UI Architect

Tracking Code

1375-626

Job Description

UI Architect

The UI Architect will report to one of our Engineering Managers, and work closely with business and engineering stakeholders to define and execute requirements

 

Our software engineering team:

Our engineering squads work right alongside our teams in operations, analytics, accounting, marketing, and even recruiting. We are expected not just to be the experts in technology, but to be able to fully understand what we are trying to build as a company--then make it possible.

We are constantly driven to work harder and learn new things not from some top-down initiative, but from the feeling that we owe it to our peers to keep up with their growth. We have passionate debates about technology with consensus in solutions, flexible team structures, an irrelevance of title in problem solving, and a desire to Do The Right Thing.

Our culture defines who we are, and who we aspire to be. We want you to be a part of this culture at Enova.

 

We speak this language:

Our primary application stack includes Ruby, Rails, Haml, SASS, PostgreSQL, and Debian, but we’re enjoying using some JavaScript frameworks and other newer platforms depending on the project. We work to stay on the cutting edge of technology and contribute back to open source projects, because flexible frameworks build the foundation for our businesses. It feels good to give back.

On average, we release two new products per year, with eight code releases per day, and we’re getting faster all the time. We’re dedicated to creating quality software quickly, and we're creating a solid, stable, and flexible service-oriented infrastructure to get there.

And yes, we’re Agile, use TDD, and everything else process-wise you’d expect of a modern fast-paced technology-driven company. By now, we’re sure you’re looking for the next hot waterfall-development firm, but we’ll stick to what we know.

 

This is where YOU come in:

As a UI Architect, you will be the elite representative of our UI culture. You will be responsible for setting a vision, guiding direction and upholding high standards within our culture. You will collaborate closely with a group of talented UI Engineers, UX Designers, Visual Designers, Marketing Associates and other key business stakeholders to establish and maintain frontend development standards across the company.

 

You’re right for this job if you:

• can convince an Ember developer that Angular is superior (or vice versa
• have driven yourself crazy organizing frontend directory structures
• are passionate about molding talented frontend professionals
• can drive and maintain necessary change within a department
• understand that frameworks are tools and not solutions
• know the importance of design thinking
• place user experience at the forefront of all initiatives
• can effectively communicate with other engineering disciplines
• can implicitly influence architectural direction on projects
• believe that outcomes lead to implementations and not the reverse

 

 

We’re even more impressed if you:

• are actively speaking at conferences
• are Twitter famous in the frontend world
• actively blog about frontend development
• naturally and compulsively sketch out and discuss UI implementations
• frequently dig into the code behind sites you didn’t build
• have launched software using Ruby, Rails, Linux, Angular, Ember, or PostgreSQL
• contribute regularly to popular open-source projects (send us github links!)

Job Location

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Position Type

Full-Time/Regular