Senior Front-End Software Engineer, React

Description

• Build, maintain, and ship high-quality product features in a multidisciplinary Agile team. • Translate designs, wireframes, and product requirements into accessible, performant React experiences. • Own UI architecture decisions: component design, state management approaches, data fetching patterns, and maintainable abstractions. • Write reliable, well-tested code; participate in code review; mentor teammates through thoughtful feedback and shared patterns. • Triage, debug, and resolve issues across browsers/devices; collaborate with QA/support/product to close the loop quickly. • Optimize for real-world performance at scale (rendering efficiency, Core Web Vitals, bundle size, caching strategies). • Contribute to guild practices: propose improvements to coding standards, tooling, documentation, and architectural approaches. • Use AI-powered IDEs and assistants (e.g., Cursor, Copilot-style tools) to speed up implementation, refactoring, and test generation—while ensuring correctness, security, and maintainability. • Apply AI thoughtfully: create strong prompts, verify outputs, and incorporate guardrails (linting, type checks, unit/integration tests, code review). • Partner on AI-enabled product initiatives where relevant—such as AI-assisted content workflows, smarter search/discovery, moderation tooling, summarization, or admin productivity experiences—integrating front-end UX with backend services/APIs. • Help define best practices for AI-assisted engineering (what to automate, what must be human-reviewed, and how to evaluate quality).

Requirements

• Strong understanding of Agile values and principles. • Strong proficiency in modern JavaScript (ES6+), DOM fundamentals, and the JavaScript object model. • Deep knowledge of React and its core principles (composition, hooks, rendering lifecycle, performance patterns). • Solid grasp of asynchronous UI state and data flows (promises, async/await, request lifecycles, optimistic UI). • Experience integrating with RESTful APIs. • Familiarity with modern authorization mechanisms (e.g., JWT-based flows). • Experience with common front-end tooling (Vite/Webpack, Babel, npm/yarn/pnpm). • Comfort with Git-based workflows (branching, PRs, reviews, CI checks). • Practical experience using AI coding tools (Cursor or equivalent) in day-to-day development, including validating generated code and avoiding insecure patterns. • 4+ years building production web applications with React (or another major JS framework/library). • 1+ years of TypeScript experience (or strong interest and demonstrated ability to adopt it quickly). • Experience working in modular / pluggable architectures (themes, extensions, plugins, component systems). • Strong HTML/CSS/SCSS fundamentals and experience implementing responsive UI. • Familiarity with accessibility standards (WCAG/ARIA) and building inclusive interfaces. • Experience with testing practices and tools (unit/integration/E2E) and building confidence through automation. • Strong product instincts: you sweat details, communicate tradeoffs, and care about user outcomes.

Benefits

• Competitive compensation. • Comprehensive health benefits package. • 401(k) plan with employer match. • Healthcare and dependent-care flexible spending account. • Company short-term and long-term disability insurance. • Company culture that recognizes its employees. • Room for growth and development and management that cares about your professional growth and will help you achieve your goals. • Significant advancement opportunities for outstanding performers.

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