Front End Architect

We are looking for someone who is driven, thorough and structured in your work, who can work pro-active both independent and in teams, and enjoys deliver in a fast phase environment.Sounds like you? Don´t miss the opportunity to be part of our Global Online Expansion (GOE) at Online Sales and Marketing. GOE is one of the top 5 most strategic initiatives in H&M today. It is a cross-functional multi-year journey to enable rapid e-commerce expansion for the H&M brand. A vital part of that endeavor is the establishment of a new e-commerce platform, which is delivered in close collaboration with an external IT supplier.The program has been remarkably successful, achieving expansion to new markets in record time with good quality. One of the key success factors is the working atmosphere where program members live the core values making every challenge easier to overcome.As a Front-end architect within online, your focus will be to build a, stable and scalable front-end architecture for the online eCommerce site. Site speed will be one on of your top priorities. You will be responsible for driving the architectural work together with the front-end team. Meaning that you will take part in pre-studies and functional business cases implementations together with both in-house teams and external suppliers. The role involves driving the work; analysing problems, enforce solutions, involving stakeholders and support decision-making from an architectural perspective.Your responsibilitiesWork as front-end architect within the Sales Online & Marketing domain, being responsible for the overall front-end architecture for the ecommerce site.Define the future front-end architecture and be the driving force to realize and safeguard that architectureGuide the front-end developers and the other teams when designing and implementing the front-end architectureUnderstand the business and IT needs, securing a healthy front-end that is maintainable and scalableDocument and communicate solutions, including providing solution recommendationsPerform functional and technical document reviewsSupport project leads, business representatives and IT-requirement analysts with functional and technical knowledgeCollaborate with external vendors and our implementation partnerParticipate in problem management related to area of expertiseParticipate in architect forumsYour skills Just like everyone at H&M, we believe you are a social, open, communicative and ambitious team player full of drive and optimism. And your skills include:Extensive knowledge about front-end design best practices, architectural principles and patternsExperience from working with global high load consumer front-end solutions, preferably large e-commerce solutions and business to consumer platformsExperience from leading front-end developer teams and driving architectural change within a large organisationExperience from building consistent UI/UX experiences across various browsers and devices working on multiple touch-pointsExperience from building reusable UI/UX components that are scalable, maintainable and flexibleExperience with complex responsive, mobile-first web designExperience with HTML/HTLM5, JS, CSS, Angular, React/React Native, PWA, SPA, SEOExperience from API development, best practices and headless designsQualifying having experience from Adobe Experience ManagerTools knowledge:HTML/HTML5CSSJavaScriptReact, AngularSingle Page ApplicationsProgressive Web ApplicationsContent Management Tools (AEM)iOSAndroidOpen APIThe position is located in Liljeholmen, Sweden and we work in an activity based workplace.Sounds interesting? Here’s your chance for a career out of the ordinary!For questions contact Karin.Sjolund@hm.comWe review applications continuously, please apply with CV and cover letter no later than the 2nd of June 2019.Looking forward to hearing from you!Who are we at the IT department?We are the sum of the abilities and personalities we have. Our warm, value-driven culture brings us together. We like working at a fast pace and making decisions on the go. Our creativity helps us solve complex challenges.We have the opportunity to advance the business of H&M group, work with the latest IT technology in exciting global projects and change the entire fashion and design industry for the better. If you have the drive, joy of discovery and willingness to assume responsibility, there is no limit to what we can achieve together.