United Parks & Resorts is hiring a Software Developer to build modern, customer-facing digital experiences across our web and e-commerce platforms. This role will develop responsive front-end experiences using React and TypeScript, as well as secure and scalable backend services and APIs using C#/.NET.
The ideal candidate has experience working with Sitecore or another headless or hybrid content management system and understands how front-end applications, backend services, content platforms, and cloud infrastructure work together. This role will focus on accessibility, performance, reliability, automated testing, and high-quality user experiences throughout the customer journey.
Key Responsibilities- Build responsive, mobile-first web experiences using React, TypeScript, HTML, and CSS.
- Develop reusable and authorable React components integrated with Sitecore CMS.
- Build and maintain secure, scalable backend services and REST APIs using C#/.NET and ASP.NET Core.
- Connect front-end applications with backend services, APIs, and Sitecore-driven content.
- Support customer-facing e-commerce experiences, including product discovery, search, product details, cart, checkout, promotions, and discounts.
- Design stable API contracts with appropriate versioning, backward compatibility, validation, and predictable behavior.
- Ensure applications are accessible and developed with WCAG standards in mind.
- Optimize web performance and stability, including Core Web Vitals such as LCP, CLS, and INP.
- Build clean and dependable loading, error, and empty-state experiences.
- Develop cloud-native solutions with attention to deployment, configuration, security, observability, resiliency, and performance.
- Support controlled releases and A/B testing or experimentation without negatively affecting performance or stability.
- Prepare applications and services to support high-traffic periods and peak customer demand.
- Own quality throughout the development lifecycle by building and maintaining appropriate automated test coverage.
- Participate in technical design discussions, code reviews, troubleshooting, and root-cause analysis.
- Collaborate with product, design, content, quality assurance, and engineering teams to deliver high-quality digital experiences.
- Use modern AI-assisted development tools responsibly to improve productivity, code quality, and developer velocity.
Required Qualifications- Four or more years of professional experience building and supporting production web applications.
- Strong experience with React, TypeScript, HTML, and CSS.
- Hands-on experience with C#/.NET and building REST APIs using ASP.NET Core.
- Experience with dependency injection, asynchronous programming, validation, error handling, and secure API development.
- Experience integrating front-end applications with backend services and APIs.
- Experience working with Sitecore, Contentful, or another headless or hybrid CMS.
- Experience building mobile-first, responsive, and touch-friendly user experiences.
- Experience developing or supporting customer-facing e-commerce journeys.
- Strong automated testing experience across front-end and backend applications.
- Experience with testing frameworks such as Jest, React Testing Library, xUnit, NUnit, MSTest, or similar tools.
- Cloud-native development experience using Azure, AWS, or GCP.
- Strong troubleshooting and root-cause analysis skills.
- Understanding of web accessibility, performance optimization, and responsive design.
Preferred Qualifications- Experience with Sitecore headless or composable architecture.
- Production experience building backend services with Node.js.
- Experience with Optimizely or another A/B testing and experimentation platform.
- Experience supporting high-traffic consumer websites and preparing for peak-load events.
- Understanding of CDN and edge-delivery behavior, including caching and its effect on application performance.
- Experience with mocking frameworks such as Moq.
- Familiarity with monitoring, logging, observability, configuration, and secrets management in cloud environments.
The perks of the position:
- Paid Time Off
- Complimentary Park Tickets and Passes
- Park Discounts on Food and Merchandise
- Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
- 401K Retirement plan
- Voluntary Insurance
- Life Insurance
- Disability Benefits
- Tuition Reimbursement
- Dependent and Health Care Flexible Spending Accounts
- Employee Assistance Program
- Legal Assistance Plan
