About this role
Job title: Senior Frontend Engineer
About the Role
We are looking for senior frontend engineers passionate about frontend technology and excellent user experience. The ideal candidate has helped lead the technical design and implementation of frontend features on at least one sizable production application within the past year. A senior frontend engineer at Perpay will spend their time writing code, reviewing PRs, mentoring engineers, and helping scope & design new features. We value engineers who demonstrate excitement around solving tough problems and delivering solutions in a fast-paced environment. Much of our team is fullstack, so we look for team members excited to learn new technologies and work across all stacks, even if it’s not something you’ve done before!
What You’ll Do
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Collaborate closely and communicate with other members of the development team, including UX designers, product managers, and other engineers, to ensure that the frontend meets the needs of the business and provides an excellent user experience
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Ensure our application is responsive and accessible across different devices and platforms
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Write clean, efficient, and maintainable code
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Contribute to the engineering design process by bringing forward tradeoffs and opinions on how to weigh them
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Leverage continued research around the changing frontend landscape to bring best practices and innovation to our code, developer experience, and user experience
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What We’re Looking For
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5+ years of experience delivering commercial products to market
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2+ years of experience leading technical teams and large, complex projects
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Significant experience with React and the React ecosystem and unidirectional data flow patterns, preferably Redux
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Strong knowledge of JavaScript, including the latest ECMAScript standards
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Understanding of RESTful APIs
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Experience with optimizing web applications for performance and accessibility
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Product focus and a passion for UX/UI design or familiarity with UX/UI principles
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Strong curiosity about industry trends
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Ability to pick up new technologies quickly, with software engineering best practices prioritized over familiarity with specific tools or languages
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History of cross-functional collaboration on mission-critical projects
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Experience with React Native, AWS, Docker, and Kubernetes is nice to have
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Experience standing up a design system is also a nice to have
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Nice to Have
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Experience with React Native, AWS, Docker, and Kubernetes is nice to have
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Experience standing up a design system is also a nice to have
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Compensation & Benefits
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NYC-level total cash-comp (base $160k into the $200’s, plus equity and a discretionary cash bonus) where applicable; base around $160k to the $200k range
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Perpay will bring meaningful compensation and equity, premium medical benefits (fully paid base plan, and reasonable premium for the buy-up option), 4% employer 401k match, Unlimited PTO, remote weeks around major holidays + extra holiday on weekends like MDW and LDW, high-quality catered lunch by local chefs (4 days/week), gym subsidy, paid cell phone + plan, student loan repayment program, relocation assistance, generous team member discounts
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This is not a remote opportunity; it is 100% onsite