Senior Front End Angular Developer

Innovation starts from the heart.

At Edwards Lifesciences, we’re dedicated to developing ground-breaking technologies with a genuine impact on patients’ lives.

At the core of this commitment is our investment in cutting-edge information technology.

This supports our innovation and collaboration on a global scale, enabling our diverse teams to optimize both efficiency and success.

As part of our IT team, your expertise and commitment will help facilitate our patient-focused mission by developing and enhancing technological solutions.

How you will make an Impact?

• You will be responsible for executing software development work as assigned, ensuring that internal IT software products are delivered in a fashion consistent with industry/company design, architecture, and quality standards as well as best practices.

• Responsible for maintaining and updating the code base related to Edwards’ proprietary Hybrid Web applications, a mission-critical apps used by our field sales teams to further our ability to deliver devices that maximize our patient’s recovery and quality of life.

• You will be tasked with using Angular best practices to create a streamlined user experience in a complex application, while ensuring quality control standards. The application includes mobile, desktop, data architecture, and Salesforce integrations.

What your day as Angular Developer will look like:

• Use modern UI/UX and Angular best practices, develop software according to requirements

• Adhere to development team standards for code quality and source code control

• Document code and expected application behaviors

• Analyze, diagnose, and fix performance, functional software, and end-user issues

• Perform manual testing in development environment to ensure software efficiency

• Write and maintain automated tests as related to UI/UX functionality

• Perform regression risk assessments related to code changes for requested functionality

• Perform peer code review for other members of the application development team

• Maintain accurate status of tickets and tasks in project management system

• Collaborate with other cross-functional teams to understand requirements

• Integrate APIs and backend systems into front-end components

• Work with development team members to understand and communicate defects.

• Up to 10% travel

What you’ll need (Required):

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Computer Engineering, or equivalent

• 3 years of experience developing Angular 2+ applications

• 5 years of experience developing responsive, cross-browser compatible web applications

• Experience developing with latest Ivy-based versions of Angular (9+)

• Expertise in Angular Reactive Form development with complex dynamic fields and validations

• Expertise in web-based UI/UX best practices for a variety of devices and screen sizes

• Expertise in cross-browser compatibility (Chrome, Safari) for web, desktop, and mobile

• Expertise in responsive and touch friendly UI/UX development

• Expertise with modern Angular UI libraries such as Ionic, Material, Bootstrap

• Experience developing user interfaces to adhere to established style guidelines

• Experience developing and maintaining reusable Angular components using best practices

• Demonstrated experience with Git-based Source Control, and Continuous Integration (CI) practices (e.g. Git Flow)

• Knowledge of SQL queries and API development as needed to support UI/UX development

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with proven fluency in English

What else we look for (Preferred):

• Development of iOS (iPhone/iPad) and Windows Desktop applications using hybrid web technologies with offline support, i.e.: Apache Cordova, Ionic Capacitor, and/or Electron,

• Knowledge of automated Unit testing for Angular using Jasmine, Karma, and Angular TestBed

• Knowledge of modern e2e testing for web applications using Cypress, Playwright, or similar

• Experience developing internal-facing enterprise applications with emphasis on business workflows and data utilization

• Understanding of standard business workflows and concepts related to Sales, Marketing, and Inventory Management for high-value products, as well as surrounding technical ecosystems, i.e. CRM and ERP systems

• Knowledge of Salesforce CRM capabilities, including custom objects, REST APIs, workflows, Apex triggers, etc.

• Experience with Jira, Bitbucket, TestRail, and Zaptest SDLC tools

• Knowledge of best practices related to IT governance, operations, and administration

• Experience with working within agile framework

What is it like to work at Edwards Lifesciences in the Czech Republic?  

As a global leader in patient-focused medical innovations, we offer rewarding opportunities and exciting challenges in a truly international, dynamic and friendly work environment.

We are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive work environment where all employees can grow, personally and professionally. To achieve this, we offer on-the-job development, training opportunities and the support and guidance provided by dedicated employee groups (the Edwards Network of Women, Edwards Foundation charity team, sustainability activities, and others).

Edwards Lifesciences in the Czech Republic also offers the following benefits:

• Competitive Compensation and Benefits package

• Flexible working hours, remote working

• Pension Plan Risk Life Insurance

• Virtual Medical Clinic (online access to healthcare)

• Meal Benefits

• Service Awards

• Enhanced Sick Leave Benefits

• Flexible Benefit Plan (Cafeteria)

• Employee Stock Purchase Program

• Employee Assistance Program

• Comprehensive Wellness Program including onsite gym, Yoga, Pilates or SM System classes, massages, fresh fruit in the office, healthy lifestyle workshops, educational events, charity activities and much more.

Benefits are regulated by an internal policy which contains the full details regarding the entitlement and conditions for the benefits. Benefits policy and components may vary by location.