Senior JavaScript Developer

Who are we?

SDL is the global leader and innovator in language and content management technology and services. We enable companies to create meaningful digital journeys and form important emotional connections with their global customers by powering the creation, translation and delivery of relevant, personalized content to make understanding possible. We are a dynamic, collaborative and globally diverse team, working together to completely transform how the world communicates and connects with one another through content. If you like making an impact, helping others, taking a fresh look at processes and tools, furthering an open an innovative culture and tend to generally look at even the smallest task in the context of how it impacts the overall organization – we should talk!

What is this role?

SDL are looking to hire an experienced and talented Senior JavaScript Developer / Web Developer. You will work as part of a distributed agile team developing the SDL Knowledge Centre software.
SDL Knowledge Centre provides the services and software which empower global organizations to single-source content, share, reuse and personalize content in various output formats and in multiple languages across global markets. Through efficiency gains, SDL’s customers are able to speed up the time of information going to global markets, drive down the cost of content development and translation, provide more agility for the overall business, and increase customer satisfaction through access to better information.

Responsibilities:

• Product oriented thinking; reworking and keeping up with current standards
• Driving technical design, code professionalism and innovation
• Reporting progress and identifying, escalating and removing obstacles that might endanger the agreed release date
• Reviewing peer deliverables
• Active team participation including attending daily SCRUM meetings
• Providing input to technical writers
• Assisting functional and technical testers

Requirements:

Essential

• Strong capabilities in native JavaScript, DOM
• Experience with HTML, CSS, LESS, TypeScript, Redux, rxjs
• Understand component oriented architecture
• Familiar with one of the modern frameworks (react, angular, vue).
• Understand concept of code testing. Understand what should be test, what should not.
• Experience in web application development, both client and server side
• Excellent fundamental knowledge of computer systems, algorithms, data flows etc.
• Excellent English communication skills, both verbally and written
• Team player mentality in an open plan office
• Problem solving skills, keeping an overview with an eye for detail
• Pragmatic, get things done attitude with excellent organizational skills

Desirable

• Experience with using a content management system
• Experience with agile development
• Experience with XML, XPATH, DITA
• Knowledge of XML Editors like oXygen XML Editor, JustSystems XMetaL, Arbortext Editor

Benefits:

• Infinite training, professional development and personal growth opportunities
• The rare opportunity to impact how organizations communicate globally. There’s a reason we work with 90 of the top 100 brands.
• Smart, engaged co-workers, a culture of innovation and opportunity.
• Great work life balance

To learn more about working at SDL go to http://www.sdl.com/about/career/
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