Job Description

THIS POSITION IS OFFERED FOR REMOTE WORK FROM HOME ONLY. ROLE IS OPEN TO ALL LOCATIONS IN THE US

THERE A TWO POSITIONS OPEN ( SR. FRONT END DEVELOPER AND SR. BACKEND DEVELOPER)

GiftNow is a transformative force in the +$500 billion Gift-Commerce category. Based in the San Francisco Bay area, we are leading a revolution in the US gift giving market. Our Gift Experience Management Platform (GXM) is being leveraged by many leading brands (Neiman Marcus, Uniqlo, Coach, Kate Spade and more), and we are continuing our growth by partnering with influential retailers, platforms, and solution providers to change the way gifting is done by turning online gifts into memorable experiences.

Companies that leverage our GXM platform have learned that gift experiences can transform critical business activities like sales, employee engagement and incentives, trade shows, events and more. Whether they are sending a gift to one employee or 5000 customers, our GXM solutions can help create a gifting campaign that generates goodwill and loyalty. With our expanded gift card capability, we help businesses create a modern and elegant gift experience with personalization and design options to delight gift card customers and improve gift card redemption.

We define our vibrant culture as being a family-like and fun-loving atmosphere, agile, and focused on defining the leading edge of something meaningful for millions of people.

ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES:

· WORK ON ARCHITECTURE, DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT OF USER FACING COMPONENTS OF OUR PRODUCT.

· COLLABORATE WITH DESIGNERS, PRODUCT MANAGERS AND OTHER TEAM MEMBERS TO CREATE MODERN, ELEGANT, INNOVATIVE AND DELIGHTFUL USER EXPERIENCES

· CONTRIBUTE TO OVERALL CULTURE OF ENGINEERING AND UX EXCELLENCE AND BEST PRACTICES

· DRIVE OUR TECHNOLOGY FORWARD, INNOVATE AND EVOLVE IT WITH RESPECT TO FUNCTIONALITY, PERFORMANCE, RELIABILITY, AND SCALABILITY

· IMPLEMENT WORKING PROTOTYPES FOR TESTING NEW IDEAS

· PARTICIPATE AND CONTRIBUTE TO DESIGN AND CODE REVIEWS FOR PRODUCING QUALITY CODE

· PERFORM OTHER DUTIES AND/OR SPECIAL PROJECTS AS ASSIGNED

QUALIFICATIONS/REQUIREMENTS:

· A MINIMUM OF 5 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE AND DEEP EXPERIENCE WITH HAND-CODED JAVASCRIPT, INCLUDING MODERN PROGRAMMING PATTERNS (CLIENT SIDE MVC, JSONP, DYNAMIC RESOURCE LOADING ETC.)

· A MINIMUM OF 3 YEARS’ EXPERIENCE AND HIGH PROFICIENCY WITH CROSS-BROWSER HTML AND CSS, INCLUDING THE LATEST HTML5/CSS3 FEATURES.

· A MINIMUM OF 3 YEARS’ EXPERIENCE WRITING MODULAR, WELL-ABSTRACTED, REUSABLE CLIENT AND SERVER-SIDE CODE FOR UI COMPONENTS

TECHNOLOGY:

BACKEND - JAVA11 + KOTLIN, GRAILS + GROOVY FRONTEND - REACTJS, BACKBONE, NODE, PUPPETEER INFRASTRUCTURE - AWS DATA STORAGE - AWS AURORA (MYSQL), REDIS, REDSHIFT AND MORE VERSION CONTROL - GIT (BITBUCKECT

USING THE ATLASSIAN SUITE - JIRA, CONFLUENCE, BAMBOO

USING AGILE METHODOLOGIES SUCH AS SCRUM AND KANBAN.

WE'RE A MULTI-TENANT SAAS PLATFORM FOLLOWING SERVICE ORIENTED ARCHITECTURE.

DESIRED CHARACTERISTICS:

· BACHELOR’S DEGREE IN COMPUTER SCIENCE OR RELATED TECHNICAL FIELD

· START-UP EXPERIENCE,

· STRONG ANALYTICAL SKILLS – ABILITY TO UNDERSTAND THE CONSTRAINTS OF A PROBLEM AND IDENTIFY THE TRADEOFFS.

· FAMILIARITY WITH SERVER-SIDE DEVELOPMENT USING RUBY/JAVA/PHP/ETC.

· PASSION FOR OPPORTUNITIES TO OFFER ITS CUSTOMERS, RETAILERS & PARTNERS

· OUTSTANDING ABILITY TO ANALYZE, TROUBLESHOOT AND SOLVE COMPLEX PROBLEMS.

· OUTSTANDING COMMUNICATIONS, RELATIONSHIP BUILDING, AND COLLABORATION SKILLS.

· PROVEN ABILITY TO PARTNER AND COMMUNICATE EFFECTIVELY WITH ALL LEVELS OF THE ORGANIZATION

LEGAL AUTHORIZATION TO WORK IN THE U.S. IS REQUIRED. WE WILL NOT SPONSOR INDIVIDUALS FOR EMPLOYMENT VISAS, NOW OR IN THE FUTURE, FOR THIS JOB OPENING.