Principal Developer

What You Need To Know Open the door to a groundbreaking tech career with an industry leader. Southern Glazer’s Wine & Spirits is North America’s preeminent wine and spirits distributor, as well as a family-owned, privately held company with a 50 year legacy of success. To create a new era in alcohol beverage sales and service, we’re heavily invested in the most transformative new technologies – and the most brilliant tech professionals. Southern Glazer’s was named by Newsweek as a Most Loved Workplace and is included on the Forbes lists for Largest Private Companies and Best Employers for Diversity. As a full-time employee, you can choose from a full menu of our Top Shelf Benefits, including comprehensive medical and prescription drug coverage, dental and vision plans, tax-saving Flexible Spending Accounts, disability coverage, life insurance plans, and a 401(k) plan. We also offer tuition reimbursement, a wellness program, parental leave, vacation accrual, paid sick leave, and more. We offer continuous learning and career growth in a fast-paced environment where you are respected, your voice is heard, and technology is part of our strategy for success. If you’re looking to fill your glass with opportunity, come join our FAMILY. Overview Do you like building modern cross platform web applications? Do you geek out about cloud services and cloud application architecture? Ever wanted to be part of building and shaping the engineering culture in a product driven, user-centered-design organization? Well, this is your chance. Here at Southern Glazer’s, we are embarking on a bold journey to transform and revolutionize the ways in which digital technology is used in the beverage alcohol industry. We have assembled a world class group of product and technology leaders that are bringing this vision to life. To do this we need software engineers that think like product managers, obsess over observability, and know how to take advantage of all that modern cloud platforms like AWS have to offer. In short, we need people that are passionate about building high-performing digital experiences, who know what it takes to build products that surprise, delight and improve the lives of users. The Role As a Principal Developer, you will play a pivotal role in building and modernizing our web application projects, focusing on creating dynamic, scalable, and responsive applications using React, Node.js, and micro-frontend architectures. You will help lead our web development strategy, advocating for best practices in both frontend and backend development, ensuring our projects align with the latest industry standards and customer expectations. Specialized Skills and Technologies React.js, JavaScript, Cloud (AWS, Azure, terraform), backend for frontend services, microservices, GraphQL, REST, Node.js, Express.js, Typescript Primary Responsibilities Lead the development and implementation of complex, high-performance web applications using React, React Native, Node.js, and micro-frontend architectures. Evaluate and integrate new technologies and frameworks, leveraging TypeScript, JavaScript, AWS Cloud, Docker, and Kubernetes to enhance application quality and scalability. Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams, ensuring alignment of web and mobile development efforts with business and product strategy. Ensure the timely delivery of web and mobile applications through effective use of CI/CD pipelines (e.g., GitHub Actions, Jenkins) and agile development practices. Promote “shift-left” practices by incorporating DevSecOps, security standards, and user-centered design principles early in the development lifecycle. Mentor developers in React, React Native, Redux, React Hooks, and testing frameworks, fostering best practices and continuous learning. Champion agile methodologies, facilitating sprint planning, reviews, and retrospectives to drive continuous improvement and high-quality output. Desired Skills Advanced React.js Knowledge: Expert-level understanding of React.js, its core principles, lifecycle, state management, hooks, and context API. Micro-Frontend Architecture: Proven experience in designing, implementing, and managing micro-frontend architectures, including module federation and dynamic module loading. JavaScript & TypeScript Proficiency: Deep knowledge of modern JavaScript (ES6) and TypeScript, including strong typing, interfaces, and type-safe development, as well as asynchronous request handling, partial page updates, and AJAX. HTML5 & CSS3: Strong skills in creating responsive and adaptive designs using HTML5 and CSS3, including pre-processors like SASS or LESS. State Management Tools: Experience with state management libraries (e.g., Redux, MobX) and their integration with React applications. Node.js & Express.js: Proficiency in backend development using Node.js and Express.js, with experience in building and managing RESTful APIs, middleware, and server-side applications. Testing Frameworks: Familiarity with testing frameworks and libraries such as Jest, Enzyme, or React Testing Library, including unit, integration, and end-to-end testing practices. Build Tools: Proficiency in using build tools like Webpack, Rollup, or Parcel for bundling and optimizing web applications. Version Control: Extensive experience with version control systems, particularly Git, including branching strategies and collaborative development workflows. RESTful APIs: Experience with consuming RESTful services and APIs, understanding the principles of REST, and experience with GraphQL is a plus. CI/CD Pipelines: Knowledge of continuous integration and continuous deployment practices, including familiarity with tools like Jenkins, CircleCI, or GitHub Actions. Containerization Technologies: Experience with Docker and Kubernetes for containerization and orchestration of web applications. Cloud Services: Working knowledge of cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud) and their services related to web hosting, storage, and scalability. Performance Optimization: Skills in web performance optimization, understanding how to analyze and improve page speed and application responsiveness. Security Practices: Knowledge of web security practices, including understanding of cross-site scripting (XSS), cross-site request forgery (CSRF), and how to secure React applications. Agile Methodologies: Experience working in agile development environments, with a solid understanding of agile principles, practices, and frameworks such as Scrum or Kanban. Minimum Qualifications 8 years of experience in web application development, with at least 5 years focused on React. Deep understanding of React framework and its core principles, including functional components, hooks, and context API for state management. Strong understanding of web technologies (HTML, CSS/SCSS, JavaScript) and experience with RESTful services and APIs. Familiarity with DevSecOps tools and practices, including CI/CD pipelines, containerization, and AWS cloud services. Excellent problem-solving skills, ability to think strategically, and strong leadership qualities. Effective communication skills, capable of articulating technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders. Physical Demands Physical demands include a considerable amount of time sitting and typing/keyboarding, using a computer (e.g., keyboard, mouse, and monitor), or adding machine Physical demands with activity or condition may include walking, bending, reaching, standing, squatting, and stooping May require occasional lifting/lowering, pushing, carrying, or pulling up to 20lbs EEO Statement Southern Glazer's Wine and Spirits, an Affirmative Action/EEO employer, prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type and provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training. SGWS complies with all federal, state and local laws concerning consideration of a qualified applicant's arrest and/or criminal conviction records. Southern Glazer's Wine and Spirits provides competitive compensation based on estimated performance level consistent with the past relevant experience, knowledge, skills, abilities and education of employees. Unless otherwise expressly stated, any pay ranges posted here are estimates from outside of Southern Glazer's Wine and Spirits and do not reflect Southern Glazer's pay bands or ranges. Southern Glazer's Wine and Spirits provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.