As a front-end web Developer at Panera, you have the opportunity of joining a company with several digital e-commerce channels, an extensive brick-and-mortar infrastructure, and endless problems to solve and optimize, but organized in such a way that every person can feel their impact on both their immediate team and the company. You will be building new and exciting features, working with 3rd party vendors, both large and small, and working with a first-class team of developers, product managers, and designers.

Additionally, the analyst position can impact the web development team by representing them in highly technical meetings, translating requirements into technical documents, and guiding the team.

Location: St. Louis, MO (hybrid)

• Develop, design, and maintain new user-facing features and website architecture using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.
• Collaborate with team members, stakeholders, and business partners to understand feature requirements, translate them into feature stories, and enhance the user experience.
• Coordinate with the development team to manage business expectations.
• Lead technical discussions, analyze requirements, identify gaps, and evaluate solutions. Work with UI/UX designers to bridge the gap between graphical design and technical implementation.
• Manage scope and propose MVP versions to reduce time to market.
• Communicate status changes or potential deadline impacts to management.
• Work closely with QA and other developers to create and develop test cases in a pair-programming environment.
• Non-Functional Requirements: Optimize application for speed, scalability, and security, ensuring compatibility with various browsers and devices.
• Introduce industry standards and best practices in architecture and software engineering. Meet with cross-team architects to understand systems’ implications and propose solutions.
• Build reusable code and libraries for future use. Implement and champion good practices. Handle long-term technical debt resolutions, debt prevention, and code reviews. Face challenges head-on while advocating for best practices and process improvements.
• Regularly deploy high-quality, bug-free software to production. Prioritize and resolve bugs and defects impacting features and user experience. Handle production issue triage, management, and prevention as needed.
• Coordinate with service teams for microservice implementation and integration.
• Stay up-to-date with emerging technologies and industry trends.
• Research and develop POCs and innovative ideas for customer interactions. Engineer and integrate new technologies into the Panera ecosystem.

• 2-4 years of experience in front-end web development
• BS Computer Science (4-year) or greater
• A background in software engineering is required to solve complex problems in an optimized, scalable, and maintainable manner.
• Familiarities with Agile processes and practices.
• Strong development skills in:
  • HTML5, JS, and CSS
  • Server-side CSS pre-processing platforms, such as LESS and SASS
  • At least one JavaScript SPA framework (Vue, React, or Angular), experience with TypeScript is a plus
  • Code versioning tools, such as Git
  • Hands-on experience using AI-assisted development tools (e.g., Claude Code, Codex, GitHub Copilot) to improve engineering productivity
     Experience integrating LLMs or AI APIs (e.g., Claude, Gemini, ChatGPT) into application features or workflow
• Good understanding of:
  • Application bundlers such as webpack
  • Package managers, such as npm or yarn
  • Common JavaScript utility libraries, such as Lodash or MomentJS
  • JavaScript testing best practices and frameworks, such as Mocha or Jest
  • Native JavaScript and DOM manipulation
  • CSS flexbox, grid layouts, and mobile responsive design
  • Server-side JavaScript development, such as NodeJS and Express
• Proficient understanding of:
  • Cross-browser compatibility issues and ways to work around them.
  • SEO principles and ensuring that the application will adhere to them.
  • Web accessibility standards and best practices
  • Continuous Integration and Delivery pipeline, e.g. Jenkins
• Desired attributes
  • Having a relentless and continuous improvement mindset with the ability to learn new skills quickly
  • Willingness to stay abreast of new technology and educate the team on the latest developments
  • Comfortable working in a fast-paced, high-visibility environment
  • Passionate about writing clean, organized, and well-tested code and bug-prevention in production.
• Experience in test designing and creating robust automated test scripts and software to address business and technical use cases is highly desired.
• Test-driven development experience is highly desired. 
• Experience in developing ADA-compliant code.
• Skills in communicating and collaborating with other teams to integrate with REST web services, middleware applications, and data models.
• Detail-oriented, efficient, and capable of working independently.

The actual pay offered will be determined by multiple factors, including but not limited to the candidate’s relevant experience, job-related knowledge, skills, and geographical location. Individual compensation decisions are dependent upon the facts and circumstances of each position and candidate.