Senior Front End Engineer
Job Description
We are looking for a curious and passionate front-end engineer with a drive towards building products that people are fanatical about to work full-time on Typing.com. You’re less concerned with patting yourself on the back for well-written code and more concerned with quickly and efficiently delivering value to our users, but without taking on technical debt. The ideal candidate has experience working with products at scale and the nitty-gritty details of performance optimization.
Bonus Points:
- Understanding of Node.js
- Experience with Mocha or equivalent testing platform
- Experience with legacy libraries like Backbone, jQuery, and Underscore.
- Compensation, Benefits & Perks:
- Competitive salary
- Flexible office hours
- Ongoing education assistance
- Flexible PTO
- Remote office stipend
- Company-owned laptop
- Monthly meal adventure
- Annual company retreat.
Skills and Experience
- Exceptional communication skills, particularly written (as a remote company, we heavily emphasize written communication across all departments)
- 4+ years with JavaScript, HTML and CSS
- Production experience with React and Redux
- Experience architecting a React project from scratch
- React deployment experience
- Experience with backend development languages and/or concepts
- Knowledge of CLI tools (Yarn, WebPack, Babel, etc.)
- Able to meet deadlines in a fast-paced quickly changing environment
- A proactive approach to problem-solving with strong decision-making skills
- A positive attitude and entrepreneurial spirit.
