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Established in 1806 as a small soap and candle business in New York City, Colgate-Palmolive is now a truly global company with products sold in over 200 countries and territories under such internationally recognized brand names as Colgate, Palmolive, Softsoap, Irish Spring, Protex, Sorriso, Kolynos, elmex, Tom's of Maine, Sanex, Ajax, Axion, Soupline, Haci Sakir, Suavitel, PCA SKIN, EltaMD, Filorga and Hello as well as Hill's Science Diet and Hill's Prescription Diet.

Colgate-Palmolive is a leading consumer products company that serves hundreds of millions of consumers worldwide with brands and products across four core businesses – Oral Care, Personal Care, Home Care and Pet Nutrition. We are committed to offering products that make lives healthier and more enjoyable, and programs that enrich communities around the world.

Every day millions of people trust our products to care for themselves and the ones they love. Our goal is to use our technology to create products that will continue to improve the quality of life for our consumers wherever they live.

A career at Colgate-Palmolive is an excellent opportunity if you seek a global experience, constant challenge, and development opportunities in an environment that respects work/life effectiveness.

Job Title:  Expert - Full Stack Development

Travel Required?:  Travel - up to 10% of time
Date:  Apr 12, 2024
Hybrid

Relocation Assistance Offered Within Country
# 158965 - Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Who We Are
Colgate-Palmolive Company is a caring, innovative growth company that is reimagining a healthier future for all people, their pets and our planet. Focused on Oral Care, Personal Care, Home Care and Pet Nutrition, we sell our products in more than 200 countries and territories under brands such as Colgate, Palmolive, elmex, hello, meridol, Sorriso, Tom’s of Maine, EltaMD, Filorga, Irish Spring, PCA SKIN, Protex, Sanex, Softsoap, Speed Stick, Ajax, Axion, Fabuloso, Soupline and Suavitel, as well as Hill’s Pet Nutrition.

We are recognized for our leadership and innovation in promoting sustainability and community wellbeing, including our achievements in decreasing plastic waste and promoting recyclability, saving water, conserving natural resources and improving children’s oral health.

If you want to work for a company that lives by their values, then give your career a reason to smile and join our global team!

 

Job Summary :

We are excited to invite applications for the position of Full Stack Developer within our Digital Commerce applications team. Operating within the world’s leading Oral Care Company, we have a number of exciting products in the Direct to Consumer (DTC) and Business to Consumer (B2B2C) space. We are looking for a highly motivated fullstack developer to join our team to help us win in digital commerce.

 

This role will involve planning, design, development and maintenance of web applications. The ideal candidate has strong HTML, CSS and JavaScript skills, is proficient in modern Javascript frameworks, and has a passion for user experience, code and technology. Candidate should be a self-starter - eager to learn new technologies, delight users, and protect user data through compliance with privacy standards & regulations and implementation of appropriate security safeguards.

 

The person will be required to collaborate with business teams / functional teams and IT counterparts for daily support incidents and project activities in different business areas across all geographies.

The person should have the ability to understand the requirements related to business problems and transform that into a solution design.

 

Main Responsibilities :

  • Front-End Web Development

  • Develop and modify user-facing features for web and mobile applications

  • Support ongoing development for existing projects/applications

  • Build reusable code and libraries for future use

  • Optimize application for maximum speed and scalability

  • Improve test coverage of existing code bases

  • Collaborate with our lead digital designer and other product team members to translate abstract concepts into visually pleasing designs and bring them to life across our owned digital touchpoints

  • Collaborate on & implement best-in-class UX/UI to optimize/improve our digital properties

  • Work independently and handle various tasks at the same time in an Agile, team-based environment

  • Work efficiently with 3rd party vendors and developers to create, develop, and maintain visually compelling web pages

  • Keep current with emerging web design trends and technologies through relevant blogs, community forums, industry events, conferences, etc

  • Ecommerce and DTC Expertise

  • Work hand in hand with our ecommerce, digital marketing and social media teams to implement engaging content that brings the brands to life across channels

  • Participate in usability tests on interface design to insure cross-browser and device compatibility

  • Drive best-practices and documentation in support of processes

  • Operate with a good sense of purpose and be able to freely operate to bring new experiences to life

  • Teamwork and Leadership

  • Interface, communicate and coordinate as a part of a collaborative, multi-functional team to meet business objectives and deadlines

  • Collaborate with internal partners on online commerce requirements

  • Give expert dev advice on how to best bring creative into our projects and make recommendations for improving our online presence as a whole

 

Who you are

You are an technical architect -

  • Strong visualization and design skills, with the ability to bring it to life

  • Possess a creative mind with the ability to think outside of the box

  • Ability to provide the team with new ideas, asking questions to understand business needs

  • Able to handle constructive feedback and offer creative solutions to complex design problems

  • Ability to work with various asset management systems, shopping cart systems and ecommerce platforms

  • Proficient in interface design tools (such as Figma) and Adobe CS applications (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, and Dreamweaver, etc.)

  • Ability to work in fast-paced environment and be able to prioritize responsibilities accordingly

  • Enthusiastic about pets

 

Required Qualifications :

  • Bachelor's or higher degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering or similar field.

  • Proficient understanding of web markup

  • HTML5, CSS3

  • Client-side scripting and JavaScript frameworks, including vanilla Javascript

  • Cross-browser compatibility issues and ways to work around them

  • Experience using one or more sophisticated JavaScript libraries and frameworks, such as VueJS, AngularJS, ReactJS, etc.

  • Solid understanding of Git source code control and branching methodologies, debugging, performance monitoring, benchmarking, logging, and testing tools

  • Good experience with test-driven development methodologies

  • Excellent oral/written communication and organizational skills

 

Preferred Qualifications :

  • Knowledge of B2B2C and/or DTC models

  • Knowledgeable in the consumer packaged goods industry and/or retail ecommerce

  • Understanding various customer journeys (working closely with the CX & UX teams)

  • Developing for Shopify or similar ecommerce platforms in working with digital marketing teams (SEO, etc) & agencies supporting A/B testing

  • Working in the CPG, Retail or Commerce industries

  • Developing applications on cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP)

  • Agile development teams


Our Commitment to Sustainability
With the Colgate brand in more homes than any other, we are presented with great opportunities and new challenges as we work to integrate sustainability into all aspects of our business and create positive social impact. We are determined to position ourselves for further growth as we act on our 2025 Sustainability & Social Impact Strategy.

Our Commitment to Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
Achieving our purpose starts with our people — ensuring our workforce represents the people and communities we serve —and creating an environment where our people feel they belong; where we can be our authentic selves, feel treated with respect and have the support of leadership to impact the business in a meaningful way.

Equal Opportunity Employer
Colgate is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, ethnicity, age, disability, marital status, veteran status (United States positions), or any other characteristic protected by law.

Reasonable accommodation during the application process is available for persons with disabilities. Please contact Application_Accommodation@colpal.com with the subject "Accommodation Request" should you require accommodation.


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