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Position Overview

WebMD is searching for a Javascript Web Developer Tech Lead for a team that creates and maintains consumer-facing sites that allow consumers to find Health Care Professionals, Practices, and Hospitals. The ideal candidate has diverse experience engineering responsive, high-traffic web applications within an enterprise setting. We are seeking motivated engineers who are natural leaders to bring a fresh perspective and who thrive in collaborative team settings.

What You Will Be Doing at WebMD

• Lead a globally distributed team of 5 - 8 developers by mentoring, guiding, reviewing their work, and collaborating with them.
• Provide technical guidance and solutions on how products and features are built.
• Develop consumer-facing applications using technologies such as VueJS, HTML, and CSS. Your and your team’s work will be seen by millions of visitors annually.
• Develop APIs using Apache SOLR and NodeJS
• Project responsibilities beyond development and solutioning will include testing, generating documentation, and maintenance.
• Communicate and collaborate with cross-functional team members such as product and project management, other tech teams, business stakeholders, and other departments.
• Champion development and technical best practices, and exhibit thoughtful and sound judgment.
• Proactively keep up-to-date on industry trends and emerging technologies; drive adoption of new technologies and best practices.

What's In It For You

Besides a competitive compensation package, you'll be working with a great group of developers, QA, and technologists interested in always finding the right tool/way/solution for the job in a team culture that encourages innovation, participation, and collaboration. If you're ready to take on some new technical challenges at a well-respected company, we'd love to hear from you.

What You Need For This Position (minimum qualifications)

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related field; or equivalent experience
• 5+ years of experience delivering large scale web applications
• 5+ years of experience of development experience with the following technologies: plain Javascript, Javascript front end frameworks/libraries (VueJS, React, or Angular), and CSS. VueJS is highly preferred.
• 5+ years of experience building and consuming RESTful APIs and transforming their responses
• Experience with Webpack and NPM
• Experience developing responsive (desktop/tablet/mobile) layouts
• Experience developing using well-known design patterns
• Strong understanding of SEO and able to implement SEO best practices
• Strong knowledge of software development, debugging and deployment tools
• Creation of technical models and documentation
• Must be a team player (team oriented) and willing to follow directions, as well as take initiative
• Strong understanding of Agile development practices: Scrum, test-driven development, continuous integration
• Proven verbal and written communication skills
• Experience with Front End Automation testing using any known automation framework
• Demonstrates command over version control software, preferably Git
• Willingness to learn and adapt to multiple technologies

... and if you have the following, even better! (preferred qualifications)

• Experience with Apache SOLR or ElasticSearch
• Experience with Kubernetes
• Experience with CommonJS/AMD modules with RequireJS or equivalent
• Section 508 and WCAG accessibility standards
• Code samples (examples: URLs with descriptions of which parts you developed, zip file, link to a github.com or equivalent profile)