Lead Member Technical Staff - Frontend(UI Developer)

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About Salesforce

We’re Salesforce, the Customer Company, inspiring the future of business with AI+ Data +CRM. Leading with our core values, we help companies across every industry blaze new trails and connect with customers in a whole new way. And, we empower you to be a Trailblazer, too — driving your performance and career growth, charting new paths, and improving the state of the world. If you believe in business as the greatest platform for change and in companies doing well and doing good – you’ve come to the right place.

Do you want to be part of the team that enables developers and designers create beautiful, performant, and accessible product experiences for the world’s number 1 CRM? If so, Salesforce’s Design Systems Engineering team may be just what you are looking for.

The Design Systems Engineering team is expanding and looking for smart, ambitious, and creative UX Engineers. In this role, you will contribute to the next iteration of our design system, delivering the HTML, CSS and JavaScript for enterprise-level UI components, built with the latest web technologies. Your work will also involve partnering with product managers, designers, accessibility and enterprise cloud teams, to create robust experiences that are accessible to all and used by millions of developers across the globe.

If you love developing for the modern web, obsess over the details, and have an interest in a challenging and rewarding career working on an enterprise-level design system, we hope you apply!

Your Core Skillset
We consider these skills to be essential for success in this role:

• 10+ years in UI/UX development within cross-functional teams using frontend technology stack.
• Expertise in crafting clear, valid, accessible, semantic HTML markup
• Proven foundational knowledge of Native Javascript and its patterns
• Experience writing UI components with modern web technologies, particularly Web Components, or a like-minded front-end technology stack, such as React, Vue, Angular, or Ember
• Advanced knowledge of CSS
  • Experience working on complex projects with a large scale impact.
  • Clear understanding of modular CSS development, such as BEM, OOCSS, SMACSS, and Atomic Design, and enough experience to articulate the differences between these methodologies.
  • Practical knowledge of browser compatibility issues, support, and how to create experiences that adapt across browsers and devices
• Component-based user interface development experience, including how to construct and deconstruct components, with a focus on creating composable and reusable UI elements
• Proven understanding of end-to-end product development, deployment & delivery practices.
• Proficiency with front-end testing frameworks, understanding the value they provide, and how to write effective tests
• The ability to communicate and document technical concepts clearly, for both technical and non-technical audiences
• Practical knowledge of Web Accessibility best practices, WCAG 2.1 / 2.2 AA compliancy, and ARIA
• Experience with git and GitHub integrations to deployment infrastructure such as Heroku, etc.
• Experience with the process of contribution to open source development, and performing peer code reviews
• A love of solving problems — both human and technical
• A strong handle on debugging and troubleshooting
• Experience with Agile development practices
• A learner’s mindset and an interest in staying abreast of the latest web technologies. You continually think about how things could be done better or more efficiently.

Your Side Skills & Interests
While these skills are not critical for success in this role, having an interest in growing your skills in these areas will be helpful when dealing with your day-to-day work.

• Familiarity with UX design principles and tools like - Figma, Sketch, etc.
• Knowledge on Design Systems (SLDS, etc) and their architecture
• Build tools (such as Rollup and Gulp), Unit Testing frameworks (such as Jest and Enzyme), CI Systems (such as CircleCI or GitHub Actions), and development infrastructure (such as Storybook)
• Demonstrate attention to detail, with the ability to match design specs.
• Experience with AI-powered development tools
• An interest in open source software

Our Technologies and Tools
We geek out over this tech and we hope you do, too. These are the technologies and tools we use to build, test, and maintain our system.

• HTML5, CSS3, Javascript
• CSS preprocessor - SASS
• ReactJS, Web Components
• JAVA
• NodeJS, Git
• Gulp, Rollup, Lerna, Webpack
• Jest, Enzyme, Axe
• Storybook, Chromatic
• Github, Heroku, CircleCI, Applitools
• VSCode

Our Team

• Works in a collaborative, flexible, and friendly environment
• Believes in equity, inclusion, and giving back, both in our industry and in our community
• Is building a pioneering, enterprise-scale product, used by over a million developers around the world
• Values your professional development and wants to see you excel and grow in your career

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