Lead Front End Developer

SUMMARY  

OnScale, an Ansys company, is leading a revolution in engineering simulation by moving complex multiphysics simulations to the cloud. Current OnScale solutions address the simulation needs of Semiconductor and MEMS, 5G mobile, next-gen biomedical, and autonomous vehicle markets. We’re hiring rockstars who are passionate about technology, love what they do, and who want to help build the Future of Engineering.

The Lead Front End Developer leads the design and development of software products and supporting systems. In this role, the Lead Front End Developer will use expertise to develop strategic plans, refine requirements and provide technical leadership in achieving development objectives.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Leads planning, architecture, or research at a project level

• Coordinates product design and development activities requiring extensive analysis in areas such as user experience, software design and solver research. Acts as a technical reference within a group or product
• Develops and employs best practices and maintains them through technical reviews and mentoring
• Performs complex bug verification, release testing and beta support across multiple products.  Research problems discovered by QA or product support and develops solutions, collaborating with the QA/support team
• Researches and understands the marketing requirements for products, including target environment, performance criteria and competitive issues. May work with strategic customers or proxies to assess needs and develop solutions
• Operates without direct supervision and may function as a team leader, project manager, or software architect
• May be responsible for line management of a small technical team but primary duties are of an individual technical nature

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

• BS in Engineering, Computer Science, or related field with 8 years’ experience, MS with 6 years’ experience, or PhD with 4 years’ experience
• Significant commercial experience with object-oriented design, data structures and algorithms, typescript and modern frontend frameworks
• Proven track record of crafting robust and efficient code

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Excellent technical knowledge and commercial experience with angular, modern design patterns like observer, factory, builder etc and build/test automation systems
• Experience leading projects and delivering high-quality products in a large-scale commercial software development environment

• Ability to translate business needs into development plans
• Ability to overcome obstacles and drive projects to completion
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Ability to work collaboratively across teams and geographies, and to mentor junior developers