The Senior Front-End Developer (AEM)  is responsible for designing and writing code and providing support to web applications and Adobe AEM. The SFED is able to work independently, assuming ownership for the design, interface and programming of simple and complex web sites. The SFED should also be able to provide estimates for their tasks and assume ownership for these estimates.The SFED works with web applications and a variety of front-end technologies including HTML5, CSS and JavaScript, and is comfortable with content management systems.

Job location: San José, Costa Rica

You will:

• Developing web applications that follow the latest web standards and conforms with leading-edge front-end technologies.
• Works closely with Creative, Business, Technology and QA teams to ensure the technology will be functional and meet performance targets on all web platforms (mobile, desktop).
• Owns the development of web applications and ensures they follow the overall technical architecture and design established by the technical lead.
• Implements user and business requirements which are composed of multiple development activities.
• Maintains up-to-date and complete documentation on projects as dictated by the capability’s guidelines and best practices.
• Debugs or troubleshoots complex issues in existing web applications.
• Proactively provide feedback on policies and procedures when an opportunity for improvement exists.
• Proactively provide guidance and support to other members of the in fulfill their tasks and improvement their performance and overall technical skills.

You  have:

• Advanced English Proficiency (B2+/C1 reading, writing, and conversation)
• At least 3-4 years of experience working with Front-End technologies (CSS (SASS, LESS)/ HTML /JavaScript).
• Experience in AEM (6.4) components creation, dialogs and HTL(modernization of existing components)refactoring (Classic UI /Touch UI/ CRX)
• Experience dealing with Cross-browser and Responsive development.
• Excellent knowledge of recent development practices (Mobile First, MVC, Object Oriented development).
• Work experience integrating web solutions with external web services.
• Knowledge of design patterns (e.g., model-view-controller, observer, object oriented, etc.) and working with several mainstream libraries and frameworks (jQuery, VueJS, ES6).
• Fluency with data transfer formats and protocols popular in web applications (eg. JSON, XML, HTTP).
• Capable of working with version control systems (GIT).
• Capable of building proof of concept prototypes.
• Capable of troubleshooting, debugging and doing root cause analysis of web applications issues.
• Capable of consuming, parse and translate SOAP or REST web services.
• Capable of writing code compliant with modern accessibility (eg.ARIA, WCAG, Microformats, ADA, RDF) and SEO guidelines and best practices.