Fictiv Exists to Enable Hardware Innovators to Build Better Products, Faster
Fictiv existsto help product innovators create.
Fictiv is a global manufacturing and supply chain company that enables organizations to scale globally across Fictivs four global manufacturing centers in India, Mexico, China, and the U.S.. Companies use Fictiv to access high-quality production, optimize supply chain logistics, and mitigate supply chain riskensuring they can move from prototype to full-scale manufacturing with speed and confidence. To date, Fictiv has delivered more than 35 million commercial and prototype parts for industries such as aerospace, robotics, automotive, climate tech, and more, helping them innovate faster, free up precious resources, and drive profitable growth.
Impact in this Role
Fictiv is seeking a Senior Web Developer to lead our web development efforts from our Pune office. This role is responsible for overseeing the Pune-based web development team, executing the technical roadmap, and ensuring the Fictiv website is a high-performing, high-converting, scalable, and user-friendly platform. This leader will drive architectural improvements focused on customizability for non-developer stakeholders and integrate modern practices, including the use of AI to enhance our development cycles.
You will report to the Vice President, Growth Marketing.
What Youll Be Doing
Team Leadership and Development
- Oversee, mentor, and manage the day-to-day work of the web development team based in Pune, India
- Establish coding standards, best practices, and development processes to ensure high-quality, maintainable code across the team
- Collaborate with the shared marketing project manager to maintain a clear, prioritized development queue and manage timelines
Website Architecture and Customizability
- Drive and implement improvements to the overall site architecture to enhance customizability and allow non-developer stakeholders (Content, SEO, Marketing) to update content and pages efficiently
- Build, extend, and optimize the marketing website using the WordPress CMS, developing custom modules, page types, and data structures based on project requirements
- Create and manage the website back-end, including database and integrations, particularly with Marketo and Salesforce
Web Performance and Reliability
- Champion site performance, focusing on continuous improvement of Core Web Vitals as monitored by tools like DebugBear
- Monitor and manage site maintenance, including patching WordPress, plugins, PHP, and other CMS components to ensure security and stability
- Utilize Github for version control, collaboration, and managing the deployment pipeline
Technical Execution and Innovation
- Convert designs into component-based HTML, CSS (using frameworks like Tailwind CSS), and JavaScript
- Design, develop, and maintain responsive, modular Marketo email templates to support the lifecycle and demand generation teams, ensuring high rendering quality across major email clients
- Configure goals, triggers, and tracking snippets in our A/B testing tools (VWO) and analytics environments (GA4)
- Research and propose the integration of AI technologiesto improve development cycles, efficiency, and code quality
Desired Traits
- 8+ years of experience building large-scale websites as a developer in a fast-paced environment
- Proven experience overseeing a development team
- Experience working with teams overseas
- Deep expertise in WordPress, including the ability to build custom themes and plugins
- Expert proficiency in front-end technologies: HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, Node/NPM, and Webpack
- Strong understanding of web architecture design principles and improving site customizability for content owners
- Demonstrated success in improving site performance metrics, Core Web Vitals, and technical SEO best practices
- Working knowledge of version control (specifically Github), and experience with web performance monitoring tools like DebugBear
- Familiarity with RESTful APIs, JSON/XML, and integrating with marketing platforms (Marketo, Salesforce)
- An understanding of the application of AI technologies to modern web development and DevOps
What Success Looks Like
- The Pune web development team operating efficiently and delivering high-quality work consistently
- Significant, measurable gains in website performance, validated by Core Web Vitals and site speed reports
- Reduced dependency on developers for routine content and page updates by non-technical stakeholders
- A modern, scalable, and secure site architecture that supports the growth marketing roadmap
About Fictiv
Fictiv is transforming how the next rockets, self-driving cars, and life-saving robots are designed, developed, and delivered to customers around the world. People who succeed at Fictiv are talented, creative, and driven to achieve professional excellence and support our vision to help product innovators create.
Were actively seeking teammates who:
- Bring diverse perspectives and experience to our culture and company.
- Excel at being part of a strong, empathetic team.
- Thrive in an environment emphasizing respect, honesty, collaboration, and growth.
- Have an always learning mindset that celebrates learning, not just wins.
- Help us continue to build a world-class organization that values the contributions of all of our teammates
We encourage applications from members of underrepresented groups, including but not limited to women, members of the LGBTQ community, people of color, people with disabilities, and veterans.
