About JCPenney:

JCPenney proudly serves customers at more than 650 stores across the United States and Puerto Rico, and at the Company’s flagship store, jcp.com. JCPenney is one of the nation’s largest retailers of apparel, home, jewelry, and beauty merchandise with a growing portfolio of private and national brands. Guided by the Golden Rule, JCPenney employs more than 60,000 associates worldwide and has served customers for over 119 years, playing a vital role in the communities it serves. For additional information, please visit jcp.com and follow JCPenney on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter.

JOB DESCRIPTION

We are looking for an experienced Front End Software Engineer to join our team. In this role, your main responsibilities will include updating existing functaionality and building new features using agile best practices, leveraging various JavaScript Frameworks such as ReactJS, Redux, Node and npm to enhance our customer facing ecommerce site or associate facing applications.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Work closely with web development and software design team for production, modification and maintainence of web applications
• Develop and unit test software that meets business requirements and technical design
• Work directly with other JCPenney IT associates as well as JCPenney business customers to communicate technical capabilities
• Troubleshoot pre- and post-production implementations
• Propose new ideas when there is strong business value and stay up to date on the latest technology trends and techniques

Core Competencies & Accomplishments:

• Strong Javascript/ES6 expertise
• Experience building high-performant, heavy-traffic sites using JS Frameworks (React, Angular, Ember, etc)
• Ability to write clean, modular, reusable code (using design patterns) and experience with unit-test driven approach to development
• Experience with CSS Preprocessors (SASS, LESS, PostCSS)
• Knowledge of build tools (Webpack, Gulp, Grunt) and Continuous Deployment (Jenkins, Travis) is nice to have
• Work experience in Agile Scrum methodologies
• Experience with Adaptive/Responsive Design Principles
• Familiarity with Data Structures, Algorithms, and general Computer Science Fundamentals

Minimum Requirements:

• Bachelors of Science Degree in Computer Information Systems, or equivillant work experience
• 5 years of experience with React and/or Angular JavaScript framework application development

What We Use:

• ReactJS
• Redux/Redux Saga
• NodeJS/npm
• Webpack
• ES6/Babel
• Chai/Mocha
• RESTful API
• AWS
• PostCSS

What you get:

We offer a competitive benefits package including medical/dental/vision, term life insurance, paid vacation/holidays, 401(k) Savings Plan with company match, and an associate discount on JCPenney merchandise.