Sr Web Developer

Gen is a global company powering Digital Freedom through consumer brands including Norton, Avast, LifeLock, Avira, AVG, ReputationDefender, and CCleaner. Our combined heritage is rooted in providing safety for the first digital generations. We bring leading technology solutions in cybersecurity, privacy and identity protection to more than 500 million users in 150 countries so they can live their digital lives safely, privately, and confidently today and for generations to come. We're always looking for smart, fearless, and dedicated people. Together, we have collective passion and a big vision to power Digital Freedom by protecting consumers and giving them control of their digital lives. When you’re a part of Gen, you are provided access to a range of resources and support to ensure you can do your best work and live your best life. This includes flexible working options with generous time off and competitive benefits & compensation packages. Diversity is foundational to how we do business because we know the greatest ideas and results come from our unique perspectives and differences. We strive to create a safe, inclusive environment where you can bring your whole self to work. Team members are valued, respected, and celebrated for who they are in a meaningful and exciting atmosphere. Gen is an equal employment opportunity employer. Employment decisions are based on merit, experience, and business needs. If this sounds like you—Gen has a dynamic, supportive culture with core values that celebrate diversity, promote teamwork, and encourage every team member to contribute and grow—join us!

About the Role:

We are currently seeking a Problem Management Engineer responsible for identifying, analyzing, and resolving complex technical issues within our Web Experience Infrastructure. Your focus will be on minimizing the impact of recurring incidents and preventing future occurrences through proactive problem management. Collaboration with various teams, including SRE, IT, development, QA, cross-functional teams, and operations, is essential for timely resolution and continuous improvement.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Design, Develop and Implement web-based applications using AEM and web technologies to support business requirements.

• Researches, tracks and understands new Software Development technologies to provide technical leadership in developing service applications.

• Work closely with business partners to solve and develop business needs.

• Work with cross-functional teams to design, develop, implement and maintain various sections of the website pages.

• Collaborates within and across groups in writing functional and design specifications, development schedules and user interface specifications.

• Complete analysis, development and/or maintenance of highly complex, undefined tasks.

• Follow approved life cycle methodologies.

• Regular Design Discussions, Create Design documents and Code reviews.

• Lead technical design sessions and identify / document pros / cons of different approaches.

• Resolves technical issues through debugging, research, and investigation.

• Testing your code (e.g. writing functional and unit tests).

• Ability to work well in a team environment as well as individually. A self-starter that doesn’t require a lot of hand holding.

• Mentor / Guide junior team members and lead the team for various projects and also perform other duties as assigned.

• · Is looked upon to offer direction, guidance and mentoring to lesser experienced individuals on the team.

• Exceptionally self-motivated, solid interpersonal skills and a good communicator.

• Quick Learner and ability to adapt quickly to any new Software Development technologies.

• Extremely detailed oriented, committed to excellence and takes unrelenting pride in the code you write.

• Excellent problem-solving skills, willingness to take ownership and risks, and enthusiasm in the face of technical challenges.

• As appropriate, may liaison with outside vendors to coordinate code development and acceptance.

Required Technical Skills

• 5+ year’s Experience with strong Computer Science fundamentals (e.g. Algorithms, Objecte Oriented / Functional paradigms)

• 5+ year’s Experience working with CQ5 / AEM (version 6.3+) stack

• Thorough understanding of AEM stack – JCR repository, Sling, Sling Models, Felix / OSGI, AEM Template / Component Architecture.

• Experience in Design / Build / Test Workflows in AEM.

• 5+ year’s Experience working front end technologies like HTML5, CSS3, AJAX, JavaScript, Responsive Web Development, Bootstrap.

• 5+ year’s Experience working with Java and/or NodeJS.

• Experience working with REST, Sling and SOAP in a production environment.

• Proficiency in building scalable, high-performance web applications and RESTful APIs.

• Expertise in responsive web design, cross-browsers compatibility, DevOps environment and working with CI/CD, Agile methodologies.

• Experience collaborating with clients, project managers, and engineers.

• Experience mentoring junior team members.

• Excellent communication and teamwork skills.

• Experience with Scrum / Agile / Jira

• Continuous Integration and related tools – Perforce, GitHub, Jenkins, Maven, Any IDE, Nexus, New Relic, Splunk.

Optional Technical Skills

• Experience with E-commerce websites is a strong plus

• Experience using A/B & MVT testing tools.

• In-depth knowledge of web performance optimization techniques and tools

• Knowledge or experience on Angular, Node and ReactJS

• Knowledge in NoSQL DBs and RDBMS

• Set up and configure AEM servers - Author, Dispatcher, Publisher.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related field with minimum five years of relevant work experience.

• Master's Degree in Computer Science or related field with minimum three years of relevant work experience.

Gen is proud to be an equal-opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive and accessible environment for all employees. All employment decisions are based on merit, experience, and business needs, without regard to race, color, national origin, age, religion, sex, pregnancy (including childbirth or related medical conditions), genetic information, disability (physical or mental), medical condition, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression, military or veteran status, or any other consideration made unlawful by federal, state, or local law. Gen strictly prohibits unlawful discrimination based on such protected characteristics and seeks to recruit the most talented candidates from diverse cultures and backgrounds. 

We also consider employment-qualified individuals with arrest and conviction records. In addition, we will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. Learn more about pay transparency. 

Gen complies with all anti-discrimination laws. 

To conform to U.S. export control regulations, applicant should be eligible for any required authorizations from the U.S. Government.