The Senior Software Engineer is part of the Global Technology Mobile & Web Engineering Team, which is responsible for managing, maintaining, and running the consumer facing brand website (Specialized.com). This individual would be responsible for building new or updating existing user experiences for ongoing and new projects using various technologies, including React components and the Next.js framework, and related headless architecture.
The ideal candidate has excellent written and verbal communication skills along with strong analytical and troubleshooting skills. The candidate must work well independently as well as interacting with other developers, business colleagues, and project leads to provide technical recommendations, development scoping (e.g. level-of-effort analysis) and assist in producing technical and business requirements. This individual will need extensive experience working on large, headless e-commerce and CMS platforms.
How you will make a difference
Work closely with other frontend and backend developers creating new features and components for specialized.com.
Work with marketing to execute page designs for a multi-country and multi-lingual audience.
Work with product teams to convey technical product information to customers.
Work with the quality assurance team to validate functionality.
What you'll need to win
Extensive experience writing standards-compliant, responsive, accessible client and server components with React, Next.js, and TypeScript
Experience integrating first- and third-party Restful APIs
Experience with style libraries like Tailwind, Bootstrap, etc.
Experience transforming creative mockups into rich client experiences
Knowledge of SEO-friendly practices
Knowledge of Core Web Vitals
Experience integrating analytics collection tools, e.g. Google Analytics
Familiarity with accessibility (ADA) compliance in HTML
Familiarity with command line build tools and bundlers (npm, Webpack, etc.)
Familiarity with Git for version control
Experience with agile development methodology, and willing to learn our software development lifecycle
Familiarity with enterprise level e-commerce platforms, such as SAP Commerce Cloud or Oracle CX
Preferred qualifications
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or comparable field.
4-7 years of experience as a Frontend Engineer role working on a consumer facing enterprise-level application.
SEO standards and practices including SEM/SEO metadata tags.
Google Analytics or other analytics platform implementations and analytics tagging (GTM).
Comfortable working with source code control and versioning tools (Git preferred)
Experience building ecommerce experiences using Next.js and headless architecture, with a focus on front end development.
Experience with GitHub, Atlassian Confluence, JIRA, MS Teams, and Figma.
Excellent written and verbal communications skills; technical writing experience is a plus.
Usage of Playwright for automated testing is a bonus.
Skills Required
- Extensive experience writing standards-compliant, responsive, accessible client and server components with React, Next.js, and TypeScript
- Extensive experience working on large, headless e-commerce and CMS platforms
- Experience integrating first- and third-party RESTful APIs
- Experience with style libraries like Tailwind or Bootstrap
- Experience transforming creative mockups into rich client experiences
- Knowledge of SEO-friendly practices
- Knowledge of Core Web Vitals
- Experience integrating analytics collection tools (e.g., Google Analytics)
- Familiarity with accessibility (ADA) compliance in HTML
- Familiarity with command line build tools and bundlers (npm, Webpack, etc.)
- Familiarity with Git for version control
- Experience with agile development methodology and willingness to learn the SDLC
- Familiarity with enterprise-level e-commerce platforms (e.g., SAP Commerce Cloud or Oracle CX)
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or comparable field
- 4-7 years of experience as a Frontend Engineer on consumer-facing enterprise applications
- SEO standards and practices including SEM/SEO metadata tags
- Experience with analytics platform implementations and tagging (GTM)
- Comfortable with source code control and versioning tools (Git preferred)
- Experience building ecommerce experiences using Next.js and headless architecture
- Experience with GitHub, Atlassian Confluence, JIRA, MS Teams, and Figma
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills; technical writing a plus
- Usage of Playwright for automated testing
What We Do
Founded on the principle of performance and fueled by innovation, our focus on the rider and their needs is our constant. From seasoned pros and weekend warriors, to kids and commuters—if you ride, we’re for you. The passion we have for sharing our love of bikes with the world can be seen in those who choose to work here. Headquartered in Morgan Hill, CA, the passionate and creative teammates at Specialized have designed and manufactured the world's most innovative bikes and gear since 1974. Are you ready to join our team and help pedal the planet forward?
