Sphera is a leading global provider of enterprise software and services that enables companies to manage and optimize their environmental, health, safety and sustainability. Our mission is to create a safer, more sustainable and productive world. Sphera is a portfolio company of Blackstone, a U.S.-based alternative asset investment company that focuses on private equity, technology and innovation, and more. Blackstone businesses succeed through strong partnerships, a personalized approach and a commitment to exceptional performance with uncompromising integrity. Sphera and Blackstone are leaders in the Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) space.

We are guided by our core values of Customer Centricity, Accountability, Bias to Action, Innovation, and Collaboration. These values help us recruit the right talent to join our rapidly expanding team of around 1000 Spherions around the globe. It is important to us that each and every Spherion is not only eager to challenge themselves and knows how to get work done but is an awesome addition to our company culture.

Summary:

The Lead UI Software Engineer is responsible for planning, developing, and supporting the user interface layer of the next generation of our products, used by the U.S. Government. You’ll work alongside Product Owners, UI/UX developers, Java leads and SQA engineers in a collaborative environment to iteratively deliver solutions on time and on budget. You will leverage the latest front-end technologies, tools, and frameworks to produce UIs that push industry standards for accessibility, usability, and performance.

Responsibilities:

Develop and implement front-end architecture to support user interface concepts.
Develop optimized and scalable 508 compliant UIs and integrate with multiple data sources.
Actively participate in UI development and guide the UI architecture roadmap and key technical decisions.
Collaborate with product owners and UI/UX developers to define/refine requirements, break down into development tasks, estimate effort, and plan milestones & deliverables.

· Ensure ease-of-use, ease-of-support, robustness, scalability, and security are always key ingredients to the recommended design solutions.

Provide L3/L4 support as user issues are escalated.
Be a proactive team member who contributes, collaborates, and demonstrates positive behavior.
Advocate for simplicity, reliability, manageability, reusability, and performance.

· Mentor and lead more junior members of the team when appropriate.

Required Experience:

Prior experience leading and influencing others.
5+ years of experience designing and building enterprise web applications in Microservice architecture.
Expertise in ReactJS (functional and class), Redux, Saga, HTML5, CSS3 and TypeScript, JavaScript and NodeJS.
Experience building shared component libraries and defining UI standards.
Strong knowledge of developing secure code meeting OWASP standards.
Experience with WCAG and implementing 508 compliant solutions.
Frontend infrastructure experience (Webpack, Babel, Docker, Kubernetes, Nginx).
Previous experience working with Full Stack (Java, Spring, Hibernate, PL/SQL) (preferred).

Skills:

Abilities to lead and motivate a team.
Strong facilitation and coaching skills.
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
Abilities to effectively work and collaborate with remote colleagues.
Quality-orientation with passion for customer satisfaction.
Proven time management, organizational and follow-up skills to meet deadlines.
Demonstrated initiative to learn & experiment with new technologies and processes.

Education:

BE/B.Tech in Computer Science, or STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) or equivalent work experience. Understanding or working knowledge of Environmental, Health, and Safety software is beneficial.

Additional Requirements:

Since this role will be accessing production data for mission critical applications in Gov cloud, we require candidate to be either a US Citizen or a Green Card holder.

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