Lead Front End Developer

Join a Montreal headquartered company that helps organizations around the world create a personalized journey of impact and fulfillment for their people. Explorance offers innovative People Insight Solutions because we believe that each experience matters. Explorance is a rapidly growing software company recognized for its unique workplace culture. We strive to be the best we can for our people, our customers, and the community. Currently, we are looking for a Lead Front-End Developer who always strives for software excellence and continuous improvement. The Lead Front-End Developer will design and develop new features and enhancements to software applications that meet business specification. Primary responsibilities include wireframing and frontend implementation, user experience, usability, CSS layout, DOM manipulation, progressive enhancement / graceful degradation, cross-browser testing, unit testing, accessibility, use interaction and user interface design. If you think you'll enjoy working in a result-driven laid-back environment with flexible hours, then keep reading. What you will do as our new Lead Front-End Developer: Improve the quality of the existing UI and develop new user-facing features Ensure the technical feasibility of UI/UX designs Optimize application for maximum speed and scalability Reorganizing the software flow to uplift the user experience Build reusable code and libraries for future use Collaborate with other team members and stakeholders Perform code reviews, unit testing, and system testing as needed for other developers' efforts. At a minimum, code reviews, unit testing, and system testing should ensure all requirements have been addressed, all basic functionality works, and errors are handled properly. Here's what you'll bring to the role: 12+ years experience Knowledge ASP .NET and page life cycle Proficient understanding of web markup, including HTML5, CSS3 Proficient understanding of adaptive and responsive designs and tools such as Bootstrap Proficient understanding of client-side scripting and JavaScript frameworks, including jQuery Good understanding of advanced JavaScript libraries and frameworks, such as Angular, Vue.JS, React, or Ember etc., or JS-based build tools like Grunt, Gulp, and Bower Understanding of server-side CSS pre-processing platforms, such as LESS and SASS Good understanding of asynchronous request handling, partial page updates, and AJAX Proficient understanding of cross-browser compatibility issues and ways to work around them. Proficient understanding of code versioning tools, such as GIT Tools and Languages: Version Control (e.g., GIT), Visual Studio 2015+, ASP.NET / MVC, Data formats (e.g., JSON, XML), Data APIs (e.g. Restful API), Web Font Embedding, Scalable Vector Graphics (aka SVG), Responsive Web Design, Object-Oriented Programming, JavaScript Animation, CSS Animation, Charts / Graphs, UI Widgets, Code Quality Testing, Integration Testing, Templating Strategies, Other Requirements: Only apply if you are a Chennai (or surroundings) resident that is interested in being part of a vibrant and highly engaged at-the-office culture. At Explorance, we take inclusion to heart and live it each day. We put the ‘human’ first in everything we do and take pride in our authenticity and culture of inclusion. We therefore encourage persons of any race, religion, ethnicity, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, immigration status, disability or other applicable legally protected characteristics to apply. We make employment-related decisions without regard to any of these characteristics. And to ensure a safe workspace for all our employees, all employment is contingent upon receipt of a satisfactory background and reference check. About Explorance Explorance empowers organizations with next-generation feedback analytics to accelerate the insight-to-action cycle, encouraging the philosophy of “Feedback for the brave” to drive purpose, impact, and growth. Bringing 20 years of expertise, Explorance, a member of the World Economic Forum and a trusted partner for 35% of Fortune 100 companies and 25% of the world’s top higher education institutions, has influenced over 25 million individuals with award-winning solutions like Blue, Metrics That Matter, and MLY. Consistently among the top employers by the Great Places to Work Institute®, Explorance, a Brandon Hall AI award winner, is also a two-time Global Leader in the 360-degree feedback market by Fortune Business Insights. Visit explorance.com or connect on LinkedIn, Facebook, and X.