Front-End Developer I/II/III-004361

Summary:

The Front-End Developer plays a critical role on our digital agile delivery team, ensuring that we implement high-quality digital products and experiences to our users. This role is responsible for coding and implementing best-in-class website and application user interfaces through a collaborative work approach within our agile team model. Our digital solutions are based around user-centric design and a responsive-first methodology, along with compliance to Section 508 for users with disabilities.

Qualities for success include the ability to navigate complex tasks without supervision, prioritize competing needs of business and products, attention to detail and the ability to work efficiently in a fast-paced, ever changing environment.

Essential Responsibilities/Accountabilities:
Level I:

• Designs, codes, and implements user interfaces for websites, web applications, mobile-responsive sites/applications, and other digital channels.
• Works collaboratively with UX Researchers, UX Designers, and agile teams to deliver best-in-class digital user experiences.
• Effectively collaborates on agile team by communicating estimates and reporting on progress. Connects with teammates with a focus on building solid working relationships to ensure the best possible team dynamics and cohesiveness.
• Understands user stories and how to plan and estimate work based on them.
• Uses the agile framework and maintains familiarity with the latest techniques for project management, analysis, testing, and implementation of projects.
• Works with business partners and customers to understand business requirements and translate them into user interface standards.
• Writes scalable and cross-browser compatible code that adheres to industry and departmental design/usability standards.
• Documents and maintains user interface and coding standards.
• Performs unit testing, peer design reviews and code reviews to ensure quality and consistency.
• Provides on-call support for urgent and important events outside of core business hours.
• Reviews analytic reports and makes recommendations for site improvements.
• Researches to learn about new technologies, capabilities, and trends in web development to stay abreast of innovations and ensures we adhere to industry best practices.
• Monitors 'Best in Class' and competitive web sites to benchmark improvement ideas, focusing on site usability, accessibility, and functionality.
• Consistently demonstrates high standards of integrity by supporting the Lifetime Healthcare Companies' mission and values, adhering to the Corporate Code of Conduct, and leading to the Lifetime Way values and beliefs.
• Maintains high regard for member privacy in accordance with the corporate privacy policies and procedures.

Level II (in addition to Level I essential responsibilities/accountabilities):

• Plays a lead role in projects that have significant impact to the company, both at strategic and execution levels. Identifies risks to the organization's overall user experience delivery and leads efforts towards establishing standards and implementation plans.
• Interacts regularly with business partners at Director/VP level, presenting recommendations and statuses.
• Designs operational strategies to meet new technology solutions and effectively recommends strategy updates or changes in direction. Develops code and analyzes, researches, and resolves ongoing system issues.
• Ability to represent the company in external constituent and internal stakeholder forums.

Level III (in addition to Level II essential responsibilities/accountabilities):

• Acts as team lead for developers, ensuring agile work is appropriately resourced and that Digital Domain Product Owner is aware of developer bandwidth.
• Ensures consistency in UI Development by conducting code reviews for all applications involving UI change.
• Gathers and evaluates user requirements in collaboration with Product Owners and UX Designers.
• Works with UX Designers to ensure consistency with UI/UX development standards and guidelines.
• Independently researches and develops multiple solutions/features and provides technical expertise.
• Works with Application Development Lead and Architects to solution the development across the team.

Minimum Qualifications:
NOTE:

We include multiple levels of classification differentiated by demonstrated knowledge, skills, and the ability to manage increasingly independent and/or complex assignments, broader responsibility, additional decision making, and in some cases, becoming a resource to others. In addition to using this differentiated approach to place new hires, it also provides guideposts for employee development and promotional opportunities.

Level I:

• Bachelor's degree in Interactive Design, New Media, Digital Marketing, Information Systems, Computer Science, Human Computer Interaction, Business, or related field with a minimum of two (2) years of experience in user interface development. In lieu of the degree, a minimum of four (4) years of work experience in user interface development is required.
• Demonstrated experience with HTML, CSS, and Javascript, including Bootstrap, JQuery, AngularJS, ReactJS and/or comparable frameworks.
• Working knowledge of web content management systems (IBM WebSphere Portal, Liferay, Drupal, etc), web development editors (Sublime Text, WebStorm, etc), graphic editing programs (Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, etc), XML, eForms, FTP, source code control systems, HTTP/S protocols, and web development debugging tools.
• Experience working as part of an Agile team preferred.

Level II (in addition to Level I minimum qualifications):

• Minimum of four (4) years of experience in user interface development. In lieu of the degree, a minimum of six (6) years of work experience in user interface development is required.
• Experience working as part of an Agile team required.

Level III (in addition to Level II essential responsibilities/accountabilities):

• Minimum of six (6) years of experience in user interface development. In lieu of the degree, a minimum of eight (8) years of work experience in user interface development is required.
• Experience leading or managing teams preferred.

Physical Requirements:

• Works from a stationary desk a majority of time

• Must be able to travel independently across the health plan regions

The Lifetime Healthcare Companies aims to attract the best talent from diverse socioeconomic, cultural and experiential backgrounds, to diversify our workforce and best reflect the communities we serve.

Our mission is to foster an environment where diversity and inclusion are explicitly recognized as fundamental parts of our organizational culture. We believe that diversity of thought and background drives innovation which enables us to provide leading-edge healthcare insurance and services. With that mission in mind, we recruit the best candidates from all communities, to diversify and strengthen our workforce.

OUR COMPANY CULTURE:

Employees are united by our Lifetime Way Values & Behaviors that include compassion, pride, excellence, innovation and having fun! We aim to be an employer of choice by valuing workforce diversity, innovative thinking, employee development, and by offering competitive compensation and benefits.

In support of the Americans with Disabilities Act, this job description lists only those responsibilities and qualifications deemed essential to the position.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor's legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)