Job Description

Mavis is the largest independently-held tire sales and automotive repair chain in the United States. After our recent acquisition of 600 Tire Kingdom and NTB stores, Mavis now leads a combined company of more than 2100 locations in over 39 states across the East Coast, South and Midwest. As the premier retail tire and service chain, we offer our valued customers a complete menu of services including brakes, alignments, suspension, shocks, struts, oil changes, battery replacement and exhaust work.

At Mavis, we understand that our people are, and always will be, our greatest asset. For nearly sixty years, our people have built the customer relationships that have allowed Mavis to become a leader in the industry. To continue to provide the best customer experience, Mavis is building out new technology for our stores which will revolutionize the automotive repair industry.

Mavis is seeking a Full Stack Engineer with intimate familiarity with the web platform to join our team. Our Full Stack Engineers are engaged in the full spectrum of product development, working with a team to write great software and build engaging products. Specifically, we are looking for an engineer with SEO experience. Do you have the technical and relational skills to build business-critical applications with a high-performing, cross-functional team?

Our web stack today includes React, Node.js, SQL, TypeScript, .NET, and we have Go in production as well.

Qualifications:

• Strong JavaScript/TypeScript, React, SQL and Node.js skills are necessary for this position
• Have 3+ years of experience working with a variety of additional front and backend technologies, preferably React, Java, and / or .NET
• Able to come into the office 5 days a week
• Strong enthusiasm for UI / UX and API design
• Can articulate the difference between progressive enhancement and graceful degradation
• Have used various hosting solutions (e.g. AWS, Azure)
• Some familiarity with cloud services (e.g. AWS, Azure, Google Cloud)
• Understand a few data stores (e.g. MySQL, PostgreSQL, Redis) and ORMs (e.g. Hibernate, ActiveRecord)
• Stay current with the evolving HTML5 specification
• Work well with others
• Familiarity with SEO tactics
• Understanding of how search engines crawl, render, and index JavaScript-heavy websites (SSR v CSR v SSG). Experience with Next.js is a plus.
• Have experience with SEO-critical code elements, like canonical tags, structured data (JSON-LD), sitemap generation, noindex logic, hreflang, and robots directives.
• Have experience debugging SEO issues with DevTools, Search Console, and other crawling tools (ScreamingFrog, etc.)
• Understanding of Core Web Vitals, and have the ability to build high-performance SEO-friendly React or Node code.
• Understanding of SEO-logic - pagination rules, faceted navigation, canonical resolution, and optimizing crawl budgets - and how to manage this at scale.
• Familiarity with headless CMS platforms (Contentful) is a plus, and structuring content models in a way that is scalable.

Why Mavis?

Not only is Mavis an industry leader due to our brand presence and customer satisfaction, but also because we are constantly innovating and building state of the art technology. Our focus has shifted from providing technology to make the business run efficiently to technology that enhances our customer experience to make auto repair more convenient. Joining Mavis means you will be a part of a team that deeply cares about products, customers, and each other.

Next Steps

If Mavis sounds like the place for you, please submit an application. Also, let us know if you have a presence online with a blog, Twitter, GitHub or other platform.

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