City Experiences is seeking a Senior Software Engineer for our Information Technology operation in Westlake Village, CA.

This position is 100% on-site, we are offering a relocation bonus & Visa Sponsorship!

About You:This person will be adaptable, dynamic, and embody City Experiences’ RESPECT Service System.

About the Opportunity:

Do you share Hornblower's passion for providing amazing experiences? If you’re an enthusiastic team player who thrives in an environment where communication, creativity, and cooperation are encouraged, this may just be the opportunity for you.

Encore Studios by Hornblower is looking for a front-end developer to join our LA team developing accessible rich applications and websites.

This person will be adaptable, dynamic, and embody Hornblower’s RESPECT SERVICE SYSTEM.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities 

• Lead the delivery of high quality, innovative, flexible, and scalable technical solutions that meet business requirements. 


• Perform hands-on development and provide thoughtful code reviews. 


• Mentor and lead development team members to continuously improve quality and productivity to achieve business results. 


• Design, develop, test and support applications and services using JavaScript, React, Node, Dynamo DB and others. 


• Engage with the business in requirements analysis, leading to high-quality user stories and acceptance criteria. 


• Partner with the business stakeholders, peers, IT groups and communicate effectively 


• Conversing in GraphQL with backend teams to design APIs 


• Experimenting and suggesting improvements to our frontend tools & workflows 


• Taking the lead to maintain, refactor and if necessary, throw away legacy frontend code 


• Recognized as a subject matter expert in one or more technology areas. 


• Conduct Proof of Concepts for testing business ideas. 


• Recommend ways to improve reliability, maintenance, efficiency, and quality. 


• Follow SCRUM Agile Development methodology 


• Additional job duties as assigned 

Requirements & Qualifications 

• 4+ years of relevant software engineering / web development experience.  


• Advanced knowledge of software development methodology, techniques & standards. 


• Strong understanding of software design concepts, patterns, tools and best practices. 


• Ability and willingness to work onsite 


• Should have built and used a REST API and GRAPHQL 


• Experience with JavaScript, Redux and React.js is a must. 


• Experience with Node.js is preferred. 


• Experience with Dynamo DB is a plus. 


• Experience with Serverless Framework is a plus. 


• Experience with AWS infrastructure as a code using Terraform or Cloudformation is a plus. 


• Background building container using docker and deploying using Kubernetes is a plus. 


• Bachelors Degree in Computer Science or Computer Engineering, Master’s preferred. 

About Us:

City Experiences’ passion is to provide amazing experiences on land and water. Our 40-year success through organic growth and acquisitions has resulted in a portfolio of over 25+ brands that welcome upwards of 30 million guests/riders annually. If you’re an enthusiastic team player who thrives in an environment where communication, creativity, and cooperation are encouraged, this may just be the opportunity for you.

The RESPECT Service System embodies City Experiences’ mission, vision, values and operating principles. By creating a company culture that puts RESPECT at its core, we believe it will drive us to achieve our goal of becoming a Global Experiences and Transportation Leader.

City Experiences is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer. We prohibit discrimination and or/harassment of any type, including but not limited to discrimination and or harassment based upon race, religion, religious creed, color, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, pregnancy or relation medical conditions, childbirth, breastfeeding, parental status, veteran and/or military statue, disability (physical or mental) medical condition, genetic information or characteristics, political affiliation, domestic violence survivor status, marital status, or other characteristics prohibited by federal, state, or local law. Additionally, City Experiences participates in the E-Verify program in certain locations.

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