Technical Lead- Digital Delivery

The JD Sports North America Application Solutions Group powers the expansion of JD's digital retail operations through building and delivering industry-leading connected customer and associate experiences across surfaces including web, mobile app and in-store digital. We support and encourage everyone on our team to take an active role in driving innovation in technology behind the products and experiences we build and are looking for candidates with a clear bias-to-action that bring an experienced, solution-oriented perspective to our team.

As a Technical Lead you will be a leader in the solution planning, delivery and maintenance of the eCommerce experiences that our customers use every day. This position works alongside a talented group of Engineers, Scrum Masters, Product Managers, Designers, and Testers in a fast-paced environment to continuously deliver high-quality, working software to our users. The Technical Lead is a champion for researching, trialing, and implementing new technologies and approaches and sharing the results across the wider delivery team.

This leader will effectively exhibit JD Finish Line’s core values of Customer, People, Winning, Community, and Financial Responsibility in everything they do by performing the following main duties:

Key Responsibilities and Tasks:

• Architects, codes and implements ecommerce features and applications in collaboration with Engineering, UX Research & Design, Product Management and Business teams
• Leads the cross-functional teams in event-driven programming best practices
• Supports existing properties while working on projects to modernize and establish the technical direction for the future of our ecommerce platform
• Stays current with the latest trends in ecommerce and assesses emerging technologies to make recommendations regarding adoption across delivery team
• Builds “proof of concept” executions to test and establish future technical direction, establishes new standards that advance our developer and customer experience
• Develops unit and functional test plans, carries out unit test plans, and aids in the use of functional test plans and the verification of test results
• Works with 3rd party architects and engineers in implementing and troubleshooting SaaS integrations
• Champions the prioritization of technical debt to stabilize our existing properties
• Provides direction and assistance to team members, expanding the team knowledge of software development methodologies
• Develops and presents sharable materials to provide technical guidance and support to the team around development best practices
• Manages and/or mentors other engineering talent
• Additional projects and duties as assigned

Required Computer and/or Technical Skills

Should have intermediate to advanced knowledge and abilities with Digital Commerce Applications and other common tools. Experience in a retail environment is preferred. These applications include:

• Advanced proficiency in developing HTML, SASS/LESS (CSS) and JavaScript.
• Proficient in microservice architecture
• GraphQL or REST API development experience required
• GIT/Github/Bitbucket repository experience required
• React/NextJS/Kotlin development experience preferred
• GULP/Webpack preferred
• Google Tag Manager, Tealium or similar tag management software preferred
• Content Management System integration
• Referencing UI specifications in Figma, Adobe XD, Sketch or similar experience
• JSTL Tag Libraries
• Advanced jQuery development
• Foundation 6
• Basic to intermediate knowledge and abilities with Google Docs, Google Sheets, Google Slides and needed development tools
• Atlassian Toolset (Jira/Confluence)

Required Education and/or Experience:

Bachelor’s degree (B.A.) in Computer Science or IT related field from a four-year college or university. At least 5-7 years’ experience, 4 years in J2EE or JAVA or the equivalent combination of education and experience.

Physical Demands:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Sit for more than 6 hours per shift
• Use hands to finger, handle and feel
• Reach with hands and arms
• Talk and/or hear
• Walk or move from one location to another
• Occasionally may need to climb, balance, stoop, kneel, or crouch
• Lift and/or move up to 10 pounds regularly and up to 50 pounds occasionally
• Punctuality and regular attendance consistent with the company’s policies is required for the position.
• Average work week is 40-50 hours, which can vary depending on business need.
• The work environment for this position is a moderately noisy office setting.

The company reserves the right to modify this job description with or without notice. Employees may be asked to perform additional duties outside of normal job scope on a temporary basis per company policy.