Be the reason

Software Engineer III - Front-end (ReactJS and NodeJS)

Staples is business to business. You’re what binds us together.

Our digital solutions team is more than a traditional IT organization. We are a team of passionate, collaborative, agile, inventive, customer-centric, results-oriented problem solvers. We are intellectually curious, love advancements in technology and seek to adapt technologies to drive Staples forward. We anticipate the needs of our customers and business partners and deliver reliable, customer-centric technology services.

What you’ll be doing:

• Lead and mentor a team of software engineers, both onshore and offshore, fostering a culture of continuous improvement and professional development.
• Manage offshore teams, ensuring alignment with project goals and adherence to best practices and company standards.
• Delegate tasks effectively, balancing workload and ensuring timely delivery of high-quality software solutions.
• Partner with both the business and technical teams to innovate and deliver new features and enhancements.
• Create or modify complex programs and modules from a detailed design where performance, efficiency, reliability is critical to the entire system and are scalable under sustained load.
• Work with engineers and other cross-functional teams like Product Management, Project Management, Release Engineering, Quality Assurance, Operations teams, etc. to develop innovative solutions that meet Customer needs.
• Write code that meets specifications, typically for large and highly complex software programs and systems. Anticipate and prevent problems and roadblocks before they occur.
• Apply engineering concepts and principles to the design and development of software solutions.
• Interact directly with technical experts and practitioners to identify architecture challenges and opportunities and resolve architecture issues related to applications, programs and technology.
• Ensure that technical solutions follow best practices, are reliable, and are easily maintainable.
• Actively participate in the definition, design, development, testing and implementation of software functionality using the SAFe Agile methodology.
• Develop responsive web pages for mobile, tablet, and desktop
• Write re-usable UI components based on design patterns and workflows
• Measure, analyze and improve Core Web Vitals to ensure excellent performance and user experience.

What you bring to the table:

• Experience with leading and mentoring a team of software engineers.
• Experience working on the design, development, testing, customer-centric business solutions components throughout all phases of the software development life cycle.
• Excellent verbal and written communications with the ability to establish effective working relationships with team members and cross-functional teams.
• Experience with React, Redux, and Webpack.
• Ability to use & integrate React/Redux 3rd party dependencies/middleware/components
• Knowledge of Core Web Vitals and experience in improving these metrics.
• Experience with utilizing tools like Google Lighthouse, PageSpeed Insights, and Chrome DevTools for performance testing and monitoring.
• Experience configuring and using front end build tools and packages managers such as npm, gulp
• Experience with TDD using frameworks such as Jest, Jasmine or Mocha.
• Experience interfacing with REST APIs and/or API Gateways
• Experience with Jenkins for build and deployment job and an understanding of CI/CD.
• Proficient understanding of code versioning tools (Git, Subversion, SourceTree).

What’s needed- Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree (or foreign equivalent) in computer science, software engineering, or 6+ years of professional software development experience executing large web applications.
• 5+ years of solid experience designing, developing, and implementing web applications using front-end technologies, such as React, Redux, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, NodeJS and NextJS (nice to have).

What’s needed- Preferred Qualifications:

• Master’s degree preferred.
• Experience working in retail domain and developing e-commerce solutions.
• Experience with cloud architecture and technologies.

We Offer:

• Inclusive culture with associate-led Business Resource Groups
• Flexible PTO (22 days) and Holiday Schedule
• Online and Retail Discounts, Company Match 401(k), Physical and Mental Health Wellness programs, and more!

At Staples, “inclusion” is an action word. It represents what we do to ensure that all employees feel valued and supported to contribute to their fullest potential. When we operate inclusively, diversity naturally follows. This is why we work hard to foster an inclusive culture, as we seek employees with unique and varied perspectives and areas of expertise. The result is a better workplace and innovative thinking that helps us exceed our customers’ expectations -- through the power of the people behind our iconic brand.

Staples is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability, or any other basis protected by federal, state, or local law.

It is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability.