The Front-End Developer will transform designs into coded pages, optimize user experiences, and collaborate on digital strategies while establishing front-end development standards.
Job Description:
Founded in 1904, ESAB Corporation is a premier narrowly diversified global leader in connected fabrication technology and gas control solutions. Our rich history of innovative products, workflow solutions, and business system, ESAB Business Excellence, enables our purpose of Shaping the World We Imagine™. We’re looking to hire a talented Front-End Developer based in Chennai, India.
Reporting to the Global MarCom Senior Web Technology Manager, the Front-End Developer is responsible for transforming static designs into dynamic, high-performing digital experiences. This role involves translating UX designs into code, optimizing user experiences, and collaborating across teams to deliver intuitive and effective customer journeys. The ideal candidate will have a strong technical foundation, a passion for digital marketing, and a commitment to best practices in front-end development.
Primary Duties
- Translate the designs of the UX design team into an HTML, CSS/SASS, Vue and/or React-based coded pages for the back-end development team to integrate with our systems.
- Establish and promote best practices, front-end development guidelines and standards.
- Provide innovative solutions to complex front-end challenges.
- Contribute to technical discussions.
- Define and maintain best practices and development of reusable tools/frameworks and repeatable processes.
- Create concepts, mockups, wireframes, and layouts that lead to an intuitive digital user experience for various digital tactics.
- Design and create layouts and user journeys for a wide range of devices including mobile.
- Leverage user behaviors and research to define customer journeys and interactions.
- Use front-end programming to create prototypes and bring design interactions to life.
- Work closely with the development and content teams to ensure seamless integration.
Qualifications
- Relevant university degree within design, development, human-computer interaction, or marketing.
- 7+ years of front-end development focused on web and mobile.
- Strong portfolio demonstrating UX design principles and front-end development work.
- Strong ability to clearly communicate ideas and research to the team.
- Strong design skills, production value, and attention to detail.
- Knowledge about user experience principles and methodologies.
- Experience leading and managing user testing (preferred).
- Experience working within open-source and enterprise CMS (preferred).
- Experience with freehand and digital illustration (preferred).
Technical Requirements
- Strong knowledge of front-end programming languages, including HTML, CSS/SASS, jQuery, JavaScript, and frameworks such as Vue and React.
- Strong knowledge of Figma.
- Proficiency in GitHub and Docker.
- Strong familiarity with UX design, development, and testing tools.
- Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite, specifically Photoshop and Illustrator.
- Knowledge of programming languages like PHP and ColdFusion (a plus).
- Welding experience is not required but is a nice-to-have.
Working Conditions
- Constantly operates a computer and other office productivity machinery including but not limited to printer, tablets, cell phones.
- Domestic and international travel required (~10%).
Top Skills
Adobe Creative Suite
Coldfusion
CSS
Docker
Figma
Git
HTML
Illustrator
JavaScript
Jquery
Photoshop
PHP
React
Sass
Vue
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