Senior Software Engineer, Front-End

Greenhouse is looking for a Senior Front-End Software Engineer to join our team!

As the Senior Front-End Engineer on our post-hire ecosystem team you'll be our first dedicated Senior Front-End Engineer, shaping the future of our user interfaces and front-end architecture. You'll work closely with our Ruby/Rails backend engineers, leveraging AWS cloud, relational databases, and technologies like Kafka, all while driving excellence on the frontend.

Who will love this job

• An Owner- You take initiative, identify problems, and drive solutions to completion with strong autonomy
• A Collaborator- You have excellent communication skills, actively seek input, and partner effectively across teams
• A Mentor- You are patient and willing to share knowledge, enjoying uplifting the front-end expertise of teammates
• A Strategist- You are a forward-thinker who considers the long-term vision and architectural health of the front-end
• An Advocate- You champion best practices, influence adoption, and drive positive change in front-end development

What you'll do

• Design and build robust, scalable, and intuitive user interfaces for our core products, ensuring exceptional user experiences
• Lead the evolution of our front-end architecture, making key decisions on patterns, tools, and best practices to enhance flexibility, maintainability, and performance
• Actively collaborate with backend engineers on API design and data contracts, ensuring seamless and efficient integration between front-end and backend systems
• Evaluate, select, and technically integrate third-party applications and APIs, becoming a go-to expert for external service integrations
• Drive solutions end-to-end, from understanding requirements to deployment, taking strong ownership of your work
• Mentor and elevate the front-end expertise within the broader engineering team, sharing knowledge and advocating for best practices
• Contribute to a highly collaborative team, actively seeking and providing feedback to continuously improve our products and processes

You should have

• At least 5+ years of experience as a Front-end focused Software Engineer
• Proven experience in designing scalable and flexible front-end architectures, managing complexity, and ensuring long-term maintainability
• Proven proficiency in JavaScript (ES6+) and Typescript
• Strong knowledge of React (including Hooks, state management, and common patterns)
• Experience actively participating in discussions about API endpoint design and data contracts, collaborating closely with backend engineers (especially with RESTful APIs)
• The ability to read and comprehend backend code (e.g., Ruby/Rails at the controller level) to effectively understand API contracts and facilitate seamless integration
• Experience evaluating, selecting, and integrating third-party technology solutions and APIs into existing systems
• A solid understanding of HTML5, CSS3/Sass, front-end build tools (e.g., Webpack)
• Experience working with UI component libraries (e.g., Material UI)
• Familiarity with accessibility best practices and how to implement them, a plus
• Your own unique talents! Your background has given you a unique perspective and set of transferable skills that aren't always in alignment with a given role - but those are qualities we value at Greenhouse. If you don't meet 100% of the qualifications outlined above, we still strongly encourage you to apply

Applicants must be legally eligible to work in Canada as of the start date chosen by the Company. We are unable to support sponsorship at this time.

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The national pay range for this role is $143,000 - $214,000 CAD. Individual compensation will be commensurate with the candidate's experience and qualifications. Certain roles may be eligible for additional compensation, including stock option awards, bonuses, and merit increases. Additionally, certain roles have the opportunity to receive sales commissions that are based on the terms of the sales commission plan applicable to the role.

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