Director of Web Development

Company: Northern Impact
Location: Chicago
Posted on: November 13, 2024

Job Description:

Overview
One of America's largest retailers is seeking a growth-oriented Director of Web Development. The Director of Web Development will lead digital development, website enhancements, team management, third-party integration, tech stack evolution, cross-functional collaboration, code maintenance, and problem solving for sales and web properties. This role will have a home base at either the Lincolnshire or Downtown West Loop location, offering a hybrid schedule, with three days in the office each week.
Responsibilities

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  Digital Development Leadership: Provide guidance in planning, optimizing, and designing new functionality for sales and related web properties.
  
  
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  Website Enhancement: Drive enhancements for websites, ensuring alignment with architecture, infrastructure, and security requirements.
  
  
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  Team Management: Lead a team of high-performing developers, specializing in areas including UI development, API development, integration, database, and back-end development.
  
  
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  Third-Party Integration: Oversee the integration of third-party APIs and tools to enhance digital properties.
  
  
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  Tech Stack Evolution: Drive the evolution of the tech stack and strategy, emphasizing a framework-driven approach, primarily in React and Nest/Next.js.
  
  
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  Collaboration: Collaborate with cross-functional business teams, including product, marketing, and compliance, to meet their objectives.
  
  
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  Code Maintenance: Maintain the current architecture and code base in PHP, HTML/CSS, and Postgresql.
  
  
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  Problem Solving: Guide the team in problem-solving, LOE estimation, management of tech debt, and debugging.
  
  
  
  Requirements
  
  
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    8+ years experience managing software/dev teams.
    
    
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    Extensive experience with PHP, Postgresql, React, and javascript frameworks.
    
    
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    Deep understanding of SQL (postgresql), and performance considerations for APIs pulling from SQL databases.
    
    
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    Experience architecting with and using technologies such as AWS lamdas, Elasticsearch, Vercel, Kubernetes, Headless CMS, Heroku.
    
    
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    Experience using Github, version control systems and managing devops process.
    
    
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    Strong communication and human capital management skills.
    
    
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    Familiarity with Agile methodology.
    
    
    
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