Gap Inc.

Senior UX Front-End Developer

Posted on: 25 Nov 2021

San Francisco, CA

Job Description

About The Role

For this role we are looking for someone with Front-End Web Engineering expertise who can clearly communicate and work collaboratively with designers, product managers, writers, and stakeholders. If you have one foot in user interface design and the other in web development best practices, you may be the unicorn we are looking for.

A good understanding of design thinking, lean methodology and/or test and learn strategies are important to this role. The Gap Inc. User Experience team is a diverse group of open-minded people willing to try new things, fail forward, and try again. We are curious and inventive, opinionated, and open to criticism. A great Creative Technologist should embrace the culture of curiosity and learning that drives the User Experience team at Gap Inc.

Remote Work Available.

What You'll Do

Primarily, you will be working on the Gap Inc. eCommerce Design System: building out or updating components, documenting best practices, and working across teams to make the best and most accessible library possible 
Work on both a small team of developers and designers collaborating on expanding the system, and a larger team of developers working on tending to the library of components 
You’ll also work across teams to help evangelize UX best practices, weigh in on important technical conversations across the platform, and help guide technical and non-technical teams 

Expand your knowledge base to include common patterns across platforms, connect dots, and make educated arguments 

 

Who You Are

You have a solid understanding of ES6+, HTML5, SCSS (or LESS), Typescript a plus!  
Interested in-and up to date with the latest and greatest in web technologies 
Experienced with SPA frameworks especially ReactJS 

Experienced with unit and/or integration testing 
Bonus if you’re an A11Y/WCAG expert 
Someone attracted to good design, creativity, and collaboration 
Open to critical feedback 

Benefits At Gap Inc.

Merchandise discount for our brands: 50% off regular-priced merchandise at Old Navy, Gap, Banana Republic and Athleta, and 30% off at Outlet for all employees.
One of the most competitive Paid Time Off plans in the industry.*
Employees can take up to five “on the clock” hours each month to volunteer at a charity of their choice.*
Extensive 401(k) plan with company matching for contributions up to four percent of an employee’s base pay.*
Employee stock purchase plan.*
Medical, dental, vision and life insurance.*
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Gap Inc.

San Francisco, CA

The Gap, Inc. operates as an apparel retail company worldwide. The company offers apparel, accessories, and personal care products for men, women, and children under the Old Navy, Gap, Banana Republic, Athleta, Intermix, and Hill City brands. Its products include denim, tees, button-downs, khakis, and other products; and fitness and lifestyle products for use in yoga, training, sports, travel, and everyday activities to women and girls. The company offers its products through company-operated stores, franchise stores, Websites, third-party arrangements, and catalogs. It has franchise agreements with unaffiliated franchisees to operate Old Navy, Gap, and Banana Republic stores in Asia, Europe, Latin America, the Middle East, and Africa. As of February 2, 2019, the company had 3,194 company-operated stores; and 472 franchise stores, as well as e-commerce sites. The Gap, Inc. was founded in 1969 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.