UI Web Architect - Angular JS
Location: Cumberland, RI
Duration: 12 Months + Contract to Hire
W2 or Corp-Corp
Position is Contract to Hire
Corp-Corp Candidate MUST be able to Convert to Fulltime Role within 6-12 Months
Can do Initial Remote for 2 Months and then Onsite in Boston, MA and Alternate Locations are: Northbrook, IL and/or Boston, MA and/or Woonsocket, RI

As a UI Web Architect, you will be creating innovative digital solutions that will make health care more accessible, more integrated, and more reliable for more people, both online and in our stores. In the role of UI Architect you will engage in the architecture, design, implementation, and documentation of UI architecture. This role is also hands-on and needs leading by example with proof of concepts, reference implementations and supporting architectural guides in addition to presenting and evangelizing this work. This role is also ideal for a Sr UI Engineer looking to get into UI Architecture. Some of the responsibilities include:
Building POCs. Help and support developers in implementing architectural suggestions and guidelines.
Pushing the envelope in adopting new technologies, best design practices to ensure our products are the best in usability.
Learning the applications capabilities and ensure the technical feasibility of UI designs.
Providing technical and architectural support to UI team members and being a team player.
Contribute to architecture, design, and implementation of enterprise class UI.
Conducting design and code reviews with a major focus on best user experience, performance, scalability, security and future expansion.
The person in this role is expected to be innovative and to coach others to be innovative.
Direct, and produce technical designs/architectures at a project, product, and program level with proficiency in the areas of design/UI integrity, service continuity, component redundancy, security, etc.
Collaborate with visual, experience designers and engineers to implement new features.
Mentor and coach junior engineers and seek opportunity to bring in continuous improvements to implement front-end best practices.
Work closely with project team members (UX designers, Product Management, Business Analysts, Software Developers)

Required Skills and Experience
8-10 years of UI and Web Development is required
5+ years of experience developing or architecting Web Application UI with JavaScript, React JS or AngularJS (knowledge of Angular 5+ required) based frameworks.
5+ years of experience on UI frameworks such as AngularJS, JQuery, Ajax, CSS, HTML5, CSS pre-processors (SASS, LESS etc.)
Experience with responsive, adaptive UI design and development
Experience with BackboneJS, Angular, Polymer and other popular front-end frameworks.
Basic Knowledge of NodeJS and related server side concepts.
Extensive experience working on ES6/ES7/ES8, UI Middleware.
Experience working on:
UI sharing: Web Components, Micro-frontends, Control/Pattern libraries and tools
State management: Flux, Redux, NGRX and related patterns
Packaging and bundling technologies and library management tools
Detail oriented, cross-browser implementation aware and hands on performance optimizations.
UX success factors accessibility, usability and aesthetics
Develop micro-components, microservices and deploy on cloud platforms like GCP, Amazon EC2, Azur etc.
Server-side: micro-services, CDNs, data caches and stores
Jenkins, CI/CD Pipeline, GIT and other DevOps principles
3+ years of some experience with Typescript and Objected oriented Javascript
A systems thinker, able to move fluidly between high-level abstract thinking and detail-oriented implementation; open minded to new ideas, approaches, and possesses the technical ability to implement ideas.
Experience working with Agile development frameworks.
A self-starter that is naturally inquisitive, requiring only small pieces to the puzzle, across many technologies new and legacy.
BS degree in Computer Science