Principal Engineer - UI

Responsibilities:

• Lead and direct the UI/UX team; define software architecture; collaborate with other teams to explore existing systems, determine areas of complexity and potential risks to the successful implementation of advanced visualisation products.
• Define software architecture; collaborate with other teams to explore existing systems, determine areas of complexity and potential risks to the successful implementation of advanced visualisation products.
• Translate wireframes into functional requirements, write well-abstracted, reusable, high-performance code for UI components.
• Work closely with design, product management and development teams to create elegant, usable, responsive and interactive interfaces.
• Contribute to continual improvement by suggesting improvements to user interface, software architecture or new technologies.
• Optimise web applications to maximise speed and scale.
• Support diverse clients from high-powered desktop computers to low-end mobile devices.
• Understand and coach/teach others; show a high level of ethics and teamwork.

Requirements:

• Bachelor/Master's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology or a related field.
• 10 to 15 years of experience in developing responsive, elegant, efficient and cross-browser front-end applications using JavaScript, HTML5 and CSS3
• Hands-on experience with various MVC frameworks and UI libraries such as ReactJS, D3.js .
• Hands-on experience on Map API's like Google Maps, OpenStreetMap, and other powerful, information-rich maps.
• Familiar with UX processes and design.
• Proven ability to drive large-scale projects with a deep understanding of Agile SDLC, high collaboration and leadership.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills, judgment and decision-making skills.