Senior Front-End Developer – Adobe Commerce at Wunderman Thompson

Senior Front-End Developer – Adobe Commerce
REMOTE, USA /ENGINEERING – FRONT END DEVELOPMENT /PERMANENT – FULL TIME EMPLOYEE/ REMOTE
For over 20 years, Gorilla has been devising, creating, and implementing commerce experiences. We’re a client-driven culture, looking for resourceful, motivated, and talented individuals to help us exceed our client’s expectations at every turn. We offer a challenging and rewarding environment where you’ll have the opportunity to work with leading brands, collaborate with some of the brightest people in the industry, and share in our mutual success.
We’re seeking skilled front-end developers to join our Engineering team. You will work between design developers (Creative Technologists) and back-end developers to build custom Adobe Commerce (Magento) websites. The ideal candidate will need to possess a true mastery of Adobe Commerce front-end development concepts like UI customization of core modules, 3rd party integrations, KnockoutJS, and PHTML template modification involving PHP, JavaScript, and HTML.
What you´ll be doing

 
Estimate effort for UI components with an understanding of out-of-the-box vs custom solutions
 
Integrate our proprietary Atomic Design System static markup into our internal theme
 
Consult with back-end engineering to coordinate the buildout of custom components and API data integrations
 
Continue to grow your depth of knowledge with front-end development on the Adobe Commerce platform
 
Build medium to large-scale Adobe Commerce websites with the expectations of performing peer code reviews, providing estimates on individual feature tasks, and auditing 3rd-party modules for best practices
 
Implement custom data layer objects through JavaScript for analytics or tag management platforms like Adobe or Google Analytics
 
Adhere to best practices provided in the static markup from the Creative Technologists for UI performance, accessibility, and SEO optimizations
 
Identify and implement appropriate solutions for performance improvements from Google PageSpeed Insights

What you should bring to the table

 
3-4 years of Adobe Commerce experience developing custom themes and functionality
 
Ability to work with PageBuilder and create custom PageBuilder components
 
Proficiencies with vanilla JavaScript, jQuery, KnockoutJS, RequireJS, GraphQL, and Rest APIs
 
Fluent in HTML5/CSS3 and able to integrate custom client-side markup into Adobe Commerce
 
Knowledge of CSS with both LESS and SASS preprocessors
 
Strong interpersonal and communication skills with an affinity for problem-solving and collaboration
 
Possess strong time management skills during projects by organizing daily workload based on prioritization of tasks
 
Ability to proactively identify and communicate technical issues or project concerns
 
A solid foundation for using Git as a preferred version control system
 
English language fluency in both written and verbal communication

Preferred/Assets

 
Experience with Object Oriented Programming (OOP), Design Patterns, Node.js
 
Experience with front-end build tools such as Gulp, Grunt, etc.
 
Experience with ES6 and the advancements of the JavaScript language
 
Experience with CMS platforms such as AEM and WordPress is a plus
 
Experience using established CSS architecture such as the Block Element Modifier (BEM) approach and modern design patterns