Role Overview
Location: Cork - NETGEAR's Center of Excellence
Work Model: Hybrid
Reporting to: Director, Web
Join NETGEAR’s new Center of Excellence in Cork and play a pivotal role in shaping the future of our global retail experience. As a Senior Software Engineer, you will design and deliver the architectural vision for Netgear.com, building the foundation for a seamless and innovative e-commerce platform.
This role is central to NETGEAR’s transformation, requiring deep technical expertise and strategic insight to drive the end-to-end system architecture. You will collaborate closely with cross-functional teams, setting architectural standards that ensure a cohesive and forward-looking technical ecosystem for our product line.
As a hybrid role, you'll work from the Cork office at least two days a week, providing the flexibility to balance in-person collaboration with remote work. Your contributions will be pivotal in NETGEAR’s evolution, driving a digital transformation as the company shifts towards a software-driven model.
Key Responsibilities:
Technical Leadership: Scope, estimate and drive technical projects, establishing the foundation for scalable, high-performance products
Frontend Development: Design, build and maintain web apps using JavaScript frameworks such as React.js
Performance/Reliability: Drive standards to measure, maintain and improve the user experience and simplify support
Roadmap Execution: Develop and execute short- and long-term technical roadmaps.
Integration: Integrate various services and third-party applications using best practice to ensure maintainability and effective deployment processes.
Collaboration: Work closely with cross-functional teams, including developers, designers, and product managers, to deliver cohesive eCommerce solutions.
Quality: Monitor and optimize application performance, including page load speeds, responsiveness, and SEO compliance. Drive testing standards within software engineering to improve reliability of changes.
Mentor: Ability to share designs and justify decisions with technical leaders and team. Create proof-of-concepts or reference implementations that demonstrate architectural solutions to key problems, setting a standard for the rest of the engineering team.
Required Qualifications:
8+ years of software development experience, with a significant focus implementing multi-country, multi-language websites
Knowledge of Content Management Systems such as Contentful, ContentStack, Kentico or similar.
Frontend Development: Expertise in designing and developing SPA or PWAs with frameworks such as React, Vue or similar.
Programming Skills: Proficiency in several of the following languages: JavaScript, Node.js, Java, Python, TypeScript.
Agile Environment: Proven ability to thrive in a fast-paced Agile software development environment with frequent software releases.
Self-Starter: Proactive, resourceful, and able to navigate complex corporate environments with a strong “get-things-done” attitude.
B.Sc. in Computer Science or equivalent.
Collaboration Skills: Ability to work effectively within a team and contribute to a positive team environment.
Communication Skills: Strong written and verbal communication skills to effectively convey technical information.
Preferred Qualifications:
Knowledge of JavaScript frameworks and UI component libraries
Company Statement/Values:
At NETGEAR, we are on a mission to unleash the full potential of connectivity with intelligent solutions that delight and protect. We turn ideas into innovative networking products that connect people, power businesses, and advance the way we live.
We're a performance-driven, talented and connected team that's committed to delivering world-class products for our customers. As a company, we value our employees as the most essential building blocks of our success. And as teammates, we commit to taking our work to the Next Gear by living our values: we Dare to Transform the future, Connect and Delight our customers, Communicate Courageously with each other and collaborate to Win It Together. You’ll find our values woven through our processes, present in our decisions, and celebrated throughout our culture.
We strive to attract top talent and create a great workplace where people feel engaged, inspired, challenged, proud and respected. If you are creative, forward-thinking, passionate about technology and are looking for a rewarding career to make an impact, then you've got what it takes to succeed at NETGEAR. Join our network and help us shape the future of connectivity.
NETGEAR hires based on merit. All qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment. All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
