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Senior JavaScript Engineer

The LEGO Group

2 years ago

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Job Description

The LEGO Group is looking for Senior Full-stack JavaScript Engineers to work on the LEGO.com technology platform as part of our Marketing & Engagement Technology team based in London.

You will be committed to one of the dedicated squads within the LEGO Group, working alongside a dedicated and diverse team of software engineers as well as working with Principal Engineers and Engineering Leadership on solving some of our largest and most complex problems.

Core Responsibilities

  • Collaborate with Product managers, UX designers and engineers to deliver both new functionality and iterative improvements to internal and external customer experiences on the VIP program.

  • Build efficient and reusable applications and services using JavaScript – React / Node.js / GraphQL / Lambda / AWS serverless stack

  • Participate in code reviews with other engineers

  • Focus on sharing knowledge / Identify and resolve scalability and performance issues

Play your part in our team succeeding

Working closely with product owners, architects and engineering managers, our Application Engineers are a vital part of the LEGO.com engineering team. We have implemented a modern front-end stack based around Next.js, React and GraphQL with a cloud-native AWS serverless back-end and we use the platform to design, build and operate LEGO.com.

Our engineers work in interdisciplinary squads each arranged around clear product goals with responsibility for delivery of their own product roadmaps.

You’ll spend your time working in our Marketing and Engagement team focusing on delivering new solutions for the VIP Experience on LEGO.com.

Do you have what it takes?

  • Detailed knowledge and commercial experience working with microservices - our event-based services layer utilises Node.js and the Serverless Framework and is built mainly on the AWS Serverless stack – Lambda, API Gateway, SQS, SNS, Kinesis and DynamoDB

  • Detailed knowledge and working experience of JavaScript, APIs and Markup

  • Detailed knowledge of CSS with a strong focus on accessibility and cross-browser compatibility – experience with CSS-in-JS is preferred

  • Previous experience of working with optimising front end performance

  • Experience with GraphQL server and client functionality is preferred

  • Commercial experience working with modern JavaScript-focused front-end frameworks and technologies – Node.js, Next.js framework, React and associated libraries and tooling including GraphQL (Apollo), Webpack, Babel and Jest

  • Experience of working with modern CI/CD and engineering tooling is preferred – we leverage Amazon Web Services, CircleCI, GitHub Actions and Terraform extensively

  • Must be attentive to detail, flexible and able to work concurrently on multiple projects

  • Ability to troubleshoot, research, and work through complex problems

  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills

  • Good interpersonal skills

What’s in it for you?

Here are some of what to expect:

  • Family Care Leave – We offer enhanced paid leave options for those important times.

  • Insurances – All colleagues are covered by our life and disability insurance which provides protection and peace of mind.

  • Wellness – We want you to be your best self, so you’ll have access to the Headspace App and lots of wellbeing initiatives and programmes run by local teams where you are based.

  • Colleague Discount – We know you'll love to build so from day 1 you will qualify for our generous colleague discount.

  • Bonus – We do our best work to succeed together. When goals are reached, you’ll be rewarded through our global bonus scheme.

  • Your workplace – Our offices will be your primary workplace with flexibility to work from home during your working week. Your People Leader will discuss the principles of our hybrid work model, role eligibility and frequency with you.

Children are our role models. Their curiosity, creativity and imagination inspire everything we do. We strive to create a diverse, dynamic and inclusive culture of play at the LEGO Group, where everyone feels safe, valued and they belong.

The LEGO Group is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity and equal pay regardless of e.g. race, colour, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, disability or gender identity.

The LEGO Group is fully committed to Children’s Rights and Child Wellbeing across the globe. Candidates offered positions with high engagement with children are required to take part in Child Safeguarding Background Screening, as a condition of the offer. 

Thank you for sharing our global commitment to Children’s Rights.

Company

The LEGO Group logo
The LEGO Group10,001+ employees
Our mission is to inspire and develop the builders of tomorrow.

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