Software Engineer Front End Developer
Job Summary
Were looking for a Software Engineer (Frontend) proficient in React and to join our engineering team. Youll independently own complex feature work end-to-end serve as an emerging technical voice mentor junior engineers and contribute to team-level technical design all while building growing cross-stack awareness beyond your frontend specialization.
Responsibilities
Autonomy
- Independently own complex ambiguous feature work with minimal guidance; proactively remove blockers
- Self-direct learning to close skill gaps and navigate ambiguity by focusing on impact
- Use and help improve team tools/processes (JIRA Confluence CI/CD)
Technical Skills
- Apply deep React and expertise to make sound feature-level technology decisions
- Handle complex state management performance optimization accessibility (WCAG) and design-system contributions
- Debug cross-layer issues and collaborate across frontend backend and mobile boundaries
- Proactively identify and address technical debt
Collaboration
- Lead design discussions and code reviews; advocate for best practices
- Communicate technical trade-offs to technical and non-technical stakeholders alike
- Build strong cross-team relationships; actively engage in sprint ceremonies and retros
Innovation
- Propose solutions to non-obvious engineering challenges
- Help define team engineering standards and identify architecture improvement opportunities
- Stay resilient and adaptable amid change
Observability
- Build observability into features from the start; lead monitoring improvements
- Instrument Core Web Vitals and real-user monitoring (RUM); work within defined SLOs
- Recommend monitoring improvements based on production data
Cloud Skills
- Design and deploy cloud architectures (primarily GCP) for feature work
- Identify cost/reliability improvements and apply advanced security patterns
- Help shape team cloud standards
Leadership & Stakeholder Management
- Serve as technical lead on medium-complexity projects
- Drive measurable process improvements; mentor junior (GSR5) engineers
Contribute to PI planning and sprint commitment accuracy
Qualifications
- 46 years of professional experience in front-end/web development
- Strong hands-on experience with React and
- Track record of owning complex multi-component features end-to-end
Experience writing automated tests (Jest React Testing Library Cypress etc.)
- Solid grasp of state management performance optimization and accessibility (WCAG)
- Working knowledge of cloud platforms ideally GCP
- Experience with CI/CD JIRA and Confluence
- Familiarity with observability practices (Core Web Vitals RUM)
- Strong communication skills; mentoring experience a plus
- Growing understanding of backend/API design and cross-stack debugging
Required Experience:
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