Software Software Engineer, Media Platform (JavaScript)
Software Software Engineer, Media Platform (JavaScript)
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$ 153500 - 247250
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Job Description
Squarespace is looking for a Senior Frontend Engineer (with some experience in fullstack engineering) to join the Media Platform team within our Building Blocks Platform Engineering organization. The Media Platform powers how media assetsimages videos audio files and fonts are uploaded processed stored and delivered across all Squarespace products. This teams mission is to deliver a scalable performant reliable and secure media experience for internal developers and end users alike.
As a Senior Software Engineer on the Media Platform team you will shape the architecture and evolution of this critical layer in collaboration with product and infrastructure teams. This is a unique opportunity to work with infrastructure and product teams to drive performance improvements that directly impact user experience.
You will report to the Engineering Manager of Media Platform in our NYC office. This is a hybrid work opportunity with three days in the office.
Youll Get To...
- Lead frontend development across mediaserving interfaces and tools using React JavaScript CSS and HTML.
- Integrate media APIs and optimize asset pipelines especially around image video and font rendering.
- Improve rendering performance across customerfacing surfaces applying best practices for lazy loading progressive rendering responsive design and CDNbased optimization strategies.
- Work with designers infra engineers and product teams to build performant userfriendly media workflows.
- Contribute to longterm architectural decisions including media caching strategies compression techniques and CDN configurations.
- Provide mentorship conduct code reviews and shape frontend and performance standards for the team.
Who Were Looking For
- 6 years of professional experience in frontend development in Javascript with 2 years of experience in backend development in any language.
- Proficiency with React JavaScript HTML and CSS including modern frontend tooling (Webpack Babel ESLint).
- Experience with web performance techniques including rendering path optimizations critical CSS TTI LCP CLS and other Core Web Vitals.
- Prior experience improving mediarelated performance (e.g. optimizing large images video streaming font delivery CDN strategies).
- Experience working with or building internal tooling for media workflows such as uploaders preview tools media transformation pipelines.
Benefits & Perks
- A choice between medical plans with an option for 100% covered premiums
- Fertility and adoption benefits
- Access to supplemental insurance plans for additional coverage
- Headspace mindfulness app subscription
- Global Employee Assistance Program
- Retirement benefits with employer match
- Flexible paid time off
- 20 weeks for parental leave and up to 12 weeks to care for an ill family member
- Pretax commuter benefit
- Education reimbursement
- Employee donation match to community organizations
- 8 Global Employee Resource Groups (ERGs)
- Dogfriendly workplace
- Free lunch and snacks
- Private rooftop
- Hack week twice per year
Cash Compensation Range: $153500 $247250 USD
The base salary for this position will vary based on jobrelated criteria including relevant skills experience and location among other factors.
In addition to the cash compensation above (which includes base salary and where applicable for eligible roles may include ontarget commissions or overtime pay) Squarespace employees are eligible to be granted an option to purchase our common stock.
About Squarespace
Squarespace is a designdriven platform helping entrepreneurs build brands and businesses online. We empower millions of customers in more than 200 countries and territories with all the tools they need to create an online presence build an audience monetize and scale their business. Our suite of products range from websites domains ecommerce and marketing tools as well as tools for scheduling with Acuity and creating and managing social media presence with Bio Sites and Unfold. Our team of more than 1500 is headquartered in bustling New York City with offices in Dublin Ireland Aveiro Portugal and coworking spaces in the UK Netherlands and Australia. For more information about our company culture visit Commitment Today more than a million people around the globe use Squarespace to share different perspectives and experiences with the world. Not only do we embrace and celebrate the diversity of our customers but we also work toward the same in our employees. At Squarespace we are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race color ethnicity ancestry religion national origin gender sex gender identity or expression sexual orientation age citizenship marital or parental status disability veteran status or other class protected by applicable law. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. #LIHybrid #LIKP1 Thank you in advance for providing the following details about your work history from your resume! This helps us ensure that your candidate information is accurate and consistent during the hiring process. Squarespace will never solicit your personal banking information or ask you to transfer money in connection with a job offer or interview. We also will not reach out to you via phone or SMS without your permission or knowledge.
Employment Type
Full Time
