Principal Frontend Software Engineer
Young Living Essential Oils
Lehi, Utah
Job Description
Become a part of the Young Living family!
Young Living is a universally known, household name that is revered and respected for the countless benefits it brings to humanity. Propelled by the world’s purest essential oils and oil-infused products, along with our passionate commitment to empowering individuals to whole-life wellness, we champion the modern essential oil movement. A global, purpose-driven wellness revolution is underway, and Young Living leads the charge.
Working at Young Living
Our community of wellness started small in 1993, when
D. Gary Young
and Mary Young developed their first organic herb farming and distillation operation. After establishing Young Living in 1994, the Youngs developed its groundbreaking Seed to Seal® process, which preserves the integrity and potency of essential oils through every step of the production process.
We believe every person has the right to wellness. It transcends all and has the power to unite us as members of the same human family striving for the same happiness. It is part of the reason we are passionate about making everyone feel included, welcome, and respected. Regardless of age, race, color, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, physical or mental disability, ancestry, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by local law, all are welcome in the Young Living family.
Summary
Principal software engineers are vital technical leaders of the organization, demonstrating expertise across multiple systems and regularly contributing and leading engineering efforts simultaneously. They are responsible for writing code, debugging, testing, and troubleshooting systems and applications in a senior leadership capacity, capable of carrying their assigned work from inception through production. Principal software engineers almost exclusively work independently and represent expert level knowledge of systems and operations. In addition, they are highly trusted to work independent of direct management and take part in strategic level collaboration and direction. As a principal software engineer, they are expected to supervise and direct architecture and technical direction of groups of software engineers and set coding standards and governance over the entire software engineering space where they are assigned. A Principal Engineer is expected to set the technical direction for the entire business unit where they operate and to mentor development team leadership in all technical aspects.
Essential Functions
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the job.
- Coordinate with stakeholders to design and create technical solutions.
- Set technical direction and architectural vision for the business area assigned in conjunction with IT business unit leadership.
- Advise and assist business unit leadership in setting roadmaps and technical goals and direction.
- Mentor team leads and other technical resources and lead technical trainings and discussions
- Operate in a standard workflow consisting of tasks, time tracking, release processes and team standards
- Learn and adapt to an agile approach to development
- Complete development tasks and complete them in a timely manner
- Complete trainings to develop new and essential skills in company and industry technologies, on a regular basis
- Adhere to development standards and requirements
- Comply with security standards and requirements
- Work within Jira project management software and on an agile development team
- Monitor systems within a domain to ensure they meet stakeholder, user and business needs
- Attend stand-ups and relevant meetings for each project team as assigned
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
- Comprehensive knowledge of software design, development, and architecture.
- Comprehensive knowledge of front-end web technologies and frameworks with preference given to react, angular and native JavaScript
- Excellent communication skills with ability to communicate technical direction and system architecture to non-technical stakeholders.
- Attitude of constant improvement and learning to direct technical direction for business unit and set future state goals technical and architectural goals.
- Excellent mentorship abilities
Required Education and Experience
- A college degree in a technical discipline or a master’s degree (non-technical) or non-technical degree plus professional certification.
- Fifteen years to twenty years of similar or related experience. An equivalent combination of education and experience may be substituted for this requirement.
NOTE: This job description is not intended to be all-inclusive. Employee may perform other related duties as needed to meet the ongoing needs of the organization
Additional information
Young Living is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status.
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