Job Description:
- Experienced developer with advanced knowledge in Java development and strong front-end Angular capabilities, able to implement complex requirements and mentor junior developers.
- This role requires a solid understanding of engineering standards, best practices, and modern frameworks.
Responsibilities:
- Hands-on development.
- Collaborative design.
- Critical code reviews.
- Continuously learning and applying evolving technologies.
- Work with the Product Team to understand business requirements and translate them into technical solutions aligned with approved technology stacks.
- Requires strong written and verbal communication skills and the ability to explain technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.
- Develop performant, scalable, testable, and supportable solutions using Java with best-of-breed frameworks such as Spring Boot and JPA, as well as modern Angular (v16–18) with libraries including RxJS and Jasmine.
- Design and build modern Angular (16–18) applications using standalone components, signals, TypeScript, and Angular CLI, following best practices for maintainability, performance, and scalability.
- Implement reactive UI patterns and state management using Angular services and signals, integrating front-end applications with RESTful APIs.
- Build well-tested, responsive user interfaces using Angular testing frameworks (Jasmine/Karma), reusable component libraries, and enterprise UI standards.
- Enforce and contribute to UI standards including accessibility (WCAG 2.x), responsive design, cross-browser compatibility, and consistency through shared design systems and component libraries.
- Apply front-end performance best practices such as lazy loading, change detection optimization, bundle size management, and Lighthouse-based performance monitoring.
- Collaborate with a team of developers with varied experience levels, providing guidance and mentorship while also taking direction as needed.
- Proactively learn and apply best practices across all libraries and technologies used by Valvoline Engineering, understanding tradeoffs and selecting appropriate solutions.
What You’ll Need:
- Minimum 5 years of professional software development experience using Java and preferably Angular, including modern Angular 16–18.
- Extensive experience designing and consuming RESTful APIs.
- Strong communication and collaboration skills across technical and non-technical teams.
- Solid understanding of ORM concepts and common pitfalls.
- Extensive experience writing unit tests using JUnit and Mockito.
- Experience leveraging messaging systems for asynchronous processing and loosely coupled architectures.
- Working knowledge of enterprise UI governance, including accessibility compliance, design systems, and front-end performance standards.
