TATCHA - San Francisco - Full time - Full stack web developer
We are looking for a Web Software Engineer to join our dynamic, fast-paced team in San Francisco.
We are interested in intermediate to principal-level candidates, both as individual contributors and as project and technical leads.
Our work focuses primarily on our eCommerce website <a href="http://www.tatcha.com/" >. You would be joining as a key member of the technical staff, owning major parts of our web infrastructure, and taking features all the way from inception to development to deployment and maintenance.
The greatest thing about being on the Tatcha technical team is that it's a perfect mix of small team and big impact.
We are big enough that we run an eCommerce shop with thousands of visitors and plenty of transactions a day, where any change hits a large number of customers. And we're big enough that we know what we do well; we're not pivoting for a business model or running down a funding runway.
At the same time, we are small enough that we don't deal with a lot of typical "big company" overhead (separate IT/operations, complicated technology purchasing/licensing, cumbersome architectural momentum). You pick the build tool/library/monitoring service/operating system that best allows us to get things done. And our technical vision 12 months to 5 years from now? Yours to define.
Here is a list of the primary objectives and a sample of our projects for our engineering team today:
    * New feature development: in-browser live interactive audio and video assistance, new content app development (e.g., skin consultation), streamlined gifting experience.
    * Site conversion funnel optimization: checkout page optimization, A/B testing infrastructure, landing page tests
    * Performance and infrastructure optimization: smart HTTP request caching, enhanced server caching, progressive CSS/JS/image loading.

OUR TECHNOLOGY:
    * Operational stack: LAMP-based stack, using Magento as our eCommerce/cart platform and ExpressionEngine as our content CMS.
    * Frontend build: Grunt.js, Bower, HAML, CloudFlare CDN, Javascript (Angular.js, jQuery), SCSS, in development: single code base (mobile/tablet-responsive).
    * Workflow: Trello, git, Bitbucket, CI on dev, weekly rollouts.
You are primarily a front-line coder who can work independently to deliver new features all the way from the technical planning and estimation to the production deployment.
Your day-to-day could look like this:
    * Writing code
    * Participating in code reviews
    * Advising product managers on technical requirements and dev estimates
    * Working on manual technical operations (deployments, report investigations, systems maintenance)
    * Investing in our infrastructure (update our dev/deploy/sync systems, plan measures like automated testing, CI, and configuration management)

You are able to learn quickly and take initiative, as our company is dynamic and ever-evolving. To succeed in this position, the following qualities are paramount:
    * You’re able to own architectural decisions and know how to pick the right tool and approach for the job.
    * You work with a long-term horizon and want to come to a place where everyone sees their work the same way.
    * You love to ship features and bug-fixes that affect tens of thousands of customers every day.

QUALIFICATIONS (INTERMEDIATE/SENIOR):
    * 2+ years of professional experience building websites and web apps
    * Able to build high-quality HTML/CSS/Javascript applications independently
    * Experience with full LAMP stack or comparable (e.g., RoR) environment
    * Proficiency in maintaining a modern frontend webdev pipeline or willingness to learn+

QUALIFICATIONS (PRINCIPAL/LEAD):
    * 5+ years of professional experience building websites and web apps including full lifecycle (roadmapping, team selection, stakeholder management, deployment, maintenance)
    * Expert fluency in HTML/CSS/Javascript, including performance/bottleneck analysis, library maintenance, and long-term technical design
    * Strong grasp of web/network security and service architecture and maintenance
    * Strong web server and OOP proficiency

EXTRA CREDIT:
    * Experience in our particular stack and libraries
    * eCommerce experience/interest
    * Growth and conversion optimization
    * Interest in skincare or beauty
    * Customer service background

Immediate on-site full-time hire preferred
<a href="http://www.tatcha.com/careers/web-software-engineer" > or email REDACTED_EMAIL.
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