Job details
Job type full-time
Full job description
At ascensus, technology is more than just a solutionIt powers the business that helps millions of people save for what matters—retirement, education, and healthcareOur technology experts tackle exciting challenges in collaborative teams, but work in an environment where individual and career development is always valuedTechnology associates leverage their talents and passion, building new and innovative platforms, creating programs founded in automation in agile frameworks, and driving existing and new markets—all of which supports the rapid growth of a dynamic industry leader.
Section 1: position summary
As a front-end engineer at ascensus, you will be working in a high-energy cross-functional scrum team responsible for making sure the client interface of our web applications works properly and smoothlyYou will ensure that these components and the overall application are responsive, robust and easy to maintain using best user interface development practices in the industry today coordinating with the rest of the team working on different layers of the infrastructureWe are building high performing teams that are empowered to solve the business needs by continuously releasing quality software with an intuitive user interface and sophisticated designKey expectations of this role include a commitment to collaborative problem solving, sophisticated design, and quality product along with a curiosity about new digital technologies which aspire to combine usability with visual design.
Section 2: job functions, essential duties and responsibilities
Create responsive websites per design guidelines and information architecture
Collaborate with scrum team members and stakeholders including ux designers and back-end engineers to deliver the business vision with a delightful user experience
Build reusable code and ui pattern libraries for use across multiple applications
Follow best practices and standards for front-end development including accessibility and cross-browser compatibility
Assist in technical initiatives related to ui development
Assist in estimating and planning throughout the software development life cycle.
Responsible for protecting, securing, and proper handling of all confidential data held by ascensus to ensure against unauthorized access, improper transmission, and/or unapproved disclosure of information that could result in harm to ascensus or our clients.
Our i-client service philosophy and our core values of people matter, quality first and integrity always® should be visible in your actions on a day to day basis showing your support of our organizational culture.
Assist with other tasks and projects as assigned
Supervision
N/a
Section 3: experience, skills, knowledge requirements
Minimum of 2+ years of hands-on experience working with angular as a front-end engineer
Strong understanding of ui/ux design principles
Experience with bootstrap
Basic understanding of web technologies and client-side scripting (html5, css3, javascript)
Basic understanding of ui unit testing requirements including cross-browser compatibility issues and ways to work around them.
Basic understanding of at least one code versioning tool (git, svn)
Proficient understanding of asynchronous request handling, partial page updates, and ajax
Experience working with services oriented architecture, web services, api integration, and restful services
Strong problem-solving skills
Experience writing clean and maintainable code using engineering best practices (unit testing, continuous integration and deployment, automation, design patterns, refactoring etc.)
Experience working with other developers, test engineers, and devops engineers to ensure smooth deployment and continual operation
Nice to have skills
Understanding of object-oriented design principles (patterns, cohesion/coupling, s.o.l.i.d.)
Familiarity or experience with agile engineering practices (test driven development, continuous integration and pair programming, etc.)
Basic knowledge of .net and c# on the microsoft technology stack
Experience with sql
Experience with continuous integration and deployment (ci/cd)
Experience in open source development
At ascensus, we aspire to make a difference for othersWe are a technology-enabled services company that helps people save for retirement, education, and healthcare through our network of institutional, financial advisor, and state partnersOur culture is guided by sound principles, is committed to high standards, operates with transparency, and welcomes diversity—housed within our core values: people matterQuality firstIntegrity always.®
As a leading independent recordkeeping services partner, retirement plan third-party administrator, and government savings facilitator, we aim to hire associates who find pride in going to work every day knowing that they help more than 12 million people save for what matters.
Ascensus provides equal employment opportunities to all associates and applicants for employment without regard to ancestry, race, color, religion, sex, (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding and/or related medical conditions), gender, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, age, physical or mental disability, medical condition (including cancer and genetic characteristics), marital status, military or veteran status, genetic information, sexual orientation, criminal conviction record or any other protected category in accordance with applicable federal, state, or local laws (“protected status”).
