Senior Front-End Developer

Overview

At the heart of QIAGEN’s business is a vision to make improvements in life possible.

We are on an exciting mission to make a real difference in science and healthcare. We are still the entrepreneurial company we started out as and have today achieved a size where we can bring our full power to many initiatives and to our presence across the globe.
Our most valuable asset are our employees – more than 6000 in over 35 locations around the world. Our ambition is to ensure we have outstanding and passionate people working in the best teams and we are constantly looking for new talent to join us.
There are few players who have shaped the world of modern science and healthcare as much as QIAGEN, and we have only just started.
If you are looking to advance your career, are seeking new challenges and opportunities, enjoy working in dynamic, international and diverse teams and want to make a real impact on people’s lives, then QIAGEN is where you need to be.

Join us. At QIAGEN, you make a difference every day.

Position Description

In this role, you will play a crucial part in shaping the future of our user interface development, ensuring the delivery of high-quality, user-centric applications. As a Senior Front-End Developer you will be involved in multiple projects, leading the design and implementation of user interfaces (UI), collaborating with designers and other engineers, overall a key team member.

Key responsibilities:

- Primary liaison for UI activities and key expert in web development, including contributing to implementation hands-on.

- Share expertise with team members and improve their UI skills and capabilities.

- Apply user-centric design principles and lead the development of prototypes for high-scale web-based applications, with a strong focus on front-end technologies.

- Collaborate with cross-functional teams on technical design, work estimation, and implementation of new UI features, including visualization aspects and API design.

- Work closely with other team members to define and develop solutions to complex customer problems.

- Participate in continually improving software development processes and practices, proactively explore and adopt new technologies.

Position Requirements

- 5+ years of professional web development experience and thrives in a collaborative environment

- Strong expertise in popular web development frameworks and libraries such as React and Angular, in-depth experience with interactive visualization frameworks such as D3.js

- Proficiency in using modern interface design and prototyping tools such as Figma

- Awareness of web security best practices and common vulnerabilities to ensure secure UI development

- Excellent communication skills in English with interpersonal skills that promote a collaborative environment with your team and members of other functional groups across geographically distributed sites and time zones

- Strong problem-solving and analytical skills as well as excellent organizational skills with a keen attention to detail and motivation to seek technical and personal improvement

What we offer

At the heart of QIAGEN are our people who drive our success. We act with passion, always challenging the status quo to drive innovation and continuous improvement. We inspire with our leadership and make an impact with our actions. We create a collaborative, safe and engaging workplace which forms the basis for high performing individuals and teams. We drive accountability and entrepreneurial decision-making and want you to excel your growth and shape the future of QIAGEN.

QIAGEN is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, status as a veteran, or disability.