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Your Impact Jacobs has acquired StreetLight Data, a mobility analytics solution provider marking the company's second strategic acquisition in recent months and building on its strong foundation of existing technology and #data capabilities. StreetLight pioneered the use of Big Data analytics to help transportation professionals and data analysts measure, analyze and improve transportation. Applying proprietary machine-learning algorithms to location data from mobile phones, vehicle navigation devices and IoT, StreetLight sheds light on travel patterns and makes them available on-demand via the world's first SaaS platform for mobility, StreetLight InSight. From measuring traffic volumes to optimizing new infrastructure to planning for autonomous vehicles, StreetLight powers more than 10,000 projects every month.
StreetLight was recently acquired by Jacobs but continues to operate as an independent software organization. StreetLight Data is seeking a high caliber software engineer to be part of our growing team. This team member will work on the front-end of the StreetLight InSight SaaS web application that our subscription customers use to explore and visualize travel patterns in the real world. This position reports to the Senior Director of Engineering.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead the design of customer-facing features, focusing on front-end components, in StreetLight InSight, our flagship SaaS web application
- Implement and maintain functionality for InSight through regular sprints, including unit tests
- Interface among our geographically distributed teams, including San Francisco and Vancouver, and mentor more junior engineers on software architecture, design and development.
- Participate in, and improve processes, including for sprint planning, sprint execution, technical design and code reviews
- Optimize front-end performance
- Collaborate with product owners and designers to improve design and usability
- Work with back-end team to design middle-tier services
- Investigate and lead in build-vs-buy decisions involving front end technologies
- Assist Support and Operations in resolving production issues when needed, and improve the product to avoid them in the future #ASIAIS
Here's what you'll need
BS / MS in Computer Science, Mathematics, or an Engineering discipline from a top university
- 5 years of experience developing web-based SaaS applications
- 3 years of experience developing webapp applications using a framework such as React/Redux, Vue JS or Django
- Expert in JavaScript. TypeScript is a plus.
- Expert in CSS. Experience with Less or Sass is a plus.
- Experience using component libraries (material-ui, antd, etc.)
- Experience using chart libraries (Highcharts, chart.js, etc.)
- Knowledge of a mapping technology such as mapbox GL JS or Leaflet is a plus
- Working knowledge in back-end technologies like Python and SQL a plus
- Integration testing and debugging skills a must
- Experience working in cloud-deployed platforms such as AWS, Google Cloud
- Product and customer orientation
- Strong communication skills both written and verbal
- Quick learner, and a strong team player
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