Application Engineer (Front End)
Discover. A brighter future.
With us, you’ll do meaningful work from Day 1. Our collaborative culture is built on three core behaviors: We Play to Win, We Get Better Every Day & We Succeed Together. And we mean it — we want you to grow and make a difference at one of the world's leading digital banking and payments companies. We value what makes you unique so that you have an opportunity to shine.
Come build your future, while being the reason millions of people find a brighter financial future with Discover.
Job Description
At Discover, be part of a culture where diversity, teamwork and collaboration reign. Join a company that is just as employee-focused as it is on its customers and is consistently awarded for both. We’re all about people, and our employees are why Discover is a great place to work. Be the reason we help millions of consumers build a brighter financial future and achieve yours along the way with a rewarding career.
As a Front End Application Engineer, you’ll partner with product designers and user experience experts to create the ultimate experience for our customer’s on discover.com. By understanding our users and the interconnected network within Discover, you’ll develop a delightful user experience.
Responsibilities
Analyze, design, program, test, and deploy new user stories and features with high quality (security, reliability, operations) to production
Tends to Associate Application Engineers by providing learning tasks as well as work related tasks, directs the work of Senior Associate Application Engineers, and helps them continue to grow
Achieves team commitments (and influence others to do the same) by using informal leadership & highly developed communication skills
Has an oversight on design decisions and guides team to achieve key results for products assigned to them
Remediates issues using engineering principles and creates proactive design solutions for potential failures
Contributes to and leads technology communities at Discover
Minimum Qualifications
At a minimum, here’s what we need from you:
Bachelors – Computer Science
4+ Years – Information Technology, (Software) Engineering, or related
Internal applicants only: technical proficiency rating of competent on the Dreyfus engineering scale
Preferred Qualifications
Bonus Points If You Have:
Familiar with the latest trends and best practices of UI/UX design implementation
Apply bootstrap, theme responsive design to front end UI design and development.
Have Professional experience in implementing mobile-first responsive web development technologies.
HTML/HTML5, CSS/SASS, REACT JS and NODE JS
Separate UI components and implementation from CMS operations
Proficient UI design and implementation tools such as Adobe Photoshop, illustrator, Zeplin, Axure, Sketch
Familiar with CICD tools GitHub, Nexus, Jenkins
70% focus on front end development but someone who can also do backend work for remainder of the time
Drupal 8 module development, Drupal migration from 8 to 9, Drupal theme development, Object oriented PHP, MYSQL, AJAX, JQUERY, UNIX, LINUX, PERL, JAVASCRIPT, JAVA, SQL queries, REST API, SOAP XML.
Stick to best coding practice, such as ADA compliant coding, Internationalization, configuration site. Drupal coding best practices and site “look and feel”.
Drupal site security and speed optimization
Experience as part of an Agile engineering or development team
Strong understanding of object-oriented principles with an ability to write clean code
Experience working with a relational database and NoSQL database
Experience with CI/CD pipelines with Jenkins or similar; Git/GitHub; Artifactory
Experience in working in a cloud environment such as AWS, GCP or Azure.
Understanding of messaging systems like MQ, Rabbit MQ, Kafka, or Kinesis.
Experience of developing multi-threaded and synchronization application
Build secure web applications with user authentication
Understanding of software testing principles and methodologies
External applicants will be required to perform a technical interview related to the Dreyfus engineering skill matrix.
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And by the way, while you're waiting to hear from us, don't forget to check out the great benefits Discover offers.
The same way we treat our employees is how we treat all applicants – with respect. Discover Financial Services is an equal opportunity employer (EEO is the law). We thrive on diversity & inclusion. You will be treated fairly throughout our recruiting process and without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law in consideration for a career at Discover.
What are you waiting for? Apply today!
The same way we treat our employees is how we treat all applicants – with respect. Discover Financial Services is an equal opportunity employer (EEO is the law). We thrive on diversity & inclusion. You will be treated fairly throughout our recruiting process and without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status in consideration for a career at Discover.