Tech Lead - JavaScript

Robert Walters

UAE

Ref: NP316-793

Job description / Role

Employment: Full Time

Large IT services entity. Full time, permanent role based in Abu Dhabi. Candidates must be fluent in Arabic and must have man-management experience.

Key Responsibilities:

* Build efficient and reusable front-end abstractions and systems
* Identify and address performance bottlenecks
* Attend team scrums, sprint planning and retrospectives
* Participate in design and code reviews
* Interact with other team members to incorporate their innovations, and bring your own ideas to the creative process
* Ability to lead multiple projects and teams
* Communicate with the wider engineering community on development best practices
* Operate like you are in a small, fast-paced startup

Requirements

Requirements:

* 10-15 years of total experience with 8+ as a Front End Developer for a high traffic, customer-facing website
* Fluency in Arabic is a must
* Man-management experience is a must
* BS or MS degree in Computer Science or a related technical field
* Expert knowledge of HTML, CSS/LESS/SASS, and JavaScript, jQuery
* Knowledge of Tomcat and deployment processes
* Experience building complex, multi-page A/B and multivariate tests using Optimizely, Test & Target or similar tools
* Expert developing lightweight, responsive interfaces for web and mobile across all browsers
* Ability to work with other developers' code
* Must be a team player and have the ability to collaborate with other developers, PMs and designers
* Strong communication skills

About the Company

Robert Walters is one of the world's largest specialist professional recruitment consultancies with 53 offices spanning 24 countries.

We've helped thousands of professionals find permanent, contract and interim roles with leading global corporations, small to medium sized companies and innovative start ups. Our specialist recruitment focus includes: accountancy and finance, banking, engineering, operations, legal, IT, sales, marketing, procurement & logistics, HR and support/administration.

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