Staff Frontend Engineer
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Job Description
Develocity is a firstofitskind product built for large software teams. It provides comprehensive observability build and test acceleration technologies and rapid troubleshooting features for Apache Maven Android Bazel sbt npm Python and Gradle Build Tool. Develocity comprises several facets including largevolume data ingestion and processing complex data analysis and visualization and distributed caching and systems.
Top companies like Netflix LinkedIn ASML Airbnb Microsoft Nasdaq and SAP use Develocity to deliver critical software faster at scale. We also partner with the Apache Software Foundation the Micronaut Foundation and other OSS projectsincluding Spring Quarkus Kotlin Compiler JUnit AndroidX and moreto bring Develocitys benefits to the OSS Community.
Who You Are
Were seeking a highlyskilled Staff Frontend Engineer who is passionate about developing exceptional user interfaces and possesses a proven track record of delivering highquality React web applications. As a Staff Engineer youll play a pivotal role in leading significant feature development from initiation to completion directly contributing to the evolution of our flagship product Develocity. Your contributions will be instrumental in shaping the future of our platform.
Our ideal candidate demonstrates a profound understanding of frontend development principles and best practices. They have extensive experience in designing and implementing complex frontend solutions with a strong focus on performance optimization scalability and seamless collaboration within crossfunctional teams. Excellent communication and coordination skills coupled with a pragmatic approach and a deep understanding of business needs are essential. Furthermore theyre enthusiastic about knowledge sharing and fostering a collaborative environment that encourages team growth and development.
Responsibilities
- Lead the design and implementation of critical frontend features ensuring exceptional performance scalability and maintainability.
- Drive technical decisions and contribute to the evolution of our frontend architecture.
- Provide technical guidance and mentorship to other frontend engineers.
- Collaborate closely with product management designers and backend engineers to translate product requirements into elegant and userfriendly interfaces.
- Champion best practices for frontend development including thorough testing and code quality.
- Proactively identify and address performance bottlenecks and scalability issues.
- Stay informed about emerging frontend technologies and trends evaluating their potential impact on our products.
- Participate in code reviews and ensure adherence to highquality code standards.
- Understand the business domain to make pragmatic technical decisions that align with business needs.
Minimum Qualifications
- 10 years of professional frontend development experience with a demonstrated and comprehensive understanding of web technologies and best practices.
- Expertlevel proficiency in JavaScript HTML CSS and React
- Proven experience in architecting and developing complex web applications with a strong emphasis on performance optimization scalability and maintainability
- Solid grasp of UI/UX principles and the ability to translate requirements into clean efficient and maintainable code
- Handson experience with testing frameworks and methodologies encompassing unit integration and endtoend testing
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills with the ability to convey technical ideas to both technical and nontechnical audiences
- Highly selfmotivated and selfmanaging with a robust sense of ownership and accountability.
- A systematic and analytical approach to problemsolving.
- Willingness to understand the business needs and drive the best possible outcome
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with data visualization libraries and techniques
- Deep understanding of frontend architecture and best practices
- Proficiency with performance profiling and optimization tools
- Familiarity with backend technologies and RESTful APIs
- Handson experience with build automation tools (e.g. Webpack Parcel Rollup)
- A strong desire and proven ability to learn new software development skills and techniques quickly
- Demonstrated ability to collaborate and coordinate effectively within a team
- Experience working on largescale enterprisegrade applications
What We Offer
- Opportunity to work on a widelyused product with a clear vision for the future
- Contribute to leading solutions in the new industry of Developer Productivity Engineering
- Close customer interaction with engineers from leading tech organizations
- An automationfocused testdriven engineering culture
- Close collaboration with experienced and dedicated peer engineers
- Opportunities for growth in technical and leadership responsibilities
- Inperson meetings such as our annual company offsite and team meetings
- Work from home in a remotefirst environment
- Competitive salaries and equity grants
Who We Are
Were are a team of committed and skilled software engineers product designers sales professionals and marketing experts. Were passionate about developer productivity and we take pride in delivering products that some of the worlds leading software organizations rely on daily.
Our team is globally distributed but deeply connected. We value our interpersonal relationships as much as we value our achievements. Were a diverse and inclusive workplace where we learn from each other and improve together and we welcome people of different backgrounds experiences abilities and perspectives.
Visit our careers page to learn more about the company and see other open positions. Visit Glassdoor to read what current and former Gradle employees have to say about the company.
Benefits & Perks
- Learning & development: We offer a $1000 annual learning and development stipend and a monthly meetingfree day dedicated to learning.
- Home office stipend: We offer a $1500 home office stipend to make sure youre comfortably equipped to work remotely.
- Volunteer day: We offer up to 8 hours of paid time each year for team members to give back to their local communities.
- Gradle World Meeting: We gather once a year for a week of inperson meetings and teambuilding events (at a very cool global destination venue).
- International benefits: We provide benefits that are tailored to your country of work.
- Competitive salary / Stock options: We offer competitive salaries and company stock option plans to all team members.
Location
Anywhere in the world. We provide working conditions that allow for seamless collaboration with your colleagues through email chat and video conferencing.
How to Apply
The following is required with your application:
- Attach your Resume/CV and answer the required fields below
- To get a glimpse of Develocity create a Build Scan for any OSS project. Please select an opensource project from a platform like GitHub. You can choose any project that interests you it doesnt have to be one youve contributed to. Once youve created a Build Scan for your chosen project tag it with frontendengineer.
Next Steps
After applying familiarize yourself with the Develocity hiring process to understand the next steps.
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Employment Type
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