensely collaborating in meaningful way. You are team-oriented. You provide leadership in designing solutions as well as mentoring more junior developers and collaborating with peers.
Responsibilities of the position include:
- Actively participate in agile team activities such as providing input into story sizing, backlog grooming, and release planning for solutions
- Participate in ongoing support, monitoring, and maintenance of deployed products
- Actively participate in the engineering community, staying up to date on new web development technologies and best practices and shares insights with others in the organization
- Work with Product Management to understand the challenges that our end users face and partner with UX to design viable front-end solutions
- Design, create, develop, and maintain dynamic user interface templates for multiple applications, complete with page-level unit testing
- Implement front-end frameworks to increase development speed-to-market
- Ensure developed code is highly performant, accessible and SEO friendly based on best practices dictated by Google Lighthouse and WebPageTest
- Actively work with less experienced user interface engineers providing technical guidance and oversight
- Cultivate our culture of sharing ideas, practices and solutions
Key Qualifications:
- 5-8 years of working experience designing and building highly scalable/high-volume software systems and components, client-facing web applications, and major Internet-oriented applications and systems
- 2 years with one or more JavaScript SPA frameworks such as React
- Proficient understanding of HTML/CSS
- Proficient at using browser developer tools to debug issues
- Proficient in coding within front-end technology stacks and related frameworks, libraries and tools
- Working experience with JavaScript unit tests and/or other forms of automation testing
- Familiarity with programming paradigms such as object oriented/functional programming
- Ability to understand and work with product teams to engineer requirements
- Ability to be fully accountable for design and advocacy of UI solutions
- Working experience with user interface design patterns, visual design elements and a UI component library
- Working experience in web application development using responsive design
- Working experience in an Agile/Scrum environment
- Experience and knowledge of C# is a plus.
Education:
- BS in Computer Science or related degree, or equivalent work experience
To be employed in this role, you'll need to clear a pre-employment background check and drug test. Cox Automotive does not currently consider a pre-employment drug test for marijuana for this position. However, we are a drug-free workplace, so the possession, use or being under the influence of drugs illegal under federal or state law during work hours, on company property and/or in company vehicles is prohibited.
USD 104,900.00 - 174,700.00 per year
About Cox Automotive
At Cox Automotive, people of every background are driven by their passion for mobility, innovation and community. We transform the way the world buys, sells, owns and uses cars, accelerating the industry with global powerhouse brands like Autotrader, Kelley Blue Book, Manheim and more. What's more, we do it all with an emphasis on employee growth and happiness. Drive your future forward and join Cox Automotive today!
About Cox
Cox empowers employees to build a better future and has been doing so for over 120 years. With exciting investments and innovations across transportation, communications, cleantech and healthcare, our family of businesses - which includes Cox Automotive and Cox Communications - is forging a better future for us all. Ready to make your mark? Join us today!
Benefits of working at Cox may include health care insurance (medical, dental, vision), retirement planning (401(k)), and paid days off (sick leave, parental leave, flexible vacation/wellness days, and/or PTO). For more details on what benefits you may be offered, visit our benefits page .
Cox is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer - All qualified applicants/employees will receive consideration for employment without regard to that individual's age, race, color, religion or creed, national origin or ancestry, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, physical or mental disability, veteran status, genetic information, ethnicity, citizenship, or any other characteristic protected by law. Cox provides reasonable accommodations when requested by a qualified applicant or employee with disability, unless such accommodations would cause an undue hardship.
Statement to ALL Third-Party Agencies and Similar Organizations: Cox accepts resumes only from agencies with which we formally engage their services. Please do not forward resumes to our applicant tracking system, Cox employees, Cox hiring manager, or send to any Cox facility. Cox is not responsible for any fees or charges associated with unsolicited resumes.
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