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You will be building new and exciting features, working with 3rd party vendors, both large and small, and working with a first-class team of developers, product managers, and designers.\nAdditionally, the analyst position can impact the web development team by representing them in highly technical meetings, translating requirements into technical documents, and guiding the team.\nLocation: St. Louis, MO or Boston, MA (hybrid)\nRoles and Responsibilities\nDevelop, design, and maintain new user-facing features and website architecture using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.\nCollaborate with team members, stakeholders, and business partners to understand feature requirements, translate them into feature stories, and enhance the user experience.\nCoordinate with the development team to manage business expectations.\nLead technical discussions, analyze requirements, identify gaps, and evaluate solutions. Work with UI/UX designers to bridge the gap between graphical design and technical implementation.\nManage scope and propose MVP versions to reduce time to market.\nCommunicate status changes or potential deadline impacts to management.\nWork closely with QA and other developers to create and develop test cases in a pair-programming environment.\nNon-Functional Requirements: Optimize application for speed, scalability, and security, ensuring compatibility with various browsers and devices.\nIntroduce industry standards and best practices in architecture and software engineering. Meet with cross-team architects to understand systems’ implications and propose solutions.\nBuild reusable code and libraries for future use. Implement and champion good practices. Handle long-term technical debt resolutions, debt prevention, and code reviews. Face challenges head-on while advocating for best practices and process improvements.\nRegularly deploy high-quality, bug-free software to production. Prioritize and resolve bugs and defects impacting features and user experience. Handle production issue triage, management, and prevention as needed.\nCoordinate with service teams for microservice implementation and integration.\nStay up-to-date with emerging technologies and industry trends.\nResearch and develop POCs and innovative ideas for customer interactions. Engineer and integrate new technologies into the Panera ecosystem.\nJob Requirements\n2-4 years of experience in front-end web development\nBS Computer Science (4-year) or greater\nA background in software engineering is required to solve complex problems in an optimized, scalable, and maintainable manner.\nFamiliarities with Agile processes and practices. \nStrong development skills in:HTML5, JS, and CSS\nServer-side CSS pre-processing platforms, such as LESS and SASS\nAt least one JavaScript SPA framework (Vue, React, or Angular), experience with TypeScript is a plus\nCode versioning tools, such as Git\nHands-on experience using AI-assisted development tools (e.g., Claude Code, Codex, GitHub Copilot) to improve engineering productivity Experience integrating LLMs or AI APIs (e.g., Claude, Gemini, ChatGPT) into application features or workflow\n\nGood understanding of:Application bundlers such as webpack\nPackage managers, such as npm or yarn\nCommon JavaScript utility libraries, such as Lodash or MomentJS\nJavaScript testing best practices and frameworks, such as Mocha or Jest\nNative JavaScript and DOM manipulation\nCSS flexbox, grid layouts, and mobile responsive design\nServer-side JavaScript development, such as NodeJS and Express\n\nProficient understanding of:Cross-browser compatibility issues and ways to work around them.\nSEO principles and ensuring that the application will adhere to them.\nWeb accessibility standards and best practices\nContinuous Integration and Delivery pipeline, e.g. Jenkins\n\nDesired attributesHaving a relentless and continuous improvement mindset with the ability to learn new skills quickly\nWillingness to stay abreast of new technology and educate the team on the latest developments\nComfortable working in a fast-paced, high-visibility environment\nPassionate about writing clean, organized, and well-tested code and bug-prevention in production.\n\nExperience in test designing and creating robust automated test scripts and software to address business and technical use cases is highly desired.\nTest-driven development experience is highly desired. \nExperience in developing ADA-compliant code.\nSkills in communicating and collaborating with other teams to integrate with REST web services, middleware applications, and data models.\nDetail-oriented, efficient, and capable of working independently.\nEqual Opportunity Employer: Disabled/Veterans\nCompetitive Pay $86,033 - $110,466 annually\nThe actual pay offered will be determined by multiple factors, including but not limited to the candidate’s relevant experience, job-related knowledge, skills, and geographical location. 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