Position Purpose

As a Senior Front-End Software Engineer on the Echo Global Logistics team, you will contribute to engineering of large scale web-based applications to enable Echo’s business while supporting architectural vision of quality, scalability, performance and function. Our proprietary software is created with the goal to simplify transportation for our customers and carriers, and is one of our largest competitive advantages in an ever growing market.

Our team has recently been ranked the third largest digital company by employee size in Chicago and we are continuing to see increased growth in virtually all of our technical teams. We have recently completed the technology integration with Command Transportation and look forward to continued success with you as part of our team!

Essential Position Functions 

You…

• See technology as a passion, not something you just do between 9-5
• Possess the ability to create new solutions; we operate on a web based platform and constantly facing unchartered waters
• Possess strong fundamentals across several technologies and a willingness to wear several hats when called upon
• Are proactive; you fix things before they break and bring new ideas to the table
• Possess ability and willingness to mentor more junior teammates
• Possess ability to communicate with other technologists, management, and business stakeholders

Responsibilities

• Work as part of a cross functional team in an Agile environment
• Contribute to technical design including conceptual design, service contracts and tool selection
• Provide mentorship to teammates and promote continued learning
• Work closely with product owner to refine user stories
• Work to continuously advance your skill set
• Manage software risk, balance priorities and go above and beyond the call of duty
• Produce high quality code while selectively addressing technical debt
• Conduct root cause analysis on issues and defects to ensure they are addressed in the best way

Position Requirements

• 5+ years developing commercial-grade business applications demonstrating the following:
  • Strong understanding of single-page applications and web fundamentals (HTML/DOM, HTTP, CSS, Bootstrap, page event model, etc)
  • Thorough understanding of Javascript and jQuery fundamentals (scope, binding, events, linting, etc.)
  • Expertise with Angular and AngularJS and the related component and directive architecture
  • Proficiency in writing unit tests for Angular applications utilizing tools such as "karma/jasmine" and end-to-end tests tool such as "protractor"
  • Knowledge of Node.js and NPM, as well as packaging and dependency management tools such as Bower, Require.js, Grunt, etc
  • Experience with pre-processors such as LESS/SASS, Webpack module bundler
  • Ability to translate UI/UX specs or mockups into working, styled components
  • Thorough understanding of proper RESTful API design principles and experience working with “back end” teams who develop APIs
• Nice to have experience
  • Experience with C# or related server-side languages and full stack experience
  • Experience with continuous integration tools

What's in it for you?

• Help career growth by joining industry leader and continuing to advance Echo web based technologies
• Working with an organization with defined market goals, products, customers, revenue, and development teams
• Experienced mentors to learn and adopt new practices
• Ability to introduce your own views and takes on the products
• Work in the full software delivery life-cycle
• Ability to constantly enhance and improve applications

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, status as a qualified individual with a disability, or Vietnam era or other protected veteran.